How many units of Call of Duty: Black Ops sold at $60 a pop? Anyway I think games on mobile devices and phones will spell the death for hand held game devices like nintendo and psp. What was that episode of star trek next generation where everyone on the ship was addicted to a game except Wesley? Thats what games like angry birds reminds me of. But really why are the games on phones and mobile devices so popular? Because people are stupid enough to believe the techno hype surrounding these gadgets, brainwashed into thinking they NEED them, and at the end of the day dont do much with them and justify their impulse purchase by playing a mind numbing game. Can we have Wesley come and save us all? Or at least explain to me why I spent $40 on this funky ipad cover with magnets?

I wouldnt beat up Stallman too much. This dialog although seemingly paranoid is a point of view that must be raised and kept active if personal freedom is important. Someday we will be all required to have a mobile device and a facebook page. I always envisioned bar code tattoos on the neck but a mobile device is much better cause of the games. Fighting for our freedom and rights is not a periodic battle but one that has to be fought at all times. Devices and technology that make it easier to track, control, and enslave people should be avoided and be exposed for what they really are... UNNECESSARY.

No no no you all have it wrong. It was a simple case of ego. The guy with the kimono pissed off the guy with the pony tail, so the guy with the pony tail bought mysql to spite him.

Rant... If you participate in social networking sites and the worst time vampire twitter, you waive your rights to any privacy! This article or claim is ridiculous. You dont want people to know a particular aspect of your life, then why are you posting it on a website? Nobody cares what you're doing. Posting your activities or life online is a poor way of alleviating the feelings of anomie. Real social interaction, real social networking is the only way to do that.

And I am sure someone will mention the point of disinformation relating to this. Employers beware. I could make myself look really good online when in fact it may be all bullcrap.

Sorry Fedora is a solid distro and can be used for anything. I am tired of the continuation of some old worn out perception that its a bad unstable distro only for testing et al. That is the wrong message to send to new linux users. Whats important is youre using UNIX and not that other OS. If you prefer a particular linux distro over another thats great, even if it is Un00btu :)

funny... I had no idea that China had their own linux distro. What? does it come without a web browser, iptables you cant change, and sample perl brute force dictionary attack scripts?

Well yea I think the mention of mega-corps duking it out is spot on... and that is the problem! As I see it sony and microsoft are not part of the film industry and shouldnt be in a position to dictate film distribution. So this issue to is like other online distribution venues in that no one place can offer "all" the film content that is available due to separate corporate ownership.

Microsoft is in a strange place with xbox. Making hardware like this? A live service to support? Game development? Considering gaming and consoles they have faired pretty damn well.

Believe me with MS and their history of bloatware I was worried they were going to bloat the hell out of the interface. They resisted the urge and NXE is good step forward to enhancing the interface of their successful game console.

Admittedly I was a little lost at first but thats what happens with something new. Wheres this and what happened to that questions were quickly answered by the guide button. BAM you got everything right there. And in the interface I started noticing the nice little touches like the description of games themselves with full screen slide shows.

Avators are fun and actually made mine look like me which works in a social networking context. Although I would like a choice of boxer shorts and 5 oclock shadow.