Keep in mind, too, that songs can act as promotional material for their artists. If someone pirates a song then plays it to a bunch of their friends that can turn into sales. Just as how radio play actually increases sales of the songs played, so too can pirated downloads.

Change that 100k to 20k and I can say all of the above verbatim. Cheers :D

dingdingding! People seem to forget that asking customers for money is the norm pretty much everywhere except the web. Not only would the web survive if all sites went pay, in many ways it would be better.

Very few people will ever wire their iDevice to a display when AirPlay works so well over wireless. This is a non-issue.

It's not the weapon that's scary, but the thought of what might happen if it ends up in the hands of someone with a reason to mow down a bunch of kindergarten kids. Less guns in US homes will equate to less gun deaths.

You already have a tyrannical government. How are your guns changing that?

This will only harm the people of Egypt. Google will lose a few ad hits.

We're quoting CNET now? What is the world coming to?!?!

No. See TFA.

I'm pretty surprised at how many /.ers are willing to buy data in the form of voice minutes and SMS at extorsionate rates but not a proper data plan. Since voice and SMS are data anyway, why not get a data-only plan? I set up a tablet data plan and use it on my smartphone and even with the addition of premium VoIP service (from voip.ms, great service) I'm saving $40/month over my old voice+data plan.

The Chinese government are certainly hypocrites, and liars as well, but personally I don't think hacking is as bad as bombing.

about this

Agreed, I can't imagine how this would be better than 60GHz. Mind you I don't see a lot of point in either at home. Maybe someday I'll want to instal a device in every room so I can stream 4k video from a mobile device, but it sure as hell won't be anytime soon.

The other way around IS the news. TFA is clearly tongue-in-cheek.

How about the freedom to make a phone call without it being monitored without a warrant?