It may indeed be a hoax, but it is in no way "simply JPEG compression artifacts." The shots show a repeating pattern similar to a 2D barcode. JPEG compression artifacts manifest primarily as chromatic blocking, along the byte block boundaries.

I'll take whatever you miss. These look tasty.

Hang on, you think their strategy is to sell the eBooks at a loss in order to make money on the Kindles? You have that backwards. They essentially sell Kindles at cost, and make their money on the eBooks. This is well demonstrated.

Actually in the books there is another vamp/human hybrid, which is a pretty central point in the finale.

"Maybe that's why it's not a universal app." Different control schemes can be implemented in a universal app as easily as in separate apps. Greed is the reason they don't release universal apps.

If all there were was Windows 8 Professional, you'd be correct. Sadly, there's Windows 8 RT. Absolutely nothing written and compiled for Windows XP/Vista/7 will run on Windows 8 RT.

"more secure than using a public terminal loaded with god-knows-what snoopware." Exactly how does one run this browser? If the plan is to use that selfsame public terminal, running a clean browser on a dirty computer is not a solution.

For one thing it will confuse customers who buy a Windows 8 RT tablet/laptop and are unable to play WoW, Steam games, or any other Vista-compatible software. Yet the nearly identical "Windows 8 Premium" tablet/laptop will run them. As someone who develops/supports Windows software, this is not something I'm looking…

Another vote for the SolarJoos. Indestructible product and top notch customer service. http://solarjoos.com/

"Picked up by a few people"? They've garnered 33,000 preorders in five days for a product that won't be out for five months. I think we can put the Phantom comparisons to rest.

It's "champing", not "chomping."

You're not, but the author did.

Anecdote != data. That is all.

According to the online calculators I've seen, the low end of normal for a 6'1" male is 154, not 140.

Or it could be that Windows 8 RT will confuse the heck out of customers who want to run their Windows software. Buy one laptop/tablet device and they run fine. Buy a nearly identical-looking one and they don't run at all. As someone who supports Windows software downloaded via the Internet, I'm not looking forward…

"Is SETI at risk of downloading a malicious virus from outer space?"