...and highly misleading. Chavez is dying of cancer and I'd be willing to bet that they are trying to prevent a revolution following the death of their dictator.

Stop using US owned registrars and you'll be fine. If you buy a .com, don't cry if your alleged criminal activity gets your site taken down.

It was the same government that created it. Get over it.

Remotes today all miss the big feature we want: two-way communication. If the state of the devices can be reported back to the controls, it opens the door for better interfaces. Until that happens across the industry, we'll be stuck with cluttered and confusing designs. Apple AirPlay is promising, but it requires a compatible device and expensive hardware (Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, etc).

I was thinking along the same line as you. This is probably just risk management in the event that they lose the legal battle with Apple. Then again, maybe it is a way to prepare for sale of the division.

Careful. You are setting up a nice straw man fallacy. Want milk straight from the cow? "Down with the war on drugs!" That isn't a valid argument.

As to the topic, we've just forgotten the history here. These federal departments and regulations exist because there were serious problems to solve at the time. Milk needs to be consistently safe at the grocery. Kids shouldn't die from measles. We should be able to trust that toys sold to our youth won't give them lead poisoning. And so on...

Put your video on DVD and hand out portable DVD players. It'll be cheaper and more secure than a tablet+server solution.

While correct, this explanation doesn't account for corporate taxes.

Capital gains tax is effectively a double-dip, hence the lower rate.

I kind of agree with you. My guess is that Microsoft has just simply lost their way. They don't have the foothold in businesses that they once enjoyed, and now they are second-guessing the design of their main products. The key flaw I see is that by losing the GUI, they lose what sets them apart from other server operating systems which is to say they become as difficult to learn and manage as their competitors. There is a market for an easy to manage system and they are about to lose it if they keep pushing PowerShell for everything. Apple could step into this niche and blow them away, but they don't offer anything beyond Mac Mini and a mini-tower workstation for their server OS to run on (deal breaker for many).