That's a self-destructing prophecy.

Additionally, in large parts of the Netherlands it's impossible to get an HBO subscription anyway. So for lot's of people here it's either download or wait for the DVD, nothing in between. That will probably change as HBO is rolling out across TV providers here. If it comes with proper on-demand and a reasonable pricetag I'll subscribe.
Frankly, I'd rather have the on-demand stuff over the internet without all sorts of strings attached. I'll happily pay to for on-demand HBO if I can watch it from within XBMC without having to install windows. Untill that happens Sabnzbd + XBMC is simply far more convenient then any legal option.

That definitely is cultural, although it's not specific to India. Saying no to your boss is unpopular (and often unwise) in a lot of countries. I'm Dutch (we argue about everything) and I worked with people from India at an U.S. company. The cultural issues can be rather tricky when people are unaware of them, although it's generally possible to deal with it once you make people aware of it.
Cultural issues exist when outsourcing closer to home as well though, I once freaked a French customer because I was arguing so technical issue with a college and they thought we hated each other :) The small cultural issues between states or even different companies can especially tricky you because you see them coming, so be aware of that when outsourcing closer to home.

Personally I really don't need the lights outside rush hour. I find it far easier, and less tiring, to get an overview of what's going on around me just seeing the taillights ahead of me. It's also makes it easier to spot an unexpected traffic jam ahead, you will see that later on an illuminated road. I am unsure how dimming the lights would work out, but I guess I'd rather have them totally off. There are some requirements though, the road should be predictable and the shouldn't be any unilluminated or slow traffic and stuff like that. Things like corners in the road for which would require you to slow down etc should be lit though, but when the rest of the road is dark having lights at the 'special' situations actually provides early signal something special is ahead.

But the same is true for all the devices in the article, they all rely on GPU based decoding. Non GPU accelerated stuff won't play on those shiny boxes as well. The hardware in there isn't all that different.

That's probably what they hear @IIS when someone takes a dump.

Sure, because Azure doesn't exist, nobody uses IIS for large website, nobody uses Dynamics and no big software vendor develops using Microsoft technology.

There's a reason MS is as big as it is, people and companies use their stuff. They may not be the biggest player in every market, but they are by no means insignificant.

The transcript of the case is also available. Basically the judge said nothing but, 'there's no irreparable harm, so there won't be a preliminary injunction. Nothing was found legal or illegal, there will be a full case before anything can be said about that. Although the Judge hinted he expects ReDigi to loose the case, he explicitly stated the sole reason for denying the preliminary injunction was the absence of irreparable harm.

Worse yet, XS4ALL actually very much proved in this case they stand for freedom. The original case was made against Ziggo and Xs4all asked to be joined into the case as an party with an interest in the case, where others just stood by and watched. Besides, there will still be an appeal and Xs4all has a history of taking things to the supreme court when needed (see: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/13054/final-victory-xs4all-and-karin-spaink-win-scientology-battle). This is far from over yet.

Well, in a world without huge blockbusters he's likely to be looking for a job :)