After the CD stunt they pulled the same shit with their USB sticks. I think that was just a few years after the CD incident so there are probably more instances.
Don't buy a Sony.

Students are trained to beat the test (i.e., always having the right answer), which inhibits risk-taking because they don't want to be failures. Students who are already considered failures by the education system aren't afraid to take risks. You can't succeed in business unless you're willing to take risk and hire people smarter than you.

HERE, Automakers team up to provide us something we've had for 10 years already from several other sources.

Thanks Automakers, good to see you're on the cutting edge of technology yet again!

The map display in a Tesla already shows traffic congestion. I have heard that they get the data from aggregate cell phone data. The cell towers can tell when the cellphones bunch up and stop moving.

A successful person doesn't have to be the smartest person in the room. Here's a list of 100 entrepreneurs who succeeded with little or no education, including a half-dozen who dropped out of elementary school.

http://elitedaily.com/news/business/100-top-entrepreneurs-succeeded-college-degree/

As opposed to figurative rootkits?

You mean, nobody is installing Sony software these days after the rootkit incident 2012? Right.

you don't know the whole story.

lenovo is many companies. their business laptop division is nothing like the 'yoga crap' that they sell consumers with crapware. ...

the spyware and phone home stuff does not tend to exist on the business level lappies. business guys would not put up with that, generally; only 'yoga users' (lol, what a name!) would.

Um ...

As of September 2015: Lenovo systems may include software components that communicate with servers on the internet - All ThinkCentre, All ThinkStation, All ThinkPad

Who edited and proof-read this summary? Oh, wait, nevermind...

Anything sounds absurd if worded the right way. Examples:

Alexander Bell patents talking to a wire.

Henry Ford builds a mechanical horse.

Wright Brothers claim wood and fabric allow a man to float through the air.

Americans fly Eagle to the moon.

Saying that Apple patented a paper bag is so missing the point that it's bound to be mocked. If one actually reads the linked article (I know, this is Slashdot) then it becomes clear how the title is almost certainly intended to be misleading.

Is it so hard to come up with something that wouldn't be so laughable? How about, "Apple Patents New Ideas on Humble Paper Bag"?

Sorry sir, but I've read enough developing research articles on-line to know the true reason for being over weight are gut bacteria that magically generate more matter than a person eats. This is /., here the laws of thermodynamics don't apply when it comes to obesity.

I'm waiting on UHD computer monitors too that also have 802.11AC wireless builtin so that it can stream video to it directly and act as both a monitor and a TV.
It should also have USB 3/3.1 builtin to support HDD drives too along with connector jacks for older computer video devices: VGA, DVI, HDMI, RGB etc. By having all of this builtin one doesn't need to insert external wirelss chips, set top boxes, and video convertor boxes to the monitor/TV. Moreover, the monitor /TV should have HDCP builtin too...

Future proofing? WTF? 4k TV would be only cheaper in the future....