Actually, not counting the MVNOs, the U.S. has far more than 4 wireless networks. U.S. Cellular still operates their own network as do many regional carriers, mostly in remote areas beneath the notice of the Big 4. However, collectively, these carriers serve a fraction of the customers of any of the Big 4. It is…

And now we get to your actual beef. You don't have a problem with its protective function, just with how it looks. Fine, I don't particularly care for it either. However, I do think it is more practical than the skintight fabric look. To look the way it does, the old costume would have to be the equivalent of…

Except he doesn't wear it all the time. He wears street clothes as Clark Kent and changes into his Superman uniform when things look like a job for Superman. So it's more like wearing a firefighter's flame-retardant gear when going to fight a fire, which makes sense even if you're fireproof because constantly…

The suit is Kryptonian, intended for beings who, in their native environment, are not invulnerable.

Same reason any developer starts with iOS: ease of deployment. iOS offers a large user base with minimal variation among devices. The Android user base is larger, but the variation among devices is practically endless. That's tough to support at launch, especially when your app requires a precise environment for a…

Looks about right. Every HDD that's ever failed on me was Seagate.

I bought this battery. It's small but heavy for its size, probably due to its metal casing. I do not know if it officially supports pass-through charging, but it works on mine. Build quality is surprisingly good for something so cheap.

Yes, and I do so regardless of whether I go anywhere. Instead of keeping my iPhone plugged into an outlet at my desk, which is necessary because I stream music over Bluetooth and keep the screen on all day, I plug it into my NewTrent iCarrier battery pack. I only need the pack for the occasional all-day trip, so to…

"HyperJuice 1.5 Batteries Are the Only Portable Power for Your MacBook" — And yet the featured item on the linked page is the HyperJuice 2.

That may simply be because W7 is older and has accumulated more update cruft than W8.

A running start is not a head start. A head start is leaving the starting gate early. A running start is running to the starting gate and, while still in motion, leaving the gate as the race starts. Rather than starting from zero, you'd be running at your top speed, or full potential, from start to finish. That's a…

Yes, but the benchmark apps test the systems from set starting points. By gaming them, these devices essentially gain a running start on the tests, as seen in the chart posted on Anandtech. It's like getting a running start on a race instead of starting from a still position at the starting gate. Yeah, you're running…

Evernote doesn't quite fit in this comparison. People call it a note-taking app, but it is more accurately described as a note-keeping service. More importantly, it can accommodate the other two options. Text notes can be dropped, sync'd or emailed into Evernote easily or automatically using text apps that sync with…

Pfft. I save 20% on iTunes with every purchase by paying with discounted gift cards. That's a $2 saving on a $10 album vs. the dollar I'd save buying from Amazon (though I usually save more by buying used CDs).

Agreed. I like PayPal, but it should be treated as a temporary holding area for spending money, not a place to actually save money.

Work desk and used shipping boxes.

My standing desk consists of my regular desk with my keyboard and mouse up on a couple of cardboard boxes and my monitor angled back. Budget: $0.

It's just too bulky. On iOS, iTunes features are distributed among several apps (Music, Videos, etc.), but on Mac/PC, they're all packed in one. They need to split it up into separate apps, including one light client for sync, or at least offer this option.

The big question is: how often do you need a high-end camera, and how quickly do you need to share photos when you do?

Evernote for photos, to-do lists, notes, blog backup, and any documents I might want to keep forever. This is my long-term, off-site, searchable archive.