What matters just as much is that they own their record label and there aren't any middlemen to take more away. Same with bands like McFly, and for different reasons NDubz.

@pixelsnader: Corps not Corporations.

@Terry: Apparently graphics, audio and usb files are written in the combo update.

SHOCK Hollywood actually may help us not have to buy new films again and again! What the hell actually happened? Multi-country lifetime (irrevocable?) rights to a show you've bought once (once its out in autumn). Oh.. looks like I can't have more than 4 kids. No matter, Disney isn't on board. This won't go well…

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@Hans Kokx: That's still advertising, just not ads. Do you have any proof? Just because you didn't enter the data they know doesn't mean you've lost your rights to privacy. In the EU it's illegal to pass on data to someone who the dataperson hasn't accepted (and other things, like they have to be secure).

@PrairieMoon: Well no.. the article says that like Windows, Android could become what people are used to because its on nearly every hardware. iPhone will be top of the market in the ways macs are. That would be an awful thing.

@minibeardeath: [sparkle.andymatuschak.org]

@octasquid: Doubt it, that would mean it wouldn't work while you don't have internet. If you mean work computer as in multi-user, use ~/Applications.

This is partly iOS, partly a proper repository of mac apps (with silly limits and high quality), and partly apple replacing Sparkle. The apps that won't get changed for the rules will just remove sparkle and submit.

@David Ankers: It's an identical program (minus anything not allowed and not critical), so they can push the updates to everyone, just that the app store IIUC removes the need for sparkle.

@Terry: You can't buy free speech. Soon you can buy iFreeSpeech, where you have a set language and some words won't be allowed in the same sentence.

@haxorknight: Yes and Yes. If you can, use the normal website for trials and support, and paying the dev the full price.

@kokanut: The red ring of apple.. When you core and and slice a real apple.

It's the wrong time of year, do it at the start of summer. May 23 or so (my birthday, when I generally do habit change I've put off), lets all do it.

My entire usage is about 50gig, plus 50gig steam/vms, plus 200gig media. If I got a laptop, I'd probably quickly outfit it with ~80gig ssd and 500+gig super quiet hard drive. Plus backup.

@AshleyAshes: That knows what we can't see, which is why it's so effective. This one is just throwing away a tiny portion to be a lot faster. If it is that clean cut (14 out of a million) then I'd expect it in a lot of bluray decoders, and a over-sold (but rightly existing) market for perfect readers.

@TheLostVikings: But you'd need to check that those ones weren't wrong. It's not suitable for anything where you'd need error-checking, if at all you'd do it on the proper chip.

@Kent: I agree, but it's not wrong often enough, and its not clear how wildly off the very few wrong numbers would be.

@confusedpublic: Current CPUs have to do everything (and until recently in order). Running in a lane is easier than running on a plank of wood, but a bike might get more grip on wet wood than a wet running track.