What will it take for them to finally do something about it because, up until now, they've barely paid lip service to the problem with their platform.

...while they drink the abortion known is the American Budweiser.

I think the term we're looking for is simply cyberpunk. "Japan-inspired neon with rain and grime" is also a pretty good description of William Gibson's books.

also on s60's you could have contextual (time, location) based profile changes about a decade ago now..

But one alternative to PayPal is Dwolla, the payment processor that people used to use to get their money in and out of Mt. Gox.

Yes, the lawmakers who keep passing the laws they paid for.

Second priority is to have it made as quickly and as cheaply as possible. To achieve that, quality must be sacrificed.

I'm pretty certain their contract doesn't specificially say that you can't have racks with servers - the most I'm betting is that it says "no servers", which of course is then weasel wording for _anything_ high bandwidth.

You also may not exceed the bandwidth usage limitations that Verizon may establish from time to time for the Service, or use the Service to host any type of server . Violation of this section may result in bandwidth restrictions on your Service or suspension or termination of your Service.

apple has nothing like this, do they? normally, its an all or nothing wipe, just like outlook 'wants'.

Is there any way to get paintballs filled with regular oil-based permanent paint (like typical Krylon spray-can paint)?

I think this whole snooping on the reporters thing has them deciding to fight back and send a big "F you".