The article, along with some of the above comments, bring me back to my disgust with the so-called "Open Handset Alliance". I was under the impression that all the companies involved in this "Alliance" would be moving toward more open and user-choice-oriented hardware and software designs. So far, Google themselves seems to be the only one living up to that. Locked bootloaders, e-fuses, hardware write-protection... IMHO, Motorola, Samsung and HTC do not deserve to call themselves members of the Open Handset Alliance.

Been out for a while, so there's probably something newer that's got better specs, but this is the one I remember off the top of my head.

The catch there is that there's a large gap between the range at which one can reliably connect with a shot aimed at center mass and the range at which one can do the same with a shot at the head. And if a hostile target is within the latter range, and closing, few people will remain calm enough to aim properly.

The Gamecube controller? Uhm, take another look at the original "Duke" Xbox controller, then look at it side-by-side next to a Dreamcast controller, and then tell me what it's most similar to. The Controller S and the 360 controller are just further refinements of that design.

Meanwhile, Playstation controller designs haven't changed a millimeter since the introduction of the DualShock. The one time they were considering changing it up a bit, they did an about-face right back to where they were. The "Boomerang" wasn't bad, it just needed a little refinement.

My mistake. I don't use either much, I just know it replaced IsoHunt in MiniNova's alternate-sites-to-search thing.

Mininova, TorrentReactor, Torrents.to (formerly ISOhunt) for general torrent needs. For anime, check datorrents.com.

Modded "-1 troll"? Wow, someone has no sense of humor.

I'd be more than happy to test and compare the services here in my town, if someone will send me an iPhone, a Palm Pre, and whatever Verizon's top-of-the-line smartphone is. The latter two will need to be pre-activated and provisioned, but I've got an AT&T simcard already.

And Blizzard just lost a sale with this announcement (probably MANY sales, but I can only speak for myself).

I've only played about 10 minutes of StarCraft 1, but I *was* still planning on buying StarCraft 2. But if they're going to make stupid, disrespectful decisions like this, I certainly shall not be giving them any of my money.

...and I'll say it again: HD-DVD was the superior format.

Er, "disable 'Hide extensions...'", that is. ...this is what I get for posting at 1:30 in the morning...

First thing I do with any new windows install is to both "Hide file extensions for known file types" and enable "Show hidden files". I do not like my computer hiding things from me. Ever.

LimeWire's open source? I was not aware of this.

Regardless, I had the problem with LW, and did not have the problem with Ares; therefore, I am sticking with Ares.

I beg to differ. I used to use it (not sure what version, but I know I got it from limewire.com), till I ran a virus scan on my comp and found over SIX THOUSAND infected files, all within LimeWire's installation directory (NOT the download/share directory).

I stick with Ares Galaxy (which is FOSS) and torrents now.

...does it still autonomously and secretly download malware in the background?