Or maybe Microsoft's lawyers don't bother sending the same notices to Bing because, well, who uses Bing?

(OK, I use Bing once in a while, before going back to Google when I realize Bing is just as crappy as Google search.)

...why not just forbid Dish from carrying their channel?

(Oh, yes, because they can't. Dish's HD DVRs can take an ATSC signal and record from that, and any home that's capable of erecting a satellite dish can erect a normal UHF/VHF antenna too. That's one thing I really rather like about Dish Network.)

Still, they could try, and then Dish subscribers - who don't want to erect an additional antenna - would be denied access to great shows like House, 24, Dollhouse, Terminator: Sarach Connor Chronicles, Firefly, Dark Angel... {insert rest of updated Family Guy skit here}

Foreman: "Does anyone understand these patents?"

Juror 7: "No, still don't."

Juror 5: "My head hurts."

Juror 6: "This better be over with soon, or I'm going to be the third juror to take a medical leave of absence. I can't stand this crap any more."

Juror 2: "All I know is if we find Google guilty, we're going to have to sit here for another week deciding damages"

{silence}

Foreman: "Case dismissed?"

Rest of jury in unison: "Not guilty!"

History/Karma's a bitch, huh. one troll example .

Maybe I'm missing something, but the "troll" you cite seems to be... well, not a troll. In fact, I completely agree with him/her/it.

Considering the subject line I submitted for this story was way more hysterical, I guess yes. I can't defend, as the submitter, the CEO/CIO thing, I screwed up there, and I'm not quire sure why because I still have the tab up and it clearly says "CIO".

This puts an objective value on his non-marital (pre-marital?) assets, which she presumably therefore wouldn't share in case of divorce. Combine that with his $1/year salary (presumably to avoid any tax other than 15% capital gains), and her half of community property grows at $0.50/year. If she works, she might end up owing him money if they divorce!

Disclaimer: IANAL and certainly not a divorce lawyer. Please correct me if I am wrong, which I probably am.

They probably are, but not to the same extent.

Siri differs in two crucial respects:

1. Bing and Google don't, by default, tie searches to an individual. (Yes, I know, they can, you can log in, and sometimes are already, but you can use both services with cookies turned off without problems.)

2. Siri searches your personal information. At least, that's what I figure from the ads. If Samuel L. Motherfucking Jackson can cancel his golf game by telling Siri to cancel it, then clearly Siri knows SLMFJ's schedule, amongst other things. Google and Bing, unless your business uses Office 365 or Google Apps (in which case...), only has limited personal information on you.

I'm not arguing they're not potential security holes, but they're not in the same ballpark as Siri. If you're talking to Siri all the time, in order to modify your work schedules, send emails, etc, then, well, you are passing much, much, more information to Apple.