No, but some terrorists with scuba training could cause a little bit of a problem... Hell, unless you tell the populace where their underwater nuclear reactor is (you know, to look out for possible trouble), a bunch of divers in the water "over there" wouldn't raise any suspicions...

Umm, you still have the issue with the residents, hippies, etc. As a beachfront resident, would you feel safe knowing that 5 miles outside your big windows you have a nuclear reactor--as opposed to a wind farm? To add, hippies do like "the sea", fish, and underwater nature, so that doesn't really change. The only thing that would change is that the local government's objections end at the city limits, which may be at the shore...

"Respect my authoritah!"

So, according to this prosecutor, if someone looks for porn on a PC used by a spouse, especially if protected with a password, then that spouse is hacking and faces felony prosecution? Looks like the bar would be set even lower to prosecute, especially if there was no official legitimate safety concern (e.g. for the child)...

Better tell the makers of the USB devices that secretly load tracking software on PCs (forgot the name) not to sell their devices in Michigan. It would only be logical that the prosecutor would have to go after the device maker's officers as accessories in the commission of a felony...

Whether felons have the right to vote & the restrictions posed on them is a state matter.

Only 2 states, Kentucky & Virginia, deny felons the right to vote for the rest of their lives, although Kentucky has a process to restore that right. Other states disallow voting for felons in prison, on probation, on parole, etc.--just depends on the state. Maine & Vermont allow felons to vote while in prison. Oddly, "felony disenfranchisement" laws have been found to be constitutional .

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement

For some reason, TFA only mentions Safari. No mention of IE (though Silverlight is mentioned) or Firefox, just Safari & Chrome. I don't know if that's because the author hasn't gotten around to testing Firefox or if it's immune--but Silverlight & Flash could be holes for FF.

Frankly, I never trusted Google's ability to vet Apple's (Webkit) code for security holes... And I just don't trust Apple.

And what the hell is "HTML5 database storage"--and why would I want to give any app persistent storage? Seems like a great way to store malware...

I recognize that styles can be customized by different users. However, when it comes to college students, few people change the base styles that come with Word. The example I was citing was getting files from 3 different people, none of whom use Word for anything beyond basic word processing, and attempting to cut/paste parts into into a file to submit to a teacher as a group paper. Margins, tab stops, bulleting, source OS (Windows vs. Mac), etc. may all be different, but that wouldn't cause conflicts in a well designed product (of which, Word is not).

Does this come as a surprise to anyone who has used Word extensively???

To this day, I don't know why Microsoft hasn't added WordPerfect's "Reveal Codes" feature to Word to help resolve this... I cringe whenever I have to merge documents from different sources, especially if they're from different versions (e.g. 97-03 .doc + 07-10 .docx), because I never know how badly the result will turn out...

In one example of a 10-page merged document, I deleted a group of bullets and the text moved 1/2 way to the right & the font changed, became bold, and was blue. But it wasn't a simple fix of moving the tab stops, changing the font, etc.--it wouldn't let me do some of those things. That document was so screwed up that I had to cut/paste everything into Notepad and spent 3 hours reformatting it from scratch.

I mean nobody is moving TO WordPerfect from Word, so Corel should want to get some $$$ from Microsoft to license the technology (e.g. due to copyrights, patents)... But then again, Microsoft might be scared to reveal how screwed up the formatting is within .doc and .docx formats, so there might be CYA involved in not doing so...

Therein lies the problem... Facebook tries to be "everything to everyone" (well, at least those with access to a computer), and does reasonably well in attempting to do that. Ping is going for a subset of that market, attempting to fracture out a niche that owns a specific brand. Nobody else will care about that market, so I don't place much faith in it...

New Apple = Old IBM

Unfortunately for Apple, there are enough users like me that are interested in the technology (e.g. iPad) who don't want to be told how to use that technology (e.g. iPad). Facebook's major advantage is that it doesn't require a specific type of hardware (e.g. iPad) with only minimal requirements for software (e.g. free browser) to take advantage of their services--or require a certain level of disposable income to take advantage of. Hell, I know people who don't have a PC who go to the library to login to Facebook... Can't do that with Ping...

Sure, this will be popular with iPxxxxxxx users, but it will help create a digital divide with those who can't afford (or don't want) such devices...