HP certainly shot themselves in the foot with this. Who in their right mind would consider a HP computer if even they aren't confident about them?

Sounds to me like Google is playing the system as it is currently designed to be played - but with a different intent. I hope they continue to file for more and more ridiculous patents until the real patent trolls (or, more importantly, the government) have nothing left but to call for reform.

That allowed me to get to my account & browse, but it still won't let me watch a movie/show without being signed into PSN.

Andrew Carol is the designer. His website has more information - http://acarol.woz.org/antikythera_mechanism.html If the site is down, try the Google cache

Steve Jobs demonstrates the correct way to hold the iPhone 4

Caller ID spoofing is nothing new. It can be done from a number of different services. You can even call these services from an iPhone! New headline: iPhone Can Hack Unsecured Voicemail

What Android version(s) does this affect? The latest public release (v2.1 stock) hasn't even been rooted by the mod community.

I wonder how USPS CDs are packaged and how many are delivered intact compared to the others.

...and start looking into what UPS/FedEx/DHL can offer.

Add GPS to that list. My Droid gives turn-by-turn directions while linked to Google Maps, meaning Garmin will no longer be receiving $80/year for map updates.

And to think that each time I get an NSF check, *I* have to pay.

We learned a lot about using 5.1 for XP and how that helped developers with version checking for API compatibility. We also had the lesson reinforced when we applied the version number in the Windows Vista code as Windows 6.0-- that changing basic version numbers can cause application compatibility issues.

So we decided to ship the Windows 7 code as Windows 6.1 - which is what you will see in the actual version of the product in cmd.exe or computer properties.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/14/why-7.aspx

...as a post-graduate he was told he didn't have much longer to live...

Let this be a lesson to all - graduating is hazardous to your health!

If someone was trying to install XP, but didn't have a disk and asked "Well, I got a Windows 95 CD, shouldn't I be able to use that and just update?", they would probably get a lot of weird looks... but the appropriate response would be "No, it isn't like Linux".

That is not solely a Windows problem, you are comparing a commercial product to a free product. The same could be said about upgrading from MacOS 9 to MacOS X.