The main problem with Orion is that it just won't capture the public's imagination because it LOOKS like the old Apollo era stuff. And with waning public interest, America's politicians aren't going to push too hard for NASA funding.

First, this is from The Sun, so who knows if it has any bearing to the truth.

how about the dime (10c) being the smallest US coin?

If the bill is phased out, then the vendors are going to have to adopt it. That or lose custom.

Enthusiasm about what exactly? Some drunken idiot wasting time on the emergency 999 line that's reserved for, you know, emergencies?! I live in America, mate... don't go expecting too much to be different. I imagine this guy would have had an even less friendly response during the first call over here on 911.

"blame the company they're renting their planes from for hiring shitty service for their planes"

All that power seems to be costing quite a bit (100 hours) in standby capability, though strangely not so much in terms of actual use:

With you there - I'm hoping to be jumping off the iOS wagon soon and looking at this, it just seems like a mess, at least visually. I appreciate that many don't care about design consistency, but for me it's important. The only OS that appeals now is WP7, but there I'm waiting for a decent phone!

This is a press release - what does the article add to the video? Brent Rose, this is NOT journalism (or blogalism or whatever).

Throw in arbitrary scale and hey presto! you've got a bona fide Gizmodo chart

That's great.. in theory (though when was the last time a theoretical maximum was achieved in the world of downloads?!)...

I'd agree there generally, though, for me at least, Netflix movie selection has been improving in recent months. Not fast enough though... and they need to sort out 5.1 audio..

Why any individual feels the need to defend any corporate entity (especially the "biggest" corporation in the world) is beyond me. Each to their own I guess.

Yesterday was the first day I've thought about buying a tablet. Mostly because, while I do like the idea of a portable, lightweight media consumption device (call it whatever you like) with a big-ish screen, I already have a laptop and don't want to spend laptop prices on an underspec-ed laptop sans keyboard. But at…

"awesome tagpage system" my arse.

'"Windows Phone Seven Point Five." It's somehow mind numbing and yet not totally unexpected that chunky string of syllables is how you say the name of the new Windows Phone.' Such unnecessary negativity.

It is the world sport and Americans generally don't get it. Which is fine. I'd rather not have it turned into an ad break vehicle so the longer it stays a minority sport in the US, the better.

Not unless the pub manager read your tweet about wanting a beer and drove the pint 23 miles to where you were, no.

From everything I've read, yep.

Rich dude gets more free stuff. Heartwarming indeed.