Having recently installed several more Linux boxes at work and home after being away from Linux for awhile, I am once again reminded how elegant and efficient the Linux OS really is. It was actually a fun project to install, configure, and add packages to these machines. Unlike installing a new Windows box where I need to reboot at least 3 times in order for it to pull down all the required updates, this was refreshing and reaffirmed my appreciation of the Linux OS. Linux isn't going away any time soon, sorry.

This isn't a "secret"... it's been in the iPhone (and iPod for that matter) for quite a long time. This same serial port is how 3rd party docks and cables control the device from the outside: http://www.adriangame.co.uk/ipod-acc-pro.html

I disagree. Look at images #3 and #4. The WebP versions are clearly sharper and more detailed than their JPEG counterparts. Other than that, the rest of the images are so close it's difficult to tell which is better. For a 39% size reduction, I think WebP has a clear advantage over JPEG. Some questions remaining are a) will companies actually adopt WebP and popularize it, or will it die a quiet death, and b) how CPU and memory-intensive is the algorithm to implement compared to JPEG, especially in mobile devices with limited resources and CPU power?

If you try the google search engine in Chrome right now, the RT search is working, and it's awesome!!! I tried FF3.5 and IE8 and they still show the old "static" search ATM.

I've done a lot of scripting for Windows in Python lately and I must say it's been a pure joy. There'a a TON of APIs and it's very easy to whip up something powerful quickly. You should be able to find an easy way to talk to the LAN printers (via sockets, etc.) and sending email from Python is also a breeze.

"Looking at the facts, we can see it is Apple and not Adobe that is responsible for a lot the the problems Steve likes to blame Apple for. " Say that again?

I checked out Gray Powell's MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/graypowell) page linked from another article and it showed his name as "Gray" with last login date as 4/20/2010. Then a few minutes later I refreshed and it showed his name as simply "g" and the last login date reverted to 4/19/2010. Is MySpace freaking out over the huge torrent of traffic that must be hitting this guy's page, or is something else going on here?

I was in this exact same situation (I've been unemployed/self-employed twice) and chose to go with a Blue Shield PPO.

If you choose the right deductible, it can be fairly affordable but still cover your family in the event of a tragedy. Plus with a PPO you can usually choose your own doctors and the meds are WAY cheaper than going without insurance. We had no billing issues or fights with them whatsoever when we had our 2 kids, and they seem pretty fair in paying their claims.

No affiliation to Blue Shield, just a happy customer.

It does open up some security concerns when an A/V utility is advised to "skip over" certain files. A malware writer could easily exploit this and simply mask their executable "payload" with one of the "non scannable" file extensions to avoid detection. Malware could easily modify the registry to make one of these "non executable" extensions open with the windows shell, causing them to become executable even without the .EXE extension. This would only work, however, if the resident portion of the malware was able to evade detection.

Flash logo shown in browser as "inline multimedia content":
http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/showImage.jhtml?galleryID=297&imageID=33&articleID=202103424

Video recording capability and camera timer:
http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/showImage.jhtml?galleryID=297&imageID=10&articleID=202103424

Strange skunk-like hand hitting touchscreen:
http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/showImage.jhtml?galleryID=297&imageID=42&articleID=202103424