I think Eryq's point is well taken though, since it's far more ambitious to have any dependable autopilot logic that can safely land a helicopter, especially with no glide capability in full failure mode. A malfunctioning, unmanned aircraft is enormously different than a manned one.

I think the discussion was recommending the actual flip feature, applied to a modern phone, not any antiquated model that happened to have it.

Though finding the little power button isn't as easy a gesture as flipping the case shut, turns out just pressing that ends the call. That's way easier, especially after other apps have been launched, than hunting through all the menus to get the End button back.

Apart from joining the full HD movie club, the higher resolution, especially beyond HD, (while necessary to support HD within their 4:3 aspect ratio), is mainly gratuitous. Apps will be able to, and most likely opt to use their current images by simply letting the device interpolate them, aside from those who are able…

I'm pretty amazed that there is not at least a free app, let alone a native app that performs this fundamental service of a complete backup. That's a glaring omission that indicates that Android is not ready for prime time yet.

Rest assured that, after paying 8.5B for Skype, that a very fundamental integration into its mobile OS is imminent. It only remains to be seen if or how its performance will be allowed to exceed that of other platforms.

I wonder if whatever has to flex to accommodate this reduces the dependability of the connection, but even more, after all these years, why every directional connector can't just have a simple texture/bump on the top side to show which way's up.

Just so you know, this isn't specifically related to Tivo, it's addressing all network enabled devices that provided Blockbuster accounts, including DVD/BD players and networked TVs. It's more an indication of the intention of Blockbuster's new owner, Dish, to offer Blockbuster's studio access, (which was better than…

It's always been a misnomer to call this a law because it's simply a forecast or prediction, not derived from any actual laws of physics. I'm all for revering his visionary contributions, but this one would be better put as as Moore's axiom.

Though it isn't mentioned anywhere, I take it that this was out of cell range. Or did he just not have a phone?

I'm talking about the folly of omitting vital functions, rumored in this article, on the next release of the Macbook Pro. I assume you know that's a laptop. Laptops now comprise the majority of business equipment purchases. Apple would deny themselves opportunity in that market if those rumors proved true, which I…

People are welcome to drag external drives around with them, and depend on unstable, insecure connectivity. Fortunately others have the benefit of dependable, ultra high speed networks, and large volumes of inexpensive storage. If Apple decides to abandon those in the next release, it seems they'll still have some…

The color and directionality of this is better than most, and the specified longevity is great at >5 years continuous, or probably 10 of normal use, which is far better than any halogen. These also don't have the toxic ingredients of CFLs, but this particular model does suffer from the same delay. It lags a noticeable…

I'm not sure that you're really engaged in logic on this, but most professionals are not in a position to depend on the prospect of WiFi improving, when there's a perfectly adequate alternative in the existing Ethernet port, that consumes negligible space and energy. It's only debatable from the perspective of…

It would be time to drop the Ethernet port when much faster WiFi is more than a rumor, and when it isn't disrupted by Microwaves, cordless phones and every other appliance in that sliver of the spectrum. Also, there's currently no comparison on an SSD for a 2TB, $100 hard drive. Very few applications are IO bound, but…

I remember the last time I used an optical drive, about an hour ago, and I'm on an Ethernet port because I like a constant, unwavering GB connection. There's a point where minimalism, which is sleek, gets austere, and obstructive. I don't know where the bashing of optical drives came from, but I don't think I'm the…

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Yes, but it would take considerable bandwidth, like solid LTE, to stream that resolution.

Finally, or hopefully finally. That one was a mockery that prompted a fire drill for the superfluous workaround. The problem rests with the examiners who apparently glaze over in the face of these nebulous concepts, and seem to have more incentive to rubber stamp than to research. Now maybe they can move on to…

Yes, and ominously prescient, but surprisingly from the creator of Beavis and Butthead, (but then Office Space).