I agree that single player is very much alive. Quite frankly going in cold to a multi-player world can be overwhelming. Suddenly here you are as a newbie getting blitzed by 10-14 year olds. Where's the fun in that? And you're paying money for the privilege?! Please... Like in real-life, sometimes you want to be alone and not bothered while you practice your skills or try different things playing. Single player at least offers folks a place to practice, to explore and to enjoy the game without others pestering you.

I agree that somewhere in time games went from an pleasurable escape to being on par with real life. I recall Mario Brothers, Need for Speed, Wolfenstein were games that required some focus and a degree of curiosity and persistence. Games like Halo and Call of Duty require focus and determination akin to a studying for an exam and thus I've tossed many a controller in disgust at times when my abilities come up short in completing the tasks. In fact, I have absolutely no interest playing the online variants of games like Halo - having 10-15 year olds out perform you and taunt you is a level of crap I don't need. I get enough of that in the real world, 9-5 M-F thank you very much.

Have you tried PBS.org? They seem to show all sorts of classical stuff - maybe through the site are others that target this genre.

LOL..nice but you're comment makes a good point - this little article mentions only IE. Does that mean browsers like Firefox (my choice), Chrome, Safari are immune. All of them have remember my password functionality but somehow does it better/different? I assume this since no one so far has written, "Sweet Jesus we're DOOMED!", that IE is the only exploited platform with this software?

Agreed plus didn't companies try this like 10 years ago because they felt people didn't want to shop using their credit cards? In fact, it failed because people weren't as phobic about it as originally thought. Looks like Visa needed something to spend their vast profits gained by gouging us with interest and fees.

Somehow I suspected this. I determined that I seemed to feel better drinking 2-3 bottles of Champagne than I would consuming a comperable number of white wine bottles. I just assumed I had game...

I could see myself looking at the advertising and thinking "Free..." much like Homer Simpson says "Doughnuts". I do take steps to protect myself online but I suspect I am, in fact, completely compromised and thus a victim waiting for a mugger. And if indeed I am screwed then "if it's free, then its for me!" FINALLY something for relative nothing. I sure hope it is somewhat a robust netbook - I don't want a piece of junk for free (I have standards damn it - I'm not street booty). And as there are a lot of MEs like me out there, I think Google will be hard-pressed to make enough. Imagine a world where stuff is free provided you allow that company access to the information gathered from it? Free cell phones in exchange for the numbers and places you go? Cheaper cars that track and share the places you visit? Oh the possibilities....