I expect them to start hiring consultants tomorrow. I think HP figures that they can't compete against Android and iOS, even if WebOS is better technology there's no way they can build up the developer interest to make a competitive ecosystem of tools and apps. Essentially WebOS is OS/2. It's sad to see so many good people be forced out. WebOS was a great accomplishment.

Mozilla commits to change its release cycle and versioning system every 5 weeks.

sometimes Dilbert's are relevant too: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2001-10-25/

SpyFox is a great series of games. It's a bit old, but cartoon graphics

This is a great idea. As usual all innovation is in the private sector. The government should quit the education business and switch to a voucher system.

So the way it works is as long as they post a warning label on it they can do it? Look for: WARNING: We may listen to all your calls, read all your text messages, and beat your highscores on Angry Birds

There's no evidence that Iran is NOT making nuclear weapons. According to the the NPT, to which Iran is a signatory, Iran as obligated to prove to the rest of the world through full IAEA inspections that they are not making weapons. Instead, Iran has hidden facilities and kicked out inspectors. The IAEA has truthfully reported that their is neither evidence of weapons nor proof that they are not making them because the IAEA does not have full access. We must assume that Iran is making the weapons, we cannot wait for a smoking gun because the smoke from this gun is a mushroom cloud. If Siemens did help build Stuxnet I applaud them.

Cool, let's try this with Java. LibreJava anyone?

Creating human rights where there were none weakens the entire human rights movement. The whoile point of human rights is that they are extremely basic and transcend human differences. They go beyond cultural differences. The Internet is not needed for survival as evidenced by the fact that humanity survived for many years without it.

How about a one cent per calorie tax? We could also add a one cent per gram of artificial sweetener tax. That tax is not extreme but it would be used exclusively for medical spending and nutritional education. It is a lot easier to measure and keep track of than the Governor's suggestion.

There has not been much serious abuse of the law since it was created. While the potential for that abuse is still there I have not seen convincing evidence that the innocent have been terribly harassed because of this act. The war is still on. Numerous attacks have been foiled in the last several years primarily due to good intelligence. I hope someday that we will again live in a world where these laws are not needed, but I don't think that day has come.

Actually some car companies have systems to slow down cars remotely if they are in a police chase. Perhaps Amazon should then slow down servers that the police inform them are involved in illegal activities?