Whenever I get issues with content delivery, I call the tech dept of my ISP. If they fail to fix it, I become part of the churn data. This is why I am no longer a Comcast customer. They were caught dropping connections and bringing some services to a standstill.

My last slowdown with my current provider wasn't their fault. A neighbor cracked my older weak encryption and saturated my connection. It pays to check your router's lights. Changed SSID, encryption, and password and the problem was fixed on the spot.

I wonder if I can offset my income with the loss of my Neopoints when I closed the account?

How different is this than Netflix or Hulu, other than the inclusion of a set top box? Many smart TV's now include Netflix and Hulu capibilities.

The question is will Intel license the tech to TV manufactures to include it along with Netflix and Hulu. If so, what is the future of a dedicated settop box along the lines of Boxee? http://www.amazon.com/Boxee-D-Link-Streaming-Media-Player/dp/B0038JE07O

Will it be able to include Hulu and Netflix? If not, I suspect the sales of a single supplier solution for content and hardware will limit it's target demographic. Customers are not looking for another monthly subscription.

For a while Intel did have a streaming service where they provided services for media companies. It steamed the Rush Limbaugh show for a while and other talk radio. The old media services center was on a good fat pipe in Hillsboro Oregon with a link into the backbone in the Qwest hub. If they do provide service, they know how to get a good backbone connection.

As far as 5 cables running into a home, how many homes consume enough content to justify the cables at $50-150/month each. I pay for just internet, bundled with pots to get the discount. The POTS is stripped bare, eg no long distance, as these legacy items have been way surpassed by other survice providers in value. I have 4 other sources of no fee long distance so paying the incumbant their prices for it is a waste of money.

Want must have content does the new kid on the block plan on providing?

When did you last try this? I found the Opposite true. Unlike Windows, you can try a Live CD or DVD (or ISO on thumb drive) and try it before installing.

Don't belive the lable on the box. Much of the Windows only Hardware works great with Linux. I even booted and tested Linux on a new Windows 8 Lenovo Yoga Ultrabook. Multi-touch screen worked fine. I suspected it would be a problem. This was a nice surprise. I use Linux regularly to boot unbootable crashed Windows PC's and Laptops to save user data before doing a Windows Recovery which destroys user data. Not many laptops have problems with any hardware. Sometimes sound is an issue and sometimes Wireless does not work out of the box, but that is most often an easy fix. Google it.

  I use Logitech USB headsets. I use Guitar Hero USB Microphones. I use Microsoft Sidewinder USB Joysticks. I use several brands of Bluetooth USB Dongles. Most USB printers including Fax and Multifunction devices work. I don't even need to download drivers for older ones like you do for Windows (Via Windows Update). I had to Google how to install an older printer in Windows 8 LOL.

Windows still needs to fix a couple of items that only a few users see.

1 Assuming you are connected 24/7..
I travel and do presentations. Who ever decided that some product including Windows should not bother checking for an active connection before interrupting a presentation for an update.
You have seen it.. In a meeting and some pop up shows up on the big screen for some update.. Why??

2 Is closely related. Assuming you are the administrator.. I deal with this on Windows 7 at work to be specific. I am NOT the administrator. I have a several month old Flash update with only two choices. Install or Remind me later. Why can't the Administrator push the update with the rest of the background updates instead of prompting me for something I can't do? The Windows updates are done in the background with little intervention on my part except running the security checker.

Linux in the versions I use have this right. If I am logged in as a Normal user, I don't get prompts for updates. Same if I am not online. Linux is my OS of choice for presentations. I log into Administrator to do Administrative tasks. If I get a pop up for an Update while a User, I know it's a malware attack in the browser. Real updates are not presented to Non-Administrators.

While we are at it we should remove evey roadside distraction that has text video or graphics that is not directly related to navigation.

Remove the video billboards, they should be illegal. I can turn off my phone. I can't turn off roadside distractions.

If you read the article, the researcher did not download or examine the payload. They used a honeypot to view the downloader, but not the payload. The payload could be anything, but the downloader was used by a known software vendor.

Though investigators didn’t obtain the file that the downloader was supposed to install, analysis of it showed that it was the same downloader that has been used in the past to install Remote Control System (RCS), a spy tool made by the Italian company Hacking Team and sold to governments. A digital certificate used to sign the downloader has also been used in the past with Hacking Team’s tool.

I have a fanless laptop. The only noise is the hard drive. When I can afford a SSD (when my HD dies), I'll go silent.

Low power enables small form factor PC's. Consider a Media Center PC that simply attaches to the back of your flatscreen TV..

Hmm, Performance per Watt seems to have been glazed over.

The possibility of a fanless media center PC, the ability of a server farm to eliminate over half the cooling cost, and long battery life in a gaming class laptop seems to not be the attention of the article.

Gee it's only X percent faster..

PDP 11/35.. Assembly using an op code booklet and entering it directly in core memory with toggle switched color coded in groups of three for easy octal entry. 32K of 16 bit core plane memory. About a year later we added an RK05 hard disk..

You think a 32G thumb drive is expensive? You should figure the cost per Gig for RK05 platters!
http://www.pdp8.net/rk05/rk05.shtml

Drive and controller $7900 and $350 installation from DEC in 1974
    74 Dollars per month for maintenance
Additional drives $5100 and $260 installation
    64 Dollars per month for maintenance
Disk cartridge $99

About 0.002 GB of data

This will train the younger generation to harden their computers against future attacks. No Script, PDF Adobe Acrobat, IE, and other easy targets may finaly get secured as the avenue of attack is examined by security pro's.

Is it worth the wait for the next gen of low power chips to arrive?

There are variations of clean..

http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/intel_ad_campaign_clean_room-590x333.jpg

Particles per cubic Meter come to mind when clean room is mentioned at work.

Article is devoid of citations. Are Irish spuds as highly radioactive as Idaho spuds? Are spuds from Oregon spuds from volcanic spuds as radioactive?

Chips can't be radioactive if produced from material free of radioactive material.

I'm a little better supplied by having a motorhome. 100 gallons of fresh water, generator, propane stove, fridge heat and a 240 Watt solar pannel with inverter and deep cycle batteries. If needed, I can travel.

Sometimes the camping supplies can double as emergency supplies.