Apple sure as hell didn't confirm anything. So basically we have someone who looked at a screen, that may or may not be for the iPad 3, under a microscope and "counted the pixels".

Again Slashdot titles are redefining words in the English language.

Lately Yahoo Mail has been very buggy, especially when using IMAP (with mobile phone). The past few months I've seen emails moved to folders simply vanish a few days later, emails that are unreadable, emails that can't be deleted on the web site and IMAP syncing issues and the like.

The first thing the new CEO should do is replace all the people responsible for maintaining and fixing Yahoo Mail with people who are competent.

>> I never expect them to get the second CPU core enabled.

I stopped reading after this since if you actually had a TiVo Premiere you'd know the second core was enabled in the 14.9 software update.

As for your other issues: crashes, hanging, etc, I have a Premiere and have rarely if ever seen anything like that.

There are a number of levels inside cable companies when it comes to support.

The lowest level is the "cable guy". This person is not likely to have a computer or engineering background. They receive training from the cable company to do basic things like use the diagnostic meter, run coax cable, strip wiring, etc. basically they are kind of like basic electricians. Some may have some training as to what QAM errors are and the like, but not enough to fix problems. Some are employees of the cable company (more likely for trouble calls) and some are contractors (more likely for installs).

Next up the line are the "line techs". These are the guys in the trucks with cherry pickers. The customer rarely deals with them. They are trained in diagnosing line and node problems to find errors in the signals (leaks, interference, etc). Likely they have an electrical engineering background. When there's an "outage" (TV, Internet and/or phone), these are the guys who are deployed.

Lastly, there's the people who manage the headend and servers. These are ghosts, you'll never see them. These are the ones with computer and engineering backgrounds, the ones you could call network specialists. Customers never deal with them directly.

So basically the "cable guy" is still the "cable guy".

The issue is that GoDaddy didn't really reverse their stance, at least not where it counts. They now claim to not support the SOPA bill as written, but they still agree with it for the most part, which isn't surprising since the more or less wrote the thing.

I believe you still have to put the router into setup mode even when using shared PIN mode. That limits the times this attack could possibly work.

Nitpick:

The FCC can't pass laws or "acts" (which aren't "passed" anyway). Only Congress can pass bills which become laws when signed by the President (or via a veto override). The FCC has regulatory power over broadcast networks based on the mandates given to it by Congress, and has the power to levy fines, but it can't enact laws. There's a grey area when it comes to non-broadcast stations and cable companies, but usually they comply.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission#Regulatory_powers_and_enforcement