If it were actually true that MS forced you to switch to IE8, even temporarily until you switch back to FF, that would be major news! But as seems to be the case here, the author is just making shit up.

Wasn't my experience either. I upgraded my home machines and my office computer to IE8 and do not recall that it became my default browser.

I switched to Linux on my home desktop computers back in 2000... haven't looked back. Sorry MS.

"Wii, PS2, and PSP"... hmm... they are obviously just going for the biggest market since those consoles basically rule all (well, DS should be in the list). XBOX 360 and PS3 just don't have the numbers it seems. The "development costs" excuse is bullshit.

Everybody email accounts@stockart.com and support@stockart.com to tell them how you feel. You can also call 1.800.297.7658.

Now we can pay $20/game to play games we can otherwise download on our computers for free?!

If you thought Erwise was the first graphical Web browser, think again.

Wow, I didn't think Obama could fix the economy so quickly! Yay, jobs for everone!

The LHC was activated successfully and they run it every night, replicating the conditions of the big bang. The big news they are not telling us is that when they open that rift in time and space, something calling itself "god" is in communication with them. The "oh, it doesn't work" story is just a cover.

(yes, I read Blasphemy by Douglas Preston)

Won't be long before the anti-popup firefox plugins can detect css-based popup and allow you to disable them as well. Only problem is they can't be disabled across the board because it would break a lot of the "web2.0" functionality of websites.

I have always preferred using joe at the command line. And for gui, I tend to stick with jEdit, since it's free, fully customizable, and cross-platform.

The whole notion of usable wireless electricity smells to me of perpetual motion.

I think the Wii has a huge untapped potential for x-rated adult games with special "attachments". Why are we not seeing these materialize?

I guess this means my plans for a terrorist network group on facebook is not going to work?

SD cards that are higher than 2Gig are SDHC and most older devices do no support them. Before you get rid of your old cards, make sure your devices can handle SDHC cards.