They forgot to to say that not only is it 5x more energy efficient and 20x cleaner air, but the video is 2x longer.

Tasker is cool but this seems like a silly use for it, when there already lots of free weather widgets available that show some kind of weather image (even if it's not your entire wallpaper).

This is not a way to extend a free trial indefinitely. Instead it's a way to get one free trial after another (which is more work and more risk).

I'm moving my 4 domains away from GoDaddy anyway (2 down, 2 to go). I have always hated their craptastic UI (90% of it is designed to promote and sell more stuff; you have to find the 10% that's scattered here and there for managing what you already have), and I guess SOPA was the icing on the cake that pushed me to…

Equally helpful suggestions: Don't have a cell phone, Don't have a debit card. Voila!

You young whippersnappers these days with your cores and your tweets and virtual GBs! Why, in my day, I had to type in every game in 0s and 1s, in the snow, and I was happy to do it!

I agree that carrier crapware really isn't a big deal, certainly not a big enough deal to warrant the hassle of rooting.

The "last person to arrive takes notes" rule is stupid. Following it means you either have to start the meeting late, or you start the meeting without anyone taking notes, or you switch notetakers part way through the meeting, which is just another productivity hit.

Even if you didn't buy your phone as an unlocked phone, I'm pretty sure there's some rule that requires US carriers to unlock your phone for free if you ask, although you might have to have been in your contract already for some amount of time.

Since getting an iPad a month ago, I've found that the on-screen keyboard is fine until I want to write more than a sentence or two - but I only do that a couple of times a day. To solve that problem I got an Apple bluetooth keyboard; it's nice to just pick it up when I need to really *type*, but not have to deal with…

...and why not chocolate piglets while we're at it?

I know Sense isn't just a home screen replacement, but for most users who don't like Sense, you can get rid of most of it just by installing something like Launcher Pro, and you don't even have to be rooted.

I'm all for better quality 3D, but until we get true holographic movies, even the most ultra-super-mega-HD 3D will still cause eyestrain, headaches, and fatigue for many people.

In most cases you can "just fire them" without having to justify it. The typical exceptions are if you fire them due to certain kinds of discrimination (which you can't do legally), and if they have a contract that says you can't just fire them without some kind of due process first.

For most people, the only 100% foolproof way to avoid getting fired for protesting, is to not protest. Unless you have a contract or agreement that says otherwise, your employment is "at will" which means they can fire you any time for any (or no) reason (except for certain kinds of discrimination), and on the…

It's only the "Two T's" if you don't own a TV set.

Yeah, because Steve worked in Apple's QA department, right? ;-) Seriously though, if iOS 5 and iPhone 4S followed typical development timelines, both have been under development for roughly a year, maybe longer, while Steve was still alive and kicking. Maybe the QA has suffered, but if so, it has nothing to do with…

No way to tell from this statement whether Siri scares Schmidt or not. One thing is clear though: Schmidt needs to play up the idea that Google has lots of competition, whether that's realistic or not; he doesn't want the government or anyone else to think that Google has a monopoly. That would be bad for their…

To find it in the app store on my iPad, I searched for releases within the last 7 days. But when I try to install it, the new app's icon just sits there on my home screen for a minute with an empty progress bar, and then I get the error "The item you tried to buy is no longer available". Retrying isn't helping.

I kind of doubt these first phones will let you bend them - all you're likely to see is a phone with a slightly curved screen that you can't bend. Still, that'll be enough to create buzz and sell a few, and if they're designed right they may even be more comfy in the pocket.