@Michael Ellis: And that person would then spend said fortune in attornies' fees fighting copyright infringement lawsuits, from companies like EA, for the rest of his/her life.

Batman's keyboard?

@bawerb1: Great point. What, are people going to do, stream Sunday afternoon football? The Masters Tournament?

So why should I pay Verizon an extra fee to access my content *that I already own*?

@jsmuli2: How so? (Asking this, fully aware that I'm opening a Windows vs. OSX flame war can of worms. Ah, well.)

Prediction: One of two things happens over the next couple of years—-

@tucker augie'ben'doggy: You crafty bastard. I was impelled to heart you.

@Serolf Divad: Cue Michael Scott: "That's what she said!"

@wanderingrabbi: "I really wonder what this would improve on."

Bare breasts for dollars? I'd say that's a fair trade.

@Crrash: I've seen a few in the wild around Manhattan, one in a Greek Queens coffee shop as well.

@NorwoodIsMyHero: Although the Economist is one of my favorite periodicals, the NY Times is just as good. Yes, some of their reporting is extremely biased, but it's interwoven with some truly excellent journalism.

@norazi: Hulu is made up of a consortium of media companies, not just News Corp.

This is why rival manufacturers have to get on the ball and make it snappy.

@ciretos: Londoners?

@Meh: Books?

Good on him, though thanks to Giz's story, I'm feeling inadequate right now.

What's kind of sad/funny/ironic is that back then, consumer electronics were built to be durable and long lasting, hence this ad.

It's third party support from major media like this that's going to make the iPad the de-facto tablet standard.

@jimothy: So you're also against paying taxes for, oh, say, the military? The FDA? Center for Disease and Control? Fire fighters? Cops? etc, etc. etc.