As long as video games are not considered a culturally communicative benefit to society (see Roger Eberts article regarding how video games are lacking http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html ) then video games, no matter how breathtaking as Mass Effect et al well continue to be given short term billing by Hollywood. Lets face it, as far as Hollywood is concerned the video game industry is a threat to their own creative ability, they are not going to give a level playing field.

Technologically speaking Spring is well behind the times in their actual communication equipment. Touted as "CDMA 2001" most of Sprint systems are old Ericcson/Qualcom BTS systems that have not been in production in over. Unfortunately that's the cost of doing business when you outsource your entire network to a supplier. They have expanded a few BTS sites in the major city areas to the Nokia CMDA system, but other upgrades to my knowledge have not taken place. Not to say they haven't, I just don't know about them. GSM, CDMA, UMTS upgrades are what I do for a living. I've been working in Tennessee for the last year installing new UMTS sites for AT&T meanwhile we have not seen a job for Sprint since late 2003. Which by the way, the UMTS systems used by AT&T? Made by Ericcson. Sprints largest problem came is after the Nextel merger they were blindsided by the cost to upgrade Nextels network as well as their own. Thus what happens is when a upgrade takes place for them, 8 times out of 10 its on a old Nextel site to bring it half way to where the sprint locations were at the merger or it's upgrading a pre-existing Sprint location to generate revenue to do the former. Coverage wise, they still are not competitive. While they do cover most metropolitan areas and cities, their rural coverage puts them in to much lower end of the spectrum in the "big dog" carrier competition.

Microsoft admitting something sucks... Astounding.

I don't know about IT as much as I know about Telecom, and as many people lump the two together I can say that in Telecom (specifically my area, Cellular) the divorce rate is extremely high. Mostly because we are on the road 10 months out of the year, and occasionally even out of the country. Cellular Installers, Commissoners, and Optimizers can be on a Project anywhere from 3 weeks to a year anywhere from Ireland to California, making it not unlike the Military with long deployments, long hours and last minute deployments. Having been working IT Rollouts for the last year, I can say that division of IT isn't much different than the above and can also cause a severe strain. But it being the root cause of divorce? I disagree with that particular segment, as it takes 2 to tango, and as mature and responsible adult you have to take in to account your own reaction to change, job demands, and family responsibilities.