Exactly what I was thinking. I mean, if I'm that bad that somebody's about to declare me brain-dead, I don't think I'd be waking up the next morning to play Mario Brothers with my children. Live to be a vegetable? Meh.

My sister harvests organs. She's never had anyone complain :)

But do the reasons you give excuse some of Maher's comments? I don't think so. When Michael Richards made fun of African-Americans, he got spanked because wrong is just wrong. It's like when people say African-Americans can call each other "nigger" because they're African-Americans, but Asians or Caucasians can't…

I agree. Whether you agree with his politics or not, nobody builds a media empire by being dumb. Rush, in particular, measures his words very carefully, so I wouldn't be surprised if everything he's said is for ratings and press. And go figure...all we're hearing about is: Rush. As for businesses yanking their…

I agree. No denying the graphics chops on the top-line tablets are impressive, but a tablet simply lacks the inputs that a dedicated portable console can offer. Game play on a tablet simply isn't up to par.

I've lost almost 20 pounds since the beginning of the year by not eating like food was going out of style. Frankly, I'm surprised I never topped the 200-lb barrier, as I was eating between 3-5000 calories a day! Now I'm down to 1700 calories a day, the weight is coming off, and I'm not hungry. It just took a…

But if Samsung and Motorola settle, they're effectively ceding the patents in question to Apple. I don't think they've come this far to do that now.

Exactly! "Betrays all of Anonymous?" Hardly. Anonymous cannot be stopped.

Too many dummies just don't understand this, however, so we end up with hyped - up stories like these.

This is what happens when OEMs splatter their propietary junk all over an OS. Far as I know, Honeycomb and ICS already got around this patent with the "glow" effect instead of a bounce. Later versions of Gingerbread may have too, though I'm not sure.

Just remember what you wrote when Apple finds itself on the losing end of one of these lawsuits!

Try Jeannie if you want a more Siri-like experience.

Another VA advantage : it's available on all Android devices. Siri is not available on all iphones.

Well, they say two heads are better than one!

Problem is: you've got [facts...and] then there's "facts." Both sides in every debate have both.

Ok; so how many people have misplaced their new $600 phones and fallen victim to this again?

Exactly what I was thinking.

Maybe, but if he were smart, he'd honor his word. I don't have to like what they're doing, but there's no use denying these guys are brilliant. It's just that their talents need to be channeled properly.

If I had been Symantec, I would have considered the $50k a "consulting" fee to Anon. "Thank you for exposing the flaws in our lame software. We'll patch those up, but in the meantime, here's that little something you wanted to keep your mouth shut while we do."

"Back-of-the-napkin calculations?" I want to know how they're actually measuring this stuff.