What the hell are you talking about? My 15" MacBook Pro is 1680x1050.

Hearted for that. Renew!

I'm sure BeOS is waiting to greet WebOS in OS heaven.

TLDR version: "Oh, I come from Alabama with my guitar on my knee..."

I've been on a buying spree for a couple of weeks now, both to lower the cost basis of some existing holdings and to buy some new stuff on the cheap.

Trekkers, you oaf.

Qualcomm and Nokia have settled all their suits since then, so that's no longer relevant. And at least thirteen companies on that list either license Qualcomm patents, or buy Qualcomm chips (or both), which is not represented on the graphic at all.

Had no idea he worked for Cnet.

If he were really smart, he would have transferred half a penny from each transaction into an offshore bank account.

Because it's easier and cheaper to cover the geographical footprint of effing Lansing than it is to cover the San Diego metropolitan area?

There's already a secondary (and, for that matter, primary) barrier to a hijacker: the rest of the passengers.

Death by severe dehydration is far worse than death by severe impact.

Your voxels. They can be re-etched.

"electrons that don't possess a pair"

As has already been mentioned, code is covered under copyright. The issue I have with that is where do you draw the line? If I want to print "Hello, world." there are only so many ways to do that, and theoretically already covered by somebody else's copyright.

"Hello, Vicar!"

My friends, Metropolis.

Bonus: since Spain's banks are likely going to implode along with the rest of the EU, they won't have to pay the money back!

Probably not, because: A) you're not a government entity, and B) your pico cell is to provide coverage for your business' private property, not for a public space like the train station.

I still have the final "New Every 2" deal waiting for the next iPhone release.