"The 3D display uses a camera to track viewers so that it knows where to steer the light"

But what if there are more than one person around the display? How does it steer the light then?

Autostereoscopy has more promise I think. Philips has done it.

Italians will *love* this interface!

Just hold your breath while driving past the billboard if you don't like it.

I've never had an issue with my touch pad in Linux, and while I've had issues with Linux sleeping before, I've had only one issue with sleeping in Ubuntu Lucid. It wasn't a crash, but rather the laptop screen was dimmed (my second monitor was fine). Needed to restart to fix that. That happened the first time after I installed Lucid, and hasn't happened since. But maybe it's because I have a Compaq and not a Dell?

It is in fact Linux, albeit a scaled down version to eliminate a lot of the overhead that a "normal" OS carries, leaving only the web browsing capability, and little else.

Having said that, I'm sure someone will program up an app that will open up this OS and add the capability to install any application available to Linux, effectively creating a full-featured fragment of ChromeOS and a proper competitor to Windows. At the same time it could compete with other Linux distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse, et al (or perhaps with Linux desktop environments like Gnome and KDE, depending on the work done to expand its use).

After all, it's Linux, which is open source. With open source you can dig in the code and make changes and improvements.

Let's just hope Google doesn't turn around and say "you can't do that", like Apple is doing with the AppStore and Sony is doing with PS3.

Looks like I'll have to clear a partition for it. Hmm, my Windoze recovery partition should do. I use Linux (Ubuntu Lucid), with Windoze as a backup if something doesn't work in Wine or VirtualBox... which so far has been nothing.

??? what kind of library do you speak of? Dynamic Link Library files don't contain movies... libraries are lists of parameters to run a program. Don't see how I can get a movie from them, free or otherwise. OH! I know, maybe a library file to run a bittorrent program? Is that what you're talking about?

"Does it blend?" Oh yes, blends into his face quite well...

...to use any software with the D&R license.

More likely, that million is mostly confused women.

"Okay, so I bought this thing... now how do I install it on my underwear???"

Yup, like Tickle Me Elmo. Remember that hyped up toy? A few Wal-mart employees got trampled to death upon opening the doors to parents on release day. Nowadays, how often do you hear about that toy? It's pretty much lost in obscurity at this point. How long before the iPad faces the same fate?

Yes they can.

http://www.10news.com/news/20811988/detail.html

http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/33652-high-end-voodoo-pc-catches-fire-at-pc-mags-labs

http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/12/macbook-catches-fire-down-under/

http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/dude-your-dell-is-on-fire/

Oh yes, my favourite part of that whole movie... pleasure and fear messin with ma consentrashun... and oh look I successfully hacked into the most secure computer in the U.S.! Yeah right... I always get the pleasure over with before concentrating. And fear? It'll freeze me up like Windoze.

Novell will appeal that decision, get the case turned to a new judge who will be more reasonable and overturn the current judge's decision. If the current judge is smart, he'll predict that, do the right thing and tell SCO to work out an agreement with Novell (who will say "not a f***ing chance in H***.")