My chance of buying a movie just went to 0. My chance of renting a movie via Netflix, etc looks like it's going to go to 0 as well. GM tried this "hardball" game and we saw how that worked out...

inorite? They're really going out on a ledge now to get people to believe their products are worth stealing.

Palm put in the effort to design very well functioning tethering, only to have it restricted due to a service provider with a network so fragile that tethering with unlimited data might break what little service there is. :(

Apple with poor security? No way! Oh wait, their operating system does have almost 4 times the number of critical vulnerabilities that M$ XP has, every single year since it's release. Impressive record.

...while they are saving the Internet, maybe a practice typing test on each password screen so users can learn how to type since the whole password business is so difficult.

So you can come up with "great ideas" but you don't know what to do with them if I understand this correctly. I believe that would make you a middle manager. Thanks for playing.

You knew you we're gonna get ripped off the minute you bought something just because it had a Dell logo on it. Oh wait, you got a Dell that has an Alienware logo. Yeah, you still ripped yourself off.

I put a little value on my time and when I used to commute using mass transit, I was able to get alot of things done while in transit that I otherwise could not do while tailgating in my car...

I was gonna sell some on craigslist but the fear of being stabbed like a hooker or unannouced open houses steered me away...

Is it just me or is this whole article flamebait? Thanks for pointing your vehicle history and the fact you enjoy to be a deep state of fear while driving but you need to take the time to understand why drivers do the things they do before jumping to a conclusion to set yourself back ten years. Do you really believe people text while driving because they feel safe?

Bill Gate has been retired now for quite some time. Why does everything Microsoft continues to do get branded with his name?

Get a life. It's poor economic theories taken to the extreme as you presented that bankrupt companies every year. Like "Oh let's buy this $500,000 tractor instead of the older $100,000 because I like the brand better and believe it to be superior" which you did sneak in there obviously, stating in your first example it was not a Zune. In reality, How many $50 players can he buy and use before he catches up to that overpriced model, which too will inevitably be replaced, lost, or daamged?

Why is idiot capitalized, resident genius? If you are going to turn up your flame thrower, at least use proper protection.

Maybe you should find other hobbies rather than praying for moderator points to increase your "karma" on slashdot...

Let's hope this case costs Apple millions, followed by a price increase for the blind Apple fan boys which they will undoubtedly pay. I do not believe there was a single innovation in the iphone to begin with, as it was all repackaged ideas from companies like HTC...time they actually pay for some of that theft!