Microsoft has never been about extinguishing its hardware partners. Can't see any reason for Samsung to be an exception.

Half of them are below average!

Problem is, although they may be the same panels, they don't have the same video processing. That makes a difference in the picture quality.

The most I will pay to get a smart TV instead of a dumb one is the cost of a Chromecast, Fire Stick, Roku Stick, etc. That's the upper bound of its value to me, because I can turn a dumb TV into a smart one by adding an external device. Within three years I will probably have to add an external device anyway because the built in smart features will be obsolete. So really, what I will pay extra for a smart TV is zero.

Google isn't likely to support replacing Javascript with Swift. Go, perhaps.

If you actually had the resources to fight that case you would have won. The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the First Sale Doctrine, which basically says that once you buy a physical object like a book you are free to do whatever you please with it. Their license is invalid under US law and cannot be enforced.

None of that helps you in practice. The publishers are counting on the fact that few people have the resources to fight them.

"You've probably heard the warning about how "descriptions" and "accounts" of the game are prohibited without the NFL's consent."

This is a misreading of the statement. What it actually says is that use of THESE descriptions and accounts is prohibited. In other words, you can't quote their words or use their images without consent. They NFL is claiming copyright on the contents of the broadcast, which is perfectly within its rights. Exceptions would exist for journalistic use, but I'm sure that all the major newspapers and broadcasters have obtained consent in any case.

Independently talking about the game without using their words is perfectly legal. Lots of people do it. Using images that didn't come from the NFL would also be legal if there were some good way to obtain them in the first place, but because the league restricts the use of recording devices at the stadium (within their rights because it is private property) those third party game images do not exist.

You do have to be careful how you use the words "Super Bowl" because of trademark law. Using the term to talk about the game itself is fine, but using it in connection with your own non-NFL-sponsored event or promotion is not. You can't have a Super Bowl public party or a Super Bowl sale, which is why you hear so much talk of the Big Game.

MSI and Gigabyte both make notebooks in the 4 pound class with 1080p displays and serious NVidia GPUs. (One of the new models has a GTX 965M.) But their battery life is terrible if the GPU actually turns on; they use NVidia Optimus so the GPU is only on when you need it. They throw off a LOT of heat when the GPU is running and the fans roar. And that still makes them over a pound heavier than the Dell, with lower resolution displays and poorer build quality. But if you need graphics on the go, systems like that do exist.

The current recommended amount of RAM for building current versions of Android is 16GB. That's just one example.

Old school systems that had a physical Big Red Switch (including the original IBM PC, XT, and AT) really were completely off when they were off. But pretty much every computer these days has a soft switch, and depends on some part of the circuitry getting a bit of power to monitor the switch so it can turn the rest of the system on.

No, GRUB doesn't ask if you want to retain the Windows bootloader. But on most distributions it AUTOMATICALLY adds a boot entry to boot Windows that chains to the Windows bootloader from GRUB, unless you chose to overwrite the entire hard disk and wipe the Windows installation.

Long Island starts right next to Manhattan. Two of the boroughs of NYC, Brooklyn and Queens, are on Long Island. The far end of Long Island is about 120 miles from Manhattan. The Hamptons are 80-100 miles from Manhattan, depending on whether you measure to the closest one (Hampton Bays) or the farthest one (East Hampton).

Just about all of Suffolk County (the more eastern of the two Long Island counties that aren't part of NYC) got at least a foot and a half of snow. NYC missed being in the blizzard by less than 50 miles, which is within the margin of error of present-day weather prediction.

On a desktop or laptop system the appearance DID change. In the previous build, the Start screen (if you used it) looked like the Windows 8 start screen. In the new build you can expand the Start menu to full screen, but it still has the app list along the left side along with tiles to the right, so it's like the Start menu but larger. The app list also looks different; it now has the Windows 8-style Metro/Modern look. I haven't yet tried the new build on a tablet or convertible, so I don't know what you will get there.

Another notable change: you can no longer search for apps by typing at the Start menu or by clicking a Search icon from the Start menu. Instead, you have to click the Search icon that is next to the Start icon and use Cortana to search for your app.

Cyanogenmod has KitKat and Lollipop builds for that phone.

Updating those older versions of Android would be pointless. If you have a device that never got an update to KitKat, it's not going to get a patch either because its manufacturer clearly doesn't care about keeping it up to date.

Switching to a different browser solves the vulnerability during web surfing. It doesn't help with apps that use WebView as a component. so those apps will have to be used with caution.