Wrong. They will demand your personal email password (since it is tied to G+) and your slashdot password and your ftp server password and your webhosting password. It is a slippery slope.

I actually own a Fuelband, unlike to poster and the original story. It is basically a pedometer, sensing motion, nothing else. No or any other thing to guide them to my house. It sends information to the cloud, but has a lot less info than facebook. You can actually sign up for an account its free and see how little is actually stored. I be more worried about the data on my phone or in my wallet, both which will lead someone to my house, than on this thing.

This is a stab at Apple, all there products Say "Designed by Apple in Califronia"

Pretty sure apple has that phrase copyrighted so there will be some litagation if used.

And for the record Google is downplaying the Made in the USA tag, probably to avoid these types of arguments.

Have 2 ATV with XBMC running on them with Bluehosts plugins. Can stream Hulu and many network shows straight from the internet most at HD. There are ways to use sickbeard and usenet to get shows automatically but I hardly ever need to. When the networks change protocols to break my setup, I go back to using sickbeard, till the great devs get the codec working with the new protocol. Been using this for 18+ months and have no plans on going back,

Doesn't Time Warner control the software on their DVRs? Can't they just disable that feature? It seems impossible to disable FF feature on all the different types of DVRs out there (like MythTV) through some magical embedded code. It must be some feature of the codec.

Skimmed through the patent and all I can figure out is that our master profile stays the same, but you will have a bunch of fake ones. This does not give you a whole lot of privacy to the user since you are still tied to the master, but makes it harder for facebook/google to created targeted ads and make it harder for someone to find the real you. Unless you are actively using all these clones then Big Brother is going to know who you are. Next there will be a patent to filter out these clones.

1) Microsoft Office - If you are going to go with Poor UI below the Ribbon change would be the same. LibreOffice, like it better than MS Office, I even installed on many people machines and the majority like it better. Only tools use Powerpoint.
2) Games - I agree, but I play all my games on PS3
3) Poor UI - Unity is OK, its growing on me. Use Windows 8 then come back about Poor UI (WTF happened to the start menu)
4) Package - Ubuntu has this beat, the add/remove programs is awesome, its like the app store on mac. You give a poor example of the old RPM days, which was a pain, but have not had issues for ever. The majority of people will never venture past the default repos.
5) Standard Config - the .folder system is great, super easy to migrate. But I beat you think windows registry is a good idea.

Those are MBA levels courses

While you are correct in theory, the ability to defend ourselves from our country is important. I may not have a tank, but I could probably stage an ambush with the equipment I have and hopefully recover a vehicle. Or I could break into the motor pool and steal one. Or someone driving the tank could defect.

It is about having something as a starting point.

This could be big. If Google, Samsung, HTC and Sony team up for team Android, their portfolio will be rock solid. Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, etc, will be having a hard time leveraging patent war against them.

Google could lock out the other partners, but they are all making some great hardware and you know Apple/M$ are scared with all the recent lawsuits. The more Android devices they more revenue is being generated for Google.

Read the parent, he included lost wages. $200,000 seems about right.

Is the 1.6 the average? In Europe most cars are under 1.6l, and many are diesel averaging over 50MPG.How many trucks, SUVs, and other large vehicles do you see on the road here?

I would probably pay 2-5 each channel, if allowed to stream what ever show whenever I wanted, with no commercials. I think I watch only 4-5 stations on a regular basis so I figure it will run about $20-30 a month. Maybe even offer a discounted commercials included option.

The issues with rewind/fast forward is due to the container of the video. Many codecs only support going forward and not reverse. XBMC now handles this a little nicer having a 30 second back instead of 4x rewind.