Data collected automatically from some Windows users

Oh, that gives me such a warm feeling inside...

Thank you. I'm a unix guy, and have been using Linux since kernel 0.97. And I hate when people say thing like that, implying that just because it is in Linux, it is secure. It is not, and it takes a lot of work and knowledge to make any computer, running any OS, secure.

The different is that Linux will help you, while Windows will hinder your efforts.

How about ophthalmologist, as well as most people who comments on such subjects on goodreads, as well as other book and reading clubs ?

Of course, for people who read 3 or 4 books/year, it doesn't make much difference. However, people who regularly read 2 or 3 books a month (sometimes more), will start feeling the strain after a few years.

To give you some idea where I come from, I spend 15+ hours a day in front of a computer, and I read an average of 2 books/month (actually, a little higher than that, but less than 3).

As I said, most people don't fit that category, which explains the statistics on the original article.

Careful there. I've read some very loud complains, about being unable to turn off the backlight and all that. I know of one person that went back to their Kindle v4 and actually returned the paperwhite. If you can, find someone who owns one and check if you are comfortable with it. From what I've read, I'm sticking with my v4.

On the other hand, I've seem some people who loved it. So YMMV.

Until I've got my eReader and used it for a few days, I would have agreed with you. Of course, having a nice leather case with light on it for night reading for my eReader helps quite a bit. Having to turn on a light at night to be able to read would have been a major problem, I give you that, but I imagined that would be the case, so I've got my leather case with light.

Thank you. You are, of course, 100% correct, and I stand corrected.

There is no question: anyone who spends more than a few minutes/day reading will agree reading books on LCD is really tiring. That is why I love my e-book reader, I can read for hours and my eyes won't get tired. Before it, I used to read on LCD, and after about 20 minutes my eyes would start bothering me.

On the other hand, I don't think most people read enough to be bothered by it, which is sad in many different levels. But hardcore readers won't give up their e-readers for LCD. Too bad we are a minority.

Prometheus ? No, that never happened. Just like there are only 3 Starwars movies, and only 1 Highlander.

Mountains of Madness, anyway ?

Also, it is not like Google is the small kid that needs to be protected against Microsoft.

Whatever the reason for the switch, in a nutshell we can simply say: Google dropped the ball.

It kinda is/was. The problem is, Apple pulled so much shit, that even fanboys are pissed at them.

Buy it, and select "All to charity". Meaning nothing for The Humble Bundle team, and nothing for the game publisher.

I just did it. I love voting with my wallet.

Man, this is an amazing project. Congratulations. I will be buying it later tonight.

The consumer market is not "phone and e-mail". It is facebook, twitter, whatsapp, angry birds and instagram. If we are talking purely phone calls, I have a feature phone here (nokia) that does it better than any droid/iPhone/BB around.

I agree with your views regarding the long term goal(s) of BB. It is hard to make technical predictions about public traded companies. Their ultimate "product" is, after all, their stocks.

And no, I don't think MS merging with BB would be they saying ok to Linux. Hotmail was Linux. Nokia was very much a Linux shop. For them getting a Linux shop and turning it into a Win shop is just another day in the park. But that I really don't see happening. It would be easier for them (along with Nokia) to just grab that market. They have the means to do it and, at least until BB10 is released, the market is all open for the taking. After BB10, it might be an entirely different game.

Yeah, I've read a little and saw a little about BB10. However, I find it hard to believe it can gain much market at this point. Not with Apple and Google so entrenched, and with Microsoft trying to carve a niche. Too little too late, if you ask me. But hey, Apple raised from the ashes when everyone was saying the same thing about them, so we have to wait and see. However unlikely, it is still possible.

What I don't understand is why Microsoft didn't zero in on Blackberry and, before anything else, took the corporate market, instead of this losing war against BOTH Apple (entrenched positions) and Google (moving target). Blackberry had a big bullseye right in their collective foreheads and MS could have taken their market share and get a consolidated position in the corporate market before either Apple or Google could react. After that, they would be in a much better position to attack the consumer market.