With Android it's not really as much about the phones as it is the coming of the tablets. I don't want to watch Netflix on my iPhone, but if I had an Android tablet? On a wifi enabled plane/train/bus? Yea, that could be pretty rad.

@phildev1974: It's not a bias. Netflix wants their content on as many platforms as possible, because it helps them build subscriptions. I recently saw a presentation by Netflix and about 70% of their customers do streaming now. They know this is the future.

@uncle_jojo_lives: Even worse, this happened to a woman and a *toilet seat*.

Actually, I can think of a REALLY bad thing off of this. (or good if you're a don't care about privacy young type).

For those of us who don't like broadcasting our lives, we will live in a world of unofficialness.

There's a fair chunk of people who are like me: we only use Facebook tangentially out of necessity.

Lest anyone forget, Steam has been in the works for 7 years. Valve was WAY ahead of the curve and they are reaping the rewards. "Fledgling rival", this is what happens when you come to the game late! As for the retail people? I loved it as a kid. I could hang around and look at stuff and later on I worked at one. As…

@OCEntertainment: Is Neilsen REALLY trustworthy? How does anyone know that they aren't fudging the numbers? How does anyone know that they truly have good statistical distribution? These network fools have been taking them at their word, and here is a chance to break free and they spit at it! TV is FULL of improperly…

@weendex: A good app-citizen doesn't fake their User-Agent string. That said, these guys aren't being nice either? It would probably be an easy hack though.

@LeftClicker: Proxies serve a few purposes:

@lupica.matthew: If you're on public WiFi, you should try to use https instead of http where you can, but the best answer is to find some way of making a VPN connection. Maybe through work or school? If not, you can purchase a service if you're so inclined, like Vypyr or some such.

@Gators15: Using it to hijack someone's account certainly could be, but the software itself isn't doing anything except reading broadcasted information. There have been tools to do this for eons, which have very legitimate uses, it's just never been so simple.

@lupica.matthew: It's a worry no matter what browser you use.

@Kaiser-Machead v.2.3: True, but compromising one account can lead to the breach of something more secure like banking.

The *real* solution is to use a service (or set up a server) that lets you either

This is a perfect use for my old iPhone 3G.

I call shens. I think if color e-ink was viable within the next 6 months, there would be announcements/rumors.

@OctaveDoctor: Nice way to inject partisan invective into an article devoid of it!

@pz: There's a few: [en.wikipedia.org] href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/occupationalbackground/">#Occupational_background

This isn't accurate. It assumes that: