Diamonds are not indestructable, not even close. They are very hard, but it's not that difficult to crush them into fragments.

You'd think MS would learn. Every time they race product out to keep a schedule and it launches with lots of problems, it soils the entire lifecycle of that product. Vista wasn't ready at launch. It quickly was improved, but it never mattered because the stink of that bad launch hung over it until Windows 7 arrived.

Does it matter? They have openly negotiated agreements with the artists. Even if they're taking 99.9% of the revenue before artists see a penny, they have contracts which allow that. It doesn't give anyone the right to steal.

I'm not sure about Siri-specific teaching ability, but I know that the pre-Siri voice recognition would use a phonetic spelling field in the address book for a name, if the field existed. The trick is, you have to add that field to the contact in the Mac Address Book or in Outlook; there's no way to add it on the…

I don't really get the spending references - every smartphone is pretty much $200 and new cables formats always cost a lot when first released. I'm even more puzzled by your vitriol, especially in the light of further investigation that shows the pin assignment is far more dynamic than proposed in this article.

Why would I walk into a public laundry? I already own a washer and dryer. More importantly, this design is clearly for home users like me, not laundromat users. For an environment where people have limited space for shelves and tables. People use the top of the closed washing machine for stacking and folding dry…

Not necessarily. We have plenty of introverted people at our company so that's not a problem, but we try not to hire jackasses. You'd be surprised how many people show up for an interview and act like a jerk to the receptionist or custodian. You don't have to be president of your sorority, just be nice to people.

Technically, guards with truncheons and workers with blunt trauma wounds would represent two rival groups of workers.

Yes, the drum is round. However, there are internal components to a washer other than the drum. The motor and valves have to go somewhere too, so making this round is not really any more "true" to its functioning components than a cube is. Moreover, this design eliminates a flat surface that everyone who has ever…

Hey there, we'll have none of that here! This is Gizmodo and the articles have to be inflammatory. Didn't you notice how more reasoned speculation like yours got buried in a 3rd paragraph quote then promptly ignored in favor of OUTRAGE? The only answer can be that Apple is trying to make money (those bastards!),…

Yeah, a lot of folks make the same mistake and think that. Competition and open markets have always existed. Capitalism, as such, is a fairly recent creation that arose in 17th century western Europe as the advancements of renaissance banking and trade became formalized and widely adopted. It relies on structured…

It is the largest gaming platform in the world. That's gotta count for something even if there's very little high-quality gaming taking place on the platform.

Every democratic country is into its own freedoms. Nothing special about the US there. These are about how nations are seen from the outside. Around the world, "freedom" doesn't really make the top 10 list of things others think about the US.

The plastic covering a couch diminishes it's utility (as comfortable furniture). In fact, plastic on a couch turns it into a shitty couch. A case protecting an iPhone doesn't diminish the device's utility. It merely makes it less attractive. As much as I prefer the way it looks naked, I can't risk not having a…

You think Android will generate anywhere close to 68% of the revenue?

Yep. Same here.

Google had a deal with Apple where they got money from Apple for their mapping service. Now, despite having a superior mapping service, they are not getting that money. How exactly is that a win for them?

There would be a lot more wagon buyers if anyone brought decent wagons over. Chicken and egg, chicken and fucking egg.

That's true, but current gen consoles can already technically do everything AppleTV does and I know a lot of people (myself included) who prefer their AppleTV just because it does many of those things better. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of room for improvement in AppleTV, but it's a great low-power, low-heat,…

Those organizations don't create standards. Other parties submit proposed standards to them for approval.