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I guess I'm pretty naive in wishing they'd accidently rolled over a fossil.

Recent news reveals that not only are they not in danger but are instead thriving. Kind of inconvenient.

Is it just me or does the site look optimized for Microsofts Metro interface? I brought the site up in my tablet's (ASUS Transformer) and it looked good there, too. I would say it'…

How is this Hacker News? This isn't even a thinly veiled advertisement ...

... and this is Hacker News how?

Plugin channels is the beginning of it. http://dinnerbone.com/blog/2012/01/13/minecraft-plugin-chann... Read dinnerbone's blog, he's a key member of the bukkit team.

"What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy, and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of m…

"The avalanche has already started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362961 Here's a link to ICS for my Galaxy S. I haven't…

Something similar happened to my wife. The President of their company would breeze by the lab. In an effort to keep employee salaries down he would casually mention how everyone in…

They were the biggest threat at the time the lawsuit was filed. I think the target will be changing to Amazon and ASUS in the near future.

Wow, that reads like a conversation with Eliza.

Just like on the phone, too, right? That was sarcasm, btw. I don't agree with their assessment and I am assuming they're putting on a nice face for investors. I think most users wi…

No it wasn't; I own an iPhone 3G and it stalls and stutters doing anything. It's consistently done that for the entirety of its service. My wife bought the 3GS and _that_ was when …

A locked boot loader is the entire reason why I won't be buying a Motorola Droid Razr. I really like the looks and features of it but what happens if they refuse to update the OS t…

They aren't allowed to try?

Interesting subtext beneath the article - with Jobs gone once again Apple is going to slow down and eventually die. I'm sure I'm not the only one that read that in the article; the…

Get out of my head! I had also planned on buying RAGE but at $60, forget it! I know it will be discounted, maybe around Xmas, so why pay that much?

I remember when Canada raised their taxes on goods; every weekend there were caravans of Canadians flowing into Duluth to shop at the Sam's Club. edit - This was around 1990. Yeah,…

I'm following this guide and installing it on VirtualBox http://www.sysprobs.com/guide-install-windows-8-virtualbox ... and I just finished installing it and it works terrific! edi…

No multiplayer? Not worth it to me.

Does it have a touch interface?

"The Google+ Android app is very well done, and it's made a few of my dual-using iOS/Android friends go all-out Android." I didn't see it this way - I have more than one gmail addr…

Where is the money coming from to fuel these ventures? The last bubble seemed fueled by real estate.

Google: "Security built in Chromebooks run the first operating system designed from the ground up to defend against the ongoing threat of malware and viruses. They employ the princ…