"Lest you forget, MS kept Apple alive with a huge cash infusion when they were about to go under."

No, Apple was not about to go under. The $150 million was a token gesture of solidarity and it purchased non-voting shares. Apple had BILLIONS of dollars in the bank at the time. Apple was rudderless, which is what led to Jobs returning and reforging the sword that was broken, but Apple didn't need Microsoft's cash--they needed Office to be supported.

Presumably you're talking about a previous article on Slashdot from today regarding Apple suing Samsung for making a look-alike device when compared to the iPad and that has nothing to do with patents? That's OK though, because you bashed Apple, which means you'll get modded up anyway....

I couldn't agree more. I've been using a MacBook Pro in my enterprise DBA job for the last year. In that time, the Enterprise-grade AD has suffered numerous outages and fallen to two viruses. During that time, my consumer-grade laptop has powered through the darkest hours, providing me with quick access to our data centers and generally outperforming the Windows-based machine on my desk. Furthermore, our corporate wi-fi has been nearly unusable for the past two years, and because our overlords are cheapskates, our meeting rooms have four-port Ethernet hubs at best. I walk into a meeting room and set up a wireless hub via my laptop in seconds and everyone in our group is connected and working quickly. I can't even imagine the corporate nirvana that would exist if we qdid away with much of our Enterprise setup and instead replaced all 10000+ employees' machines with Macs. Long live the Mac's non-Enterprisiness!!!

iOS 4.3 is already available on the Verizon iPhone 4. It's just not available yet on the devices listed on the link you provided.

On my iPhone 3GS, the Strongbad email runs, but it's dog slow (about one frame per second) and there's no sound. It's a cool idea, but it's effectively unusable (not that this will stop ad agencies from immediately pumping it out to the entire web).

Umm so can we all just agree there is a certain group of people that will buy whatever Steve tells them they need and hype it for him endlessly?

I think the word you're looking for is "consumers."

The answer to the submission's query is so simple that it's mind-boggling that folks at the NYT and elsewhere haven't even considered it. Who will control the cost of the NYT on digital readers? The Consumer.

If iPad/Nook/Kindle/netbook/etc users aren't willing to pay the price for the product, the Times will have to bring the price down until enough people are willing to pay.

This is an ongoing problem with print media. They think they're still playing in the arena they've been in for the last 100 years. It ain't so, and the awakening will be a rude one for them.

Ummm, no.... He says iMacs and MacBooks... No "Pro" there at all.

My wife works 20 miles away from our home and the only viable route to her workplace is via a freeway. I work 7 miles from our home and while I could ride a bicycle there are two things that prevent it: (1) it's unbearably hot an muggy during the summer months, and (2) even my local roads which don't require me to use the freeway are extremely dangerous -- I've never before lived in a place with such angry drivers. I couldn't agree with you more that finding alternative ways to encourage the populace to conserve is a good thing, but a tax of this nature just punishes those of us who do not have alternatives.

Is this shipping? Their site says something about "mid-2009" but the store certainly doesn't have it available, whereas BenQ's offering is available now.

I'm working for a leading worldwide business software provider in their SaaS division. I'm 35. I'm the youngest person on the team. While I have no doubt that ageism exists in IT, I'm very encouraged that the folks I work with are dedicated geeks of varying ages. This is also the best job I've ever had.

Go for the degree and keep a positive attitude.

Age matters to me. McCain is too old for any of a number of reasons: physical health, inability to remember key facts (or to jumble them up), etc.