Lithium AA batteries run from $10 to $5 a pair. YMMV. NiMh AA are still developing. I have to recharge mine every two weeks. The older ones used to go down even though in dormant stage. Did you know you can charge up AA alkaline batteries? Just don't overcharge them, monitor its voltage state every 15 minutes and try not to go over 1.8 volts. (btw they do tend to leak after a while)

True it is lively, and this Friday announcement by the HP CEO, Meg Whitman will most likely show how HP will work on WebOS in the future. HP employeees will get first shot at purchasing a Touchpad, there were rumors of a 7in Touchpad selling on Ebay and sales will be limited to 2 per eBay paypal person account.

Doesn't the land belong to the first person who steps on it? Maybe a group of folks are planing to plant a flag there?

Manga/Amine translators sort of work for Free, but I suppose Debian translation work is sort of a dull and unexciting job, except for the small debates on some tricky translations.....

Bluish color formations suggests copper. However maybe the smurfs have a mercury colony.....

Maybe there is a conspiracy to prevent all slashdot highlights to be false? Most breakthroughs are announced to get developer funds. We know that most ideas are a failure. I suppose investment capital is like buying a lottery ticket....

It increases the lobbyists' economic growth to influence the Congressmen. Also the AT&T branches that compete with T-Mobile will experience economic growth too....

Karma in this life or his past life might have a reason. Still there is a correlation between people who are controlling and diabetes. A lot of Mafia bosses get diabetes.... And there is a correlation between promiscious people and STDs....still supposedly "God" made some rules that we all supposedly try to follow.

The palm watch by Fossil still needs recharging everyday. Good luck in finding the replacement battery and the ability to Hotsync using a Vista or Windows 7 computer.......

If Jobs is right, then hackers will be able to hack a "droid" thru flash.

I love to read. I can put HTML into text and save it into my computer to edit into whatever I chose to do. It is fun to recall information using a search function and not be limited to just one text. Blogging gives the average person the ability to give their version of stories and facts. Slash dot is a perfect example of how nerds shape their own perceptions. It may not be to Murdoch's liking but you must admit, he is a powerful person of the media.

Nonetheless I like copy and pasting the news to forums I like. I wonder if the news will be drmed to prevent me from cutting and pasting, or they will hunt me down for stealing their news articles?

Yes I use a razor like scooter to make the distance between bus stops shorter. And a scooter makes a great defense against dogs too.,,, I love the ones with mini shocks in the front. However if the roads and sidewalks are not smooth you need a kick scooter with air filled tires.

Being inventive is difficult. I believe Thomas Edison said that it takes more perspiration than inspiration to get an invention.OK, America will provide the incentives and the Chinese will take the initiative and succeed in producing more and more useful "junk". Even if Americans and Europeans invent stuff, China will manufacture it and make a profit off of it. Spread the wealth around until slowly but surely China will own the world...

Love the Pre, but seriously when provided by Sprint you have to hack it in order to enable tethering. Also you have to hack it if you unsubscribe in order to use the wifi. Will the hacking of Pre become greater than the hacking of IPhone? For Linux users Pre is more of a slam dunk....