I wish I had mod points, I'd moderate you "Underrated". Your comment has a je ne sais quoi.

It is is as silly to use the term cyber criminal as it is to grant patents on everyday things when used on the internet. Scams and confidence schemes are ages old and regardless of what the current technology is, criminals will take advantage of them. It can be telegram, telegraph, mail, telephone, email, mobile, or whatever. The vehicle doesn't change the act.

Apple has a part in making sure their locks are good. If I lose my passcode to my iPad I'm out of luck. Regardless of how compelling the story is it doesn't change their unlocking policy. If they could convince the police that grandma was involved in some sort of illegal activity and get a court order they may have better luck.

With the low low interest rates you would be a fool not to refinance your house and take out a home equity loan to purchase said aspirin.

Many businesses find the idea of people doing their personal banking on the clock unconscionable. The firewall package we have when it has a hiccup reverts back to doing HTTPS interception, so for us turning it off is an option rather than it being defaulted to off.

Between Classic Mode and Rosetta you had recourse over a decade or more. I understand that some people like to run decades-old software because it still works, but no one in their right mind still needs Claris Works when they could be using Open Office/Libre Office. Similarly there isn't really a big reason to hang on to applications compiled for decade old hardware if you are running brand new hardware.
The last gaming rig I built had a graphics card that was near the price of a Mac Mini. If your gaming rig is 1/3 the price of a decent Mac it sucks.

For the small percent who does root their phone it isn't a huge concern, but considering the most popular firmware claims around 10 million installs compared to the 1 billion total Android devices there are a ton of people left in the dark. Most of the people I know who use Android devices get the free phone, the 1 phone, or get the stupid Casio "rugged" phone. All of those options are going to leave them in the dark on updates.

I spend quite a bit more for my devices than $100, but that's because I hate being locked to a carrier or paying the big four carriers' fees. Paying more for my device and having a sub-$30 bill compared to the $79+ bill I'd have for a smartphone on Verizon is a no brainer to me. Even buying the ultra bestest Samsung phone at $700 outright buyout isn't a big deal when I'll save that much in half the two year contract time.

A balaclava or ski mask in a bar in California I would guess would be more disconcerting than wearing Google Glass.

WoW needs this and then a $10 death penalty waive option.

Even if they don't pay it is of no loss to the carrier since they do not have the subsidy. If one buys a new iPhone 5S and has it stolen after two or three billing cycles and stops paying their bill the carrier loses out on that subsidy. If one steals a brand new iPhone 5S and stops paying after two or three billing cycles the carrier is out nothing and in most cases made great profit since no part of the bill was subsidy (also most prepaids can't accept stolen devices as easy as paid providers who control the network).

There are converters for the older versions, which I won't say makes it worth it, but they are there. I used them on the Mac version so we didn't have to upgrade above 2000 era Office. Mac converter is just drag and drop, doesn't allow you to save back to it, not that anyone would want to.

Here's to hoping Google can force them to change their name again.

I'm no expert on irony, but I'm pretty sure calling a troll stupid is ironic.

I always shop for a phone that is supported by Cyanogenmod for that very reason.

As good as that sounds, if the government owns the lines they'll start spying on people's communications. *ducks*