@meseta: But he's right. Why not call it by its correct name. I don't know who started calling it the "pound key", (probably someone who was pounding it), but it's just sloppy to let it stick.

@Jakooboo- TUNA SANDWICHES DAMMIT!: That seems survivable for all of 13.5 minutes.

Why wouldn't an Acrobits/GV mobile/iPod Touch gen4 work? I haven't tried it, but that should be able to run GV in the background. Why the jailbreak, unless its just for fun?

@j14: Sorry to diffuse your paranoia, but, as he described, Google maintains information for a finite, temporary period. He's referring to the opportunity to delete that cached data.

@MarcusMaximus: It's a little different for a comic, but even serious journalist do seem to have an impulse to portray any prominent figure as scandalous. Any thoughtful person recognizes that Google doesn't control all devices serving Internet content, but only mirrors their current, (or recently cached), state.

@Insecure Penguin: Its the same revenue to them as the iPhone. They don't sell GSM service. AT&T just misses out. It will increase their app and media purchasing audience. Nothing but upside.

This might be one of the first scanners to point into an open space, but Information International, Inc., commonly referred to as Triple-I or III, introduced a microfilm scanner in the early 70s, among other pioneering work, such as the first computer graphic imagery in movies, (first Futureworld, then several others,…

The more interesting part of this is the software. That seems to have both some decent handwriting recognition, (at least in Kanji), and what appears to be general shape smoothing/rectifying functions. If it was unbundled, that would do well, as others have noted, on a projected host.

@Pesti-Esti: Exactly, most other manufacturers put a flexible strain relief on their power bricks.

@BeanBone: It was very useful providing real time dialogs without being tethered to a phone. It's basically a chat room, but with the ability to insert and interact with documents and other media. This is a lot easier than sharing a desktop, and continually handing off the hosting role.

@tiger birdie: Real image data is comprised of pixels that are measured from discreet points of energy, (in this case photons), that are sampled by a sensor. A post process can detect edges and endpoints, (that comprise a vector), among these samples, but would only approximate real shapes, much like a voice over…

@Sidetalker: It says 120 years, unless that was revised after your comment.

@kylecpcs: Maybe the composition will gain some durability, but that's why, per your question, both sides are glass.

@kylecpcs: It's for use one or two generations from now, on this form factor, when Apple will implement the back panel touch screen that they've patented. [www.appleinsider.com]

@MitchNYC: That's a complex distinction that has probably not been addressed by anti-trust rulings in the past, (that I'm aware of). It may still constitute restraint of trade however since the competing agency isn't allowed to purchase the product, (viewer info), that other customers are allowed to purchase.

@jpflick: But to his point, then why bother making it out of a material that is meant to be aesthetic, (and probably more expensive than alternatives), if it will never see the light of day?

@tekdemon: I wonder why they can't just reattach a fresh blade.

Their site, [www.altairnano.com] posts a verification by KEMA, which seems to be a UL type organization specialized in power supplies. It says: "Maximum unit storage capacity demonstrated for this design for each of the two One-Megawatt systems in the field was approximately 300 Ampere-hours, with a capability of…