They make it seem like its helping the US vs the rest of the world. Much like the loftily titled "The Patriot Act!!!", how could that possibly be bad?
FTA: "In some circumstances, this information allows competitors to design around U.S. technologies and seize markets before the U.S. inventor is able to raise financing and secure a market"


In reality it will be used to stifle commentary of the sheer ridiculousness of the current patent system.

Where's the editorial control today? How did they sneak this obvious industrial hit-piece past the editors? Didn't have your coffe yet huh?

And as there are mostly americans here on slashdot people will be only too willing to drink to anti-European kool aid.
I expected better from slashdot.

Yanks sure like to bash Airbus at every opportunity.

It may well have changed living rooms, but it did not cause a revolution, which is what this sd post is about. It was late, crippled, under powered. The fact that it can show netflix movies is not revolutionary. My dogs water bowl can show netflix movies. As for dropping the cable company, many have done likewise but not necessarily because of apple.

Sorry to piss on your corn flakes but,

iPad - not living room specific - did not cause a living room revolution. There were laptops and tablets in the living room long before the ipad.

Apple TV.....Really?......REALLY? a crippled late-to-tha-game almost-abandoned video streamer box is a revolution?

Fan much?

they said that about the living room a few years ago, what happened there?

Yes, ISLAMIC fundamentalist extremists. Your wordplay may fool some of the less intelligent slashdotters though (the digg.com diaspora).

Us westerners and our silly misunderstanding of the "religion of peace"tm.

...therefore I am a scumbag and should be ashamed of myself?

S&M? lol what is it with microsoft and their naming schemes. Turtle phone anyone?

Damn straight. Catholics don't have the right to say anything about anything!!!! Light your pitchforks brethren!!!!!

Greate excuse for some defensible religion hate..... Almost therapeutic.

From Soviet puppet state to sole voice of freedom and reason in Europe in the space of 20 years. Wow.

This is an investment in whats keeps them alive.

You really think people are going to /NCR? Good for you sparky.