Windows always works for me. If I download a program, I know that I'm not going to have to worry about any incompatibility. If I plug in my Wacom tablet and many other devices, I know there's a good chance Windows 7 already has a driver. If it's not built in, the manufacturer's website will surely have it. I rarely have issues with my Windows install, let alone any kind of virus that so many people speak of. Yeah a license for Windows might be costly, but it's worth it. Granted, I do occasionally get a discount on Windows for working in retail, but I would still pay the full price if I was building a new system. In addition to being able to play games.

They're making these claims while using an unfinished developer preview of Windows 8? Are you kidding me?

Good to see the courts doing their jobs and enforcing the law properly for once.

Those satellites have to connect to the backbone on land somehow. I'm sure it'd be much easier for the government to pressure or forcefully terminate the connection to the backbone as opposed to knocking the satellite from the sky and having to deal with additional space debris.

Would you like to start paying to access YouTube as well?

I take it you haven't watched Adventure Time?

The parent was probably referencing having to deal with the speed of light in the sense that you still have to use a traditional form of communication to communicate what measurements to make on the entangled pair.

Except that vanilla extract doesn't have a list of health risks attached. Provided you're not allergic to vanilla at least...

It may be a drop in the bucket, but it's a start.

Consumers tend to be a tad upset when they find out that normal Windows programs and plugins don't run on their netbook running CE and they then have to go out and find CE versions of said programs [provided they exist].

I'm sure Valve's pricing experiments can attest to this.

During a recession, some people make cutbacks on non-essential needs [Game consoles for example], so why is this at all surprising?
When thousands of people lose their jobs, are they going to continue to spend money on expensive purchases like game consoles and the accessories and games that go with them?
Of course not.

The article said that music would be kept even AFTER ceasing payment. With this in mind and the compatibility with multiple mp3 players, it seems like there may not be any form of DRM on the downloaded music either.

I don't know if you're over-exaggerating the harshness to new players in WoW, as I've never played it. But if you're not, EVE Online is the complete opposite.

In EVE, there are plenty of people, chat channels, and corporations [EVE's guilds essentially, if you don't know] who are more than happy to help out new players. Whether it's advice on skills, ship fitting recommendations, mission help, you name it. There's always an abundance of help for new players.

I don't know if this perhaps due to EVE's generally older age demographic or if WoW is the same in terms of help for players.