Technically it wasn't hacked but Apple's poor security practices for password resets is what led to user's accounts to be compromised.

It was probably hard to find a super computer in 1876.

They can compete by offering better revenue for more high quality content. If you read the article, they are not trying to build a "Youtube". It is more like Hulu for web only videos.

I switched to Android and disabled iMessage before switching. Even though I did that, iMessage wasn't disabled and I wasn't able to receive messages for days from iPhone users. It is not always a user error.

The warranty violation is unlocking the bootloader which this app requires (and is done by the companion app).

To be fair, it probably didn't take working with the attorney general and putting this story out in the press to get Google to fix it. That is the difference.

Obviously the courts care since they are the ones that mandated Apple provide this info on their site.

Companies like Apple feel like the only way to maintain is to stifle the competition not to keep innovating.

The SDK is not an OS. The SDK is released ahead a time so that developers can update their apps. Everything about this article is wrong as Jean-Baptiste Queru has already announced the source is coming as soon as the device is released and the OS is out.

> "Now that ICS is out" Wow. What has happened to Slashdot? ICS is not out. The first device, the Galaxy Nexus, doesn't get released until next month. And Google did announce ASOP would be released once it is released to the first ICS devices. Basically, everything posted was incorrect. Nice try though

You do realize phones have had dedicated camera buttons for years?

If you let Google run your email for you, they will be subject at any moment to forwarding all copies of your email to any government agent that asks for it.

How does this make Google different than any other ISP. ISP's have no special protection from a warrant that Google doesn't have.