"We plan to... introduce fast 4G LTE mobile broadband services"

http://everythingeverywhere.com/

The press release doesn't say, but they got approval to use 1800 MHz for LTE recently, so I assume it must be 1800.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120821-700757.html
http://www.zdnet.com/uk/4g-decision-annoys-everything-everywheres-rivals-but-it-will-benefit-consumers-7000002942/

As I understand it, only UHF channels 52-68 are being repurposed for LTE networks.

...the only models that can do 850MHz UMTS are the ones intended for Australia

Even then, many Australian phones do 850 MHz and 2100 MHz, but AT&T uses 850 and 1900, so the phone won't work everywhere.

I was helping a friend set up her new computer.

She opened up Internet Explorer and noticed the default search engine was Bing.

She tried to change the default search engine to Google.

Her: Why is it taking so long to change the search engine?
Me: Why not just download Google Chrome?

Problem solved. :-)

Agree, but it's trivial to adapt to.

~/.inputrc
  set completion-ignore-case On

~/.zshrc
  zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'm:{a-zA-Z}={A-Za-z}'

I'd suggest putting /dev, /proc, and /sys together into /system. /dev becomes /system/devices, /proc becomes /system/processes (actually I'd be OK with keeping the abbreviation and using /system/proc), and /sys becomes...

... /system/kernel?

There are wallets that also have a coin section.

http://www.google.com/search?q=wallet+with+coin+pocket

It's just there's not many of them, or the coin pocket is very small.

In countries where $1 or $2 are coins, and tipping isn't expected, having such a wallet is very handy.

Doubtful. A lot of prices end in .99 not because that's the store's actual cost, but because apparently many customers think 4.99 is $4, not $5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing

Australia got rid of the 1c coin years ago. Prices that used to end in .99 now end in .95, not .00.

A big advantage of $1 and $2 being bills is you can get away with carrying only a money clip. And a lot of wallets don't have coin pouches either.

In Australia, where we have $1 and $2 coins, the coins add considerably to the thickness and weight of my wallet. And there are many vending machines that only accept coins, so you have to carry $5-$10 in change to be safe. With a $1 bill, vending machines would only need to accept notes, and should accept higher denominations too.

Some highlights:

Just For Fun (John K Addis)
http://richardsmith.posterous.com/just-for-fun-john-k-addis-dollar-redeign

Moving Forward, Looking Back (Sean Flanagan)
http://richardsmith.posterous.com/moving-forward-looking-back-sean-flanagan-dol

Michael Tyznik
http://richardsmith.posterous.com/dollar-redeign-michael-tyznik

Michelle Haft
http://richardsmith.posterous.com/dollar-redeign-michelle-haft

Richard Smith
http://richardsmith.posterous.com/?tag=banknoteredesign

James Harless
http://richardsmith.posterous.com/james-harless-dollar-redeign

Sometimes You Can't See the Spots for the Trees (Patrick Timmes)
http://thinkcreatebelieve.blogspot.com/2009/06/patrick-timmes-dollar-redeign-sometimes.html

Some interesting suggestions for new US banknotes: Dollar ReDe$ign Project

"I live in a stone, brick, or concrete building, you insensitive clod!"

According to the radiation dose chart, that gets you 70 uSv, equivalent to about 2 bananas.

http://xkcd.com/radiation/

We have a similar situation in Australia where 3 was purchased by Vodafone.

2 years on, 3 customers have access to the older Vodafone 2G network, but not Vodafone's 3G network. We assume the networks will be fully merged eventually, but the rumor is that Vodafone doesn't have the capacity to handle all the 3 customers as well.

So it's entirely possible T-Mobile customers won't get immediate access to AT&T towers.

"1900Mhz is more of the world standard"

1900 (called PCS) is used in the USA, Canada, and many South American countries, but the most common is 2100 (called IMT), which is used in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

And don't get me started on 1700 (AWS).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands