@Kaiser-Machead v.2.1.1: This is true. I was kicked out of the flagship store just for running software update!

@zekedawg00: I doubt Google would do that, but that's actually a brilliant idea for a Web 2.0 startup. The key is just marketing/branding to reach that demographic.

@Dogen: We won't forget so long as you keep reminding us!

@AssuntaPabsy: "I guess if you found a copy of a header online you could mimic it."

Don't iPhoto and Picasa already do this? Is it really that big a deal? So they pre-find the face. It's still generic facial recognition, not facial matching yet.

@Grey-Matter: "Although in one instance an older lady called me a pervert."

@Demolitionist: Wow, that's actually a pretty cool innovation. It just makes so much sense when you think about it.

@therinse: No. Non-married straight and gay employees aren't in legally recognized partnerships, so they can't get any benefits. Honestly, that's probably fair, since there's no way to "validate" a relationship that's not legally recognized. If I just start going out with someone, should I get their benefits? What if…

@nutbastard: Philosophically, I hate marriage as much as the next guy, but I understand that the tax code incentivizes legally recognized partnerships. I accept that, but it's not fair that it only recognizes straight "marriages" and not gay "marriages." Non-married employees of either persuasion still won't get…

@cainemarko: If you're straight and you're in a non-married relationship, you don't get partner benefits. You have to be married. The same is true for gay employees. If you're in a (legally recognized) civil union, you get benefits and if you're not, you don't. The only difference is that the gay employees' benefits…

@ding-dang: As hilarious as you're hypothetical scenario is, this only applies to employees in (legally recognized) domestic partnerships. So it's not like they're in the closet or anything.

@beanperry: What the FUCK? Gay employees in civil unions are taxed on health and straight ones in marriages aren't. Google is just offsetting the tax. This is correcting, not effecting, inequity.

@iComment10: Actually, that's the problem. Apple engineers and designers may fight sometimes, but then Steve Jobs will step in and lay down the law. And no one will cross Steve Jobs. Microsoft doesn't have the same kind of clear hierarchy, so shit like the KIN debacle can easily occur as a result of miscommunication,…

@ddhboy: "As for smartphone internet plans killing the kin, I don't think so."

Charlie,

@iDeNoh: You know who else used Android?

@JakeMG: So? She's TRYING to look grotesque (not just ugly, but grotesque). It's an artistic statement. You have to give her credit for that.

@kylecpcs: "On a plus note, I find she looks much nicer in regular makeup and clothes."

*Sigh* fickle Internet. I remember a few weeks ago when everyone was singing Ebert's praises because he came out and condemned that troll of a critic who preferred Jonah Hex to Toy Story and Lord of the Rings. He may not be that knowledgeable about videogames or art in general, but he certainly knows movies, and he's…

@iwuzbord: You can't actually use applications like Pages or Keynote on the iPhone. The screen is too small. Apple knew this. That's why they waited and released iWork for the iPad. Now iPhone users just see this as a watered down version of the iPad edition, instead of an extremely crippled version of the desktop…