Not to mention they are usually staffed with physical therapists who can do this gait detection along with a long list of other healthcare related tasks. I see this being more useful in video games and not so much in healthcare, but we all know which one will rake in the government research grants.

...and highly misleading. Chavez is dying of cancer and I'd be willing to bet that they are trying to prevent a revolution following the death of their dictator.

Stop using US owned registrars and you'll be fine. If you buy a .com, don't cry if your alleged criminal activity gets your site taken down.

It was the same government that created it. Get over it.

Remotes today all miss the big feature we want: two-way communication. If the state of the devices can be reported back to the controls, it opens the door for better interfaces. Until that happens across the industry, we'll be stuck with cluttered and confusing designs. Apple AirPlay is promising, but it requires a compatible device and expensive hardware (Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, etc).

I was thinking along the same line as you. This is probably just risk management in the event that they lose the legal battle with Apple. Then again, maybe it is a way to prepare for sale of the division.

Careful. You are setting up a nice straw man fallacy. Want milk straight from the cow? "Down with the war on drugs!" That isn't a valid argument.

As to the topic, we've just forgotten the history here. These federal departments and regulations exist because there were serious problems to solve at the time. Milk needs to be consistently safe at the grocery. Kids shouldn't die from measles. We should be able to trust that toys sold to our youth won't give them lead poisoning. And so on...

Put your video on DVD and hand out portable DVD players. It'll be cheaper and more secure than a tablet+server solution.

While correct, this explanation doesn't account for corporate taxes.

Capital gains tax is effectively a double-dip, hence the lower rate.

I kind of agree with you. My guess is that Microsoft has just simply lost their way. They don't have the foothold in businesses that they once enjoyed, and now they are second-guessing the design of their main products. The key flaw I see is that by losing the GUI, they lose what sets them apart from other server operating systems which is to say they become as difficult to learn and manage as their competitors. There is a market for an easy to manage system and they are about to lose it if they keep pushing PowerShell for everything. Apple could step into this niche and blow them away, but they don't offer anything beyond Mac Mini and a mini-tower workstation for their server OS to run on (deal breaker for many).

Have you forgotten about virtualization and SaaS? Why would your computer have to be on a corporate domain to connect to a VMware View session or load an app through Citrix? This comes down to corporations controlling data, not devices, which was their primary concern all along.

I live in rural Indiana, so I couldn't give two shits about LA and NYC broadband. I'm sure what they have still beats what we do. Eight minutes up the road is my in-law's farm. They don't have access to cable or DSL and only recently got access to a wireless option due to Omnicity cutting a deal with them to place equipment on the top of their grain elevator. It was barely usable above their previous Earthlink dialup. I live in a small town with about 2,000 people and have access to DSL and cable, but the offering is comparable to what Comcast et al were offering about 6-10 years ago in the nearby suburbs. I'm thankful to have 3Mb DSL and landline for ~$70/mo. I wish I could have >10Mb and VoIP instead but it isn't available to me. It sort of sucks. Everyone has complaints about the current state of broadband in the US, but what is the solution?

...and by *very* nice restaurant you mean Applebees with two adult beverages? What *very* nice restaurant for two costs $40? As to your main point I completely agree. Theaters should be able to make far more money by lowering food costs and increasing quantity, but maybe the business model is based on controlling demand.

The density in Sweden is a little tighter than it is in the US. I wish that internet speeds in rural areas of the midwestern US were 100 Mb, but the fact is it costs a lot of money to build and maintain that network which will return very little.