This may also explain why Google and Mozilla plan on removing the browser URL field. It prevents more people from being able to go anywhere where the mighty Google or it's countries junta doesn's point us to.

[quote]If push comes to shove, the carrier will simply block any traffic that consists of a constant two-way stream of small packets going over a single connection - typical for voice, unusual for, say, HTTPS.[/quote] That's where my own personal VPN server comes in.

The same in The Netherlands. Operators were pushing unlimited datapland for 10 Euro's, and were really pushing it last summer when I could get unlimited for 2,50 euro/month, or extra fast for 3,75/month (with fair use policy). Tethering and VOIP were not allowed but nobody checked as long as data use was not extreme (no torrents of BR images on your mobile). And now they are talking about extra charging for VOIP and SMS replacers like Whatsapp. :-( Won't take long before chat apps using SMTP/POP3 or https are programmed I assume.

US shot down the SSC project. :-( That could have been an even more powerfull accelerator.

[quote]... except in totalitarian states.[/quote] Like the USA. Just ask Julian Assange or Bradley Manning. Or that Whitehouse dude that told the press someone was working for the CIA.

The only thing China has to do is to dump all its US debt certificates on the market and not buying any new ones. The resulting inflation will make $2.3 billion just be enough to buy yourself a decent meal.

An arms race the US might very well loose for the same reason the USSR lost to the US: they ran out of money.

That is what Nokia already does: my new E72 charges with micro USB but still has the traditional thin version of ther Nokia charger which charges much faster. Since I had some of these chargers already I'm using that now, the only times I charge via USB is when I need a data connection anyway. Biggest advantage is that tethering via USB won't drain the phone battery now that it charges via USB (my laptop battery is another matter of course).

Well, Babylon 5 comes to mind. Earth eventually learns a lot from the Minbari and something of the Vorlons to build cool new ships like the Excalibur.

They shouldn't. I want to know who the traitors are who help US occupation forces. In my country, those who helped the Germans in WW2 had a problem too when they became known.

And considering market share the one is Symbian. doing better than all others. And as long as Android comes only in 2 form factors I both don't like (touch screen only and touch screen with retractable keyboard) I stick to Symbian which brings out devices without fingerprint-prone screens (aka touchscreen) and fixed keyboards like my E51 and E72.

Is is only a matter of time before ads will be removed by some nice piece of software that's available for free download. Just as with DRM "protection".

And those that didn't come back? A death sentence for burglary seems rather harsh to me, even for US standards.

Ah, well, the question still remains how the judge is going to check wether he used encryption or not.

The Netherlands, but as far as I know that's the situation almost everywhere in Europe.