I agree that the majority of people in the US don't want the government to spend $700b to bail out this broken system. There is indeed blame to go around, (home buyers who realistically couldn't afford the mortgage they got, governments pushing banks to lend to unqualified borrowers as part of the usual social…

@zubaz25:

@dchall8:

Zero texting. I find it far too much work on those little keys, and can't stand the "moron speak" (4 @ 20 + 7 yrs ago, ar fthrs brot 4th...) If I'm on a phone, I call.

@mhlaxp:

@awraynor:

@irkregent:

@joelena:

@irkregent:

It's a strange approach they take. It's tempting to suspect that they can sidestep criticism if there is a bug by claiming "beta", but I wonder if it isn't just so they can release what they want when they want without worrying about "versions" and "upgrades" and corporate IT policies that require a year of testing…

I like the shell integration of Locate32 so I can right click on my music folder and search for something and have a nice limited result set that is constrained to my music folder. Using a search that always goes after the entire hard drive only means you have to be much more specific about your search unless you…

@joelena:

@Al Iguana:

@JulieVernon:

Might want to take a look at [www.imeem.com] if you are more interested in the music side of things and want to do without the hideous interface and annoying "Bob just blew his nose" social noise. They too have cut a deal with the big labels, and you can upload, share, make playlists, use embed codes on blogs and…

@Mark:

Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't out to get you...

@MinchinWeb:

Breaks Tab Mix Plus, but I guess that is to be expected. Anybody have the skinny on why this addons that everyone loves hasn't been updated in months?

I'm all for this. The integrated stuff was second rate (which is usually the case with software "bloat", see Lotus 123 becoming Lotus Symphony) and there are far better free alternatives for everything they are taking out. I suppose it will be too much to expect that the price of Windows will reflect this, but just…