Microsoft sells an ad server called 'Atlas' and a company that I once worked for that depends heavily on online advertising paired that server with a behavioral targetting (Read: tracking) system in order to "better" target advertisements to our users. Now there is no direct connection between Atlas and tracking usage/behavior but I know for a fact that online ads, and thus an ad server, become MUCH less useful if there is no usage/behavioral data on the users... so I am not entirely buying a full blown usage blocker. Although I suppose that the hit that a competitor such as Google would take from that kind of feature would exponentially outweigh the impact against Microsoft

Not entirely related to this posting but I would like to know why you have made this conclusion? I have ported an iOS application to Android and found it to be easier. In a way, it almost makes perfect sense that if you build an app on a locked down platform (foo) it should be much easier to port to a more open platform (bar) since you are "practically" guaranteed that bar will have all of the functionality of foo and then some....no?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moX3z2RJAV8

Can Mark Cutkosky's little robot bring about a whole new area of voyeurism?

My wallpaper of David Hasselhoff. Thats the only icon I need

By the way, you have now upset my two kitties, Jobz and Woz, so I have no choice but to move my \. bookmark down a couple of spots, probably below BBC, in my Safari NEWS folder... hope you're happy.

My old phones are not "hanging around" you insensitive clods! My precious iphone 2, 3, and 3G iphones are all on display in my living room, lying.... nay resting, gently within the confines of their individually hand built glass cases.

Do I really need to say anything else?