Memory manufacturers use binary. 4 gigs of ram reports as 4096 megabytes, as it should. I think it's pretty silly of Apple to essentially instantly change over to Metric from SI in one service pack, but on the other hand, Apple's the most capable of doing this because their userbase isn't anywhere near as "in the know" of these inner workings as *nix/Windows users. They'll probably see that their hard drive sizes are actually what's written on the box and think that Apple fixed something.

That's silly, though. Valve is in control of fixing things and releasing DLC on consoles, not EA. Valve has REPEATEDLY stated they have NO intention of EVER patching or releasing DLC for the PS3 version of the Orange Box, and will likely never release another PS3 game again. The reason they haven't done so for the 360 are technical limitations with regards to storage (just look at the size of your TF2 folder today compared to on release day - and remember that most 360 users have a 20gb hard drive, some don't have one at all). It's not EA's fault that Valve simply has no interest in the PS3 or technical means to patch TF2 on the 360.

The problem is, MS's site has to always accept old versions of IE. How the hell else would end users upgrade to IE 7/8 without going to Microsoft's site? MS's site probably still supports IE5, just in case. They can't just say "Well, since you installed an OS with an old browser, you can't use the internet. Ever."

In my 17 years of online Windows computing, I've gotten a total of 2 infections, all within the last ~5 or so years. Every time on a clean install of Windows, pirating software with no AV installed. The first time, I was trying to pirate MagicISO. The last time back in 2007, when I was actually trying to pirate AVG Pro and ended up infecting myself. It sounds stupid to pirate anything without AV protection, I know. I'm an idiot. I thought I didn't need AV software for a long time, but now the first thing I install is Avast.

Is it really so hard to believe that people just want something that works? Sure, people could relearn to use Linux, but why? They already know how to use windows, and learning how to use Linux would take time away from them doing other things. A lot of people simply use the computer for checking email and browsing Facebook/MySpace, why sit there and relearn how to do that when you can just do it in Windows without the hassle/time investment? People are lazy. Those who aren't have other things to do with their time than learn a new OS, which is why I honestly don't think Linux will ever be desktop ready. OSX is so user-friendly that it's a nonissue there, but Linux breaks easily and requires a lot of knowledge when shit DOES break. Windows is just easier, more accessible, and everyone knows how to use it already.

Did you really expect them to? ISPs will obviously not show up to discuss their shady business practices, the only way we can make them do anything is with our wallets.