Depends on the dialect. In American English, it's fo-kuss vs. fo-sigh.

Depends on the dialect. Wiktionary says both fishin and fizhin are standard.

Couldn't it be solved by making a case with a slide-out Bluetooth keyboard? Google tells me that such cases exist for iPhone 4/4S and Galaxy S3; I don't know if any single chassis shape for any other model has enough market share to merit making a compatible case.

One method is Google Play Services. I've noticed that even on a 2.2 device, the app formerly known as Android Market installed a new application called "Google Settings" and an .apk file handler called "Verify and Install". Apparently app verification, introduced alongside Android 4.2, is some subset of the "bouncer" that Google uses to reject applications exhibiting the most common malicious behaviors, and Google could easily update it to reject .apk files that include two files with the same name.

What it means is that I can go to the app developer's web site to download the app. For example, if I want VLC, I'll go to VideoLAN to get VLC. The only way this signature vulnerability would affect me is if the app developer's web site is itself compromised.

Third option. Users of devices that run Gingerbread are still getting application updates even if not operating system updates.

The difference is that IC density increases (Moore's law) are still leading to user-noticeable performance improvements in mobile. On PC, not so much.

See #4. Backing up more than 5 GB of data involves a recurring fee, even if you have plenty of available space on a server that uses a protocol other than iCloud.

If it is a matter of try, try again, that brings me back to savings. How much should one save up before leaving the proverbial relative's basement so that he has enough money to live on while doing these interviews?

It is not clear that this is even legal on an iPod touch or an iPad. The current DMCA exception from the Librarian of Congress applies only to phones.

You forgot "test it". That can be done only if you are a licensed dev.

Nobody has a monopoly on self-help books. One author can write a self-help book with a cheese metaphor; another can write a competing self-help book with a parachute metaphor.

The top two domains in the result offered paid services. Adding free to the query resulted in either services that weren't international or free as in "free trial". So what should I say to convince a skinflint boss to pay for such services?

The problem is that GPU manufacturers "don't want anything to do with FOSS" and FOSS users lose out.

Ivy Bridge already plays PS3-class games, and I'm told Haswell with Iris finally won't suck.

Ideally, what buyers are willing to pay would be driven down over time toward the cost of production.