Some company butthurt over SOPA.

It doesn't wipe the individual volumes either, it wipes the MBR (and the partition table with it), then uses the raw disk access driver it drops to overwrite the disk with the JPEG stored in memory.

Also, according to the linked Security articles, it wipes the MBR (which stores the partition table.) That's how it can get away with wiping volumes currently in use.

You are absolutely correct in this. It does not need access to the disk except to wipe & overwrite.

If it stays in memory while overwriting, it can certainly wipe everything, then overwrite the contents with the JPEG. Applications in Memory that don't need to read or write to storage can stay in memory even if the storage is removed (See Live Linux distributions which run from a FileSystem stored in RAM). RAM !=…

The thing is that I've met tons of typical users who HAVE managed it themselves. Who continue to manage it themselves. You're underestimating the typical computer user and instead generalizing the stupid "idontknowhowtoworkthis" catagory.

How is that useless? You can still open files, run programs, etc. Let's also not forget that you still have the desktop.

Only if you can get into SSH or Cydia. Which if they don't have OpenSSH installed or have changed the password away from alpine (this is assuming they have a Password or PIN on the Apple UI itself), you'd never be able to get in. Also removing the service that allows filesystem access over USB secures it more too.

I agree, I for one can't wait for the release of the Surface Pro. I want to get one sooo bad.

It's because the Start Menu was relocated and the look was changed. No functionality was removed, just improved and replaced. I've seen people ask why they didn't keep the start menu in Desktop and honestly, why would they keep redundant code when if you want program groups, simply use the All Apps button on the Start…

They are, Start IE10 from the desktop and you have Desktop IE10. Similar to if you started Chrome from the desktop rather than Metro. If you start IE from Metro, you get Metro IE just like you would Metro Chrome.

It's not that bad. It's actually faster than searching through the Start Menu's hundreds of program groups just to find one application (Yes, I use search often, I'm using the program groups as an counter-example.), Oolie Zool is actually spot on. It's not different in function, only in look and feel. All the…

The same list that takes forever to find what you want because you have to go through "scores/hundreds" of program groups (which is technically still there, right click a blank spot on the screen and hit All Apps, Voila [Which btw, also breaks down into a fairly organized list]). Honestly, the Windows 8 Start Screen…

At least they work to fix the problems. Also, this was a security breach, not a security vulnerability being exploited. Two different things there sir.

Not really, Opera acts as a Desktop Client. This allows it to not only be completely platform-independent, but independent of needing to download a client like BitTorrent or uTorrent, it will run in the browser.

This scares me..

I've seen some in a city up here in Ohio. xD

Not true at all, I know it's been a while since this page was relevant but the "Old Start Menu" still has it's folder of functional shortcuts. To access this in the Metro Start Screen, right click a part on the screen that has no tile and hit All Apps. Your start menu has arrived.

Jailbreaking does not cause that many problems, In fact it fixes a lot of them. I've never had problems with iOS at all when I had my iPod Jailbroken.

PayWave isn't vapor. My debit card supports it and I've used it at gas stations, It's pretty cool :)