Ebola is less infectious than HIV and has infected orders of magnitudes fewer people for much shorter periods of time. While it could happen, chances are airborne AIDS is more likely than Ebola, in other words, go back to sleep dear, you were just having a nightmare.

Did you ever use the toilet at work? - ever had issues of a bad stomach doing the rounds? any idea how many people don't wash their hands after taking a piss? -people you shook hands with. I'd not bet my life on this scenario being impossible.

Ebola is not as infectious as the flu. Absolute none of those scenarios would be able to transmit the disease. So yes, you are safe.

We would like to explore.. other options.

Not literally, you have to pay it for the internet connection. So if you have no subscribtion for your smart phone you don't need to pay a license ;) For TVs though, you need to pay the license whether you use it or not, the logic being that you pay for the capability of receiving TV. Not sure why they havn't just made a tax already.

Considering it can be encrypted and you need a "cable" box from a typical "cable" provider to decode the over-the-air signal, it may sound strange, but it does make some sense.

Don't you mean still around? That was when when it was on its deadbed.

Most medical patents aren't American. America has more medical research than other single nation, but by capita many European countries does more research and holds more patents especially Switzerland and Denmark. As such those countries are also interested in seeing the patents protected, though they haven't allowed themselves to be nearly as abused as the American healthcare system.

If the local branch of Microsoft has access to and control over the servers, they only need to demand the local branch to do so, that doesn't mean they are extended juristiction. If the data could only be accessed from outside the US it would be more interesting.

Germany has that reputation in Europe, and rightfully so compared to its neighbours. Compared to the US though, it is a smooth nonsense-free paradise.

It is actually a bit late with Blackberry. It is has plenty of apps, but the "new" platforms (BB10 and WP8) were actually a good business when they come out and you couldget first mover advantage, by the time the platforms were big enough to make profits the the first moverswere on top of the top10 lists. Not sure though if I would bet on a 5th or 6th platform at this point though. The lottery odds might still be better on BB10 and WP8 than on Android and iOS, though the jackpot is also significantly smaller.

What coup did the EU and US stage?

There was no coup in Ukraine. There was an impeached president that decided to flee the country and the existing elected non-modified parliament appointing a new temporary one.

400 civilian aircrafts flew over it each day until one of them was shut down.