This kind of implementation only allows the system to detect whether the screen was touched or not. There is no directional or spatial information; it is _not_ like a regular handset touchscreen. The applications for this technology are very, very limited in the PC arena. Security companies might want to know, though.

In my experience, being able to walk across the aisle and ask your colleague a question is invaluable in team-based projects. Since all projects are team-based, working remotely should be discouraged. But perhaps I'm biased having worked on projects where team members were spread out between Asia (China/Singapore), the EU (Portugal/France), and the USA.

I'm a US-born, US-educated chip designer working in China, and you are spot-on. Design and manufacturing (SMIC) are accelerating very quickly. 10 years ago, there was nothing. 5 years ago, there were startups. Today, there are Chinese companies putting out good chips, as well as respected US companies opening design offices here.

I second this. I live/work in Shenzhen, a city of 10 million on the mainland to the north of Hong Kong. There are only a few people here who actually use the English sites. Everyone else, even those people with decent English, use the Chinese sites.

I can't even get my coworkers to go to Wikipedia for simple explanations of some of the technical matters we work with on a day-to-day basis.

Only a tiny fraction of the population will even notice if some site gets taken down, and they probably won't care.

I watched the ceremony live, from Shenzhen, China. The crowd I was in (~200 people) was about 95% Chinese, and they cheered loudly for both the Russian and American athletes. This also carried over to the respective leaders. As far as I could tell, the same took place in the Olympic stadium, although it was hard to hear over the cheers of the people I was with. The only group that received a cool welcome was the Japanese delegation.