We cannot jump the gun here. It is well known, that cops use arrested criminals as a bait to catch other criminals out there (well, probably with a plea bargain). How is this any different ?

to those who say C++ is dated... well, yes if you think that most of today's apps are written in Java (or Android Java) or .NET or Objective C ! Yes most of the new code is not in C++. But most of the legacy code that is being maintained is very much in C++ and it is not going away ! Teaching C++ is a good way to start with programming but that does not mean industry needs are in C++... I see Web languages and Ruby, Python more popular than C++ in most projects... just my 2c.

the fact is that trademarks work differently in different countries... !

more than 70% of the world's computers still run on hard drives ... not SSDs ! its gonna take time apparently

dropbox is legitimate... their ways and means and business model is quite different from other so called me-too sites like rapidshare, hotfile,etc. compliance is the word ! as long as a website does not cross legal boundaries it can exist... MPAA is sure flexin its muscles, but IMO, it is only the fringe crass websites which are being killed...

well... though i agree that extensions. addons and apps are quite an interesting addition to the basic browser experience... I am fairly skeptical that the developers should be constantly worrying about breaking these addons/apps/extensions every time they update a version. That would be quite clumsy and would probably come in way of actual browser feature development...

Seriously, you are overrating Office... we all know it is overpriced. Office was a great idea back in 90s... but these days with SaaS and the cloud, I dont think Office is going to earn great profits, once the competition... like Google docs come close to most business needs, on-the-go... only about 10% of the code/features in Office is making it juicy and profitable... rest is all bloat and that makes it an overrated product... We will see more users (even non-power users) moving towards the cloud once the SaaS model sets in stronger when those 10% features are in good shape !

I really dont see whats the big deal if dell goes private or not ! Either way it is a risk not on public money but on Big Mike's so called asset money. pumping happens not just in dell ... what about oracle, what about microsoft ? so I'm not even going there...

Hell no! the simple usecase is most of the time, leaving a comp. unattended happens many a time. It is not always computers are locked. This is not about Technicality of which code will be able to attack the keystore. this is a simple usecase scenario of somebody leaving his comp. unattended and someone snooping around. I'm sure browser cannot offload its guilt to the OS. Every piece of the system has to be secure. Juz because the OS is crappy, doesnot mean the browser needs to shitty too ! that is just a lame argument. Master password should be an option for sure.

AFAIK, reading visited links by a user is pretty much worthless. it is not an attack per-se. It is like my neighbor sees me throwing out an used empty milkcan every week, and realizes I am gulping a milkcan every week. what do you with that ephemeral information? there are sites that I visit everyday for just few minutes and then there are sites that I spend more than 1 hour on a particular day and never return to them in more than a week or two !

it is not fair to single out lenovo...what about zte, huwaei... ?