I wonder if they change the plan to remove the unlimited data, does this count as "terms & conditions" change and allow users to cancel service without paying the early termination fees?

That's because the overlay only works on one screen at a time.

It only takes one not to agree to mess up your logic.

Yeah, because MS is an example of a company that totally failed. They must not know anything.

The problem with Linux is the barrier to entry is too high. Newbies don't have a clue what distro they need. Ubuntu has gone a long way to fix that but a unified distro would be a good thing. Just don't do it at the expense of everything else.

Insert LG Chocolate jokes here.

I'm with you. If that really was the original image, the person doing the editing has mad Photoshop skills.

As to the issue of retouching to begin with, that's a slippery slope. With this image, the changes don't really alter the impressions given by the picture (you could maybe argue the flag makes you think she's more patriotic but I doubt it since she's in uniform already).

We should be more concerned when the image is altered to change it's meaning such as cloning people out or increasing smoke & fire to make damage appear worse etc. In these cases, the alterations are much more damaging.

As for preventing it, I guess the only way to to not allow ANY processing what so ever. No levels, sharpening, dodging, burning, etc. This will place a burden on photographers to get it right in camera but that was the way we had to do it in film. I'm not sure about other manufactures but I know Nikon provides Image Authentication Software that can verify a photo's authenticity.

Maybe ALL news images should be required to use this technology and relegate images that fail to editorial use with a disclaimer.

Well, if you stick a bomb in your underwear drawer at home, it's not likely to blow me up. If we get on the same plane together and you've packed one in your bag, it will. What's so "embarrassing and humiliating" about being patted down...especially if EVERYONE is being patted down? For most /. readers, it's the most action they're likely to get.

All the big companies work closely with MS. I spent 5 years working on the Redmond campus with an "Orange" badge because I was an IHV doing video drivers. First with S3, then 3dfx, and finally ATI. There were countless other people from other companies as well. We had office space at MS and enjoyed most of the other benefits as well. In the last few years, as office space got tight, most vendors moved off site to make way for MS's own people but there is still a very close relationship.

How about "Oh Crap".