Customers in the Windows Store.

See how easy that was?

" And everything they added to Windows 8.1 was a step backwards."

Based on the success of 7, that's a good thing, right?

I was going to say, "the Tomorrowland that's still in general release?"

To base the overall profitability on the first two weekends and call it a stumble when it made 3/4 of what tron made at the same time (with a huge build up and cult following of the original), while there are several other major summer blockbusters going head to head with it. (note: I haven't seen tomorrowland)

Sounds like an excuse to me. And thank goodness, imho. We definitely don't need another Tron.

"Do you think missiles get stuffed full of crisp new $100 dollar bills and then get fired into rock piles in the desert?"

Of course not. They'd be far cheaper to make if they were full of $100 bills.

Somebody had to say it.

Call me when you figure out how to run a house air conditioner or full sized refrigerator off of 5v@1A

With blackberry and MS having a negligible portion of the smartphone market, I would be surprised if it *wasn't* android.

About 15% of smartphone users who by a Samsung (Android) handset come from iOS users. A higher percentage of iOS users are previous Android users (about 2:1 vs those switching from iOS to Android), but there are more Android users overall, so I'm not certain that there's a net loss in the Android userbase. For example: there were about 200 million iOS devices sold in 2014, and about 1 billion Android devices. If 20% of new iOS users are former Android users, that's 40 Million switching to iOS. If 5% of Android users are former iOS users, that's 50 Million switching to Android. That's a net +10M for Android.

(some stats: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...)

Jony Ive, who is really a 12 year old girl, has convinced all the hipsters that 1960 is cool, retro is in, and flat, neon colors are the ebst thing in the world. And since hipsters buy everything for 3-10x what it's actually worth for the aesthetic, everyone wants to sell to them.

Man requests video footage via FOIA, earns job categorizing and sanitizing video footage to allow release to public in compliance with both FOIA and privacy laws. System ends up better off and expects to work in a transparent manner.

Move along...

You win one internet.

This sounds more like the work of a master villain than regular global warming!

There's nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't really apply to everyone. And the cost of data security is dimissively low. For the typical Android handset, the simple blow of a hammer instead of trying to recover less than $100 on ebay or craigslist will guarantee security of your old data. Heck, that $100 is less than the differential between an android handset and an equivalent iOS device in most cases.

I'll remember this when selling my device which I store TS-SCI rated data on.

FTFA, "Individuals buying devices on auction websites such as
eBay are possible attackers. They need to spend a nonnegligible
time to bid and follow up on auctions. Furthermore,
they have to pay a few dollars for commission
and shipping fees for each device. So low-value data
like contacts and email addresses do not seem profitable.
Recovery and analysis of conversations and images (to
blackmail victims) would generally require human intervention
or more advanced tools..."

So you're looking at someone putting finds an time into low level analysis of your phone in hopes of gleaning some data which would either allow them to compromise your financial resources or offer blackmail opportunities. I'm sorry, but the intersection of buyer and financially valuable data which has a payback rate greater than that of acquisition and recovery is small enough that I'm really having a hard time worrying about it.

Bad news: formatting your hard drive or reinstalling your OS (any consumer OS) doesn't, by default, actually erase your data either.

Why are we surprised?

Copyright goes to the creator/composer of the image, not the participants or the venue, by default. Unless there is a prior agreement in place, they belong to him. There are special niche cases (photography of an art work, or of an event staged as a creative endeavor - i.e. not a sport or contest).