Might this be a move to adapt GNOME to mobile devices? Or to give users an experience similar to mobile platforms? Not having a Min/Max button on my phone has certainly simplified things for me.

This is a sad day for the robot chauffeur industry ...

I work as a Medical Transcription Analyst in Health Information Management, and I would agree that it's surprising it took this long for a fine to be issued. The most common HIPAA violations are caused by: 1) Providers and staff throwing away papers containing patient information. 2) Sending unencrypted emails from personal emails. 3) Accessing VPN networks on non secure home computers. I remember a story a while back about a MD who accidentally released hundreds of patient's info because their kid's P2P software automatically uploaded all hard drive contents. Hopefully this fine will get the healthcare industry to focus on security.