At least now that people are talking about the next console generation, people will finally stop calling the 360, PS3, and Wii "next-gen consoles" despite being the current generation since 2005-06.

Except you can avoid the supposed straitjacket by using a different browser. It's still Windows. You can install whatever you want on it.

Flash sucks. You can use it in a different browser for when you need flash and other extensions.

You can still use browsers besides Metro if you want.

First of all, it's just dumb to think that Microsoft actively wants to make their products' user experience worse. Second, Silverlight, being a browser plugin, is also not supported by Metro.

And the story has the DRM/Straitjacket icon? Seriously, WTF? The reporting on this story is just terrible, even by Slashdot standards.

Headline: "Windows 8 Won't Support Plug-Ins ..."
Reality: "... Metro interface web browser in Windows 8 will not support plug-ins ..."

This announcement sounds perfectly reasonable to me--not having plugins in the Metro browser closes a lot of security holes and eliminates crap like Flash that's proprietary, hurts performance, etc. It's a competitive move that raises the bar for other browsers to become more secure and stop supporting things that people don't want.

Microsoft is not the evil company that this site thinks it still is. Time to find a new whipping boy, Slashdot.

But, clearly, Verizon either doesn't want you to use your data connection like that, or they want you to pay out the ass for the privilege. I think it's very backward that they're doing this, but it's not going to make me switch to another provider since the major telcos are all doing the same thing.

2GB is plenty for me. The most mobile data I've ever used in a month is a gig, which included heavy 3rd party tethering use. I usually use 500-700MB. Maybe 4G LTE speeds will change my usage, but I doubt it will more than *double* my usage.

I understand that won't be enough for some people, but with apps like Llama https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarket.android.com%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.kebab.Llama it's really easy to set up location profiles that turn wi-fi on and off at places you trust. If that still doesn't sate your usage needs, get your workplace to pay for it or *gasp* put your damn phone away and interact with the real world.

It's a 10-year old operating system. It was all Windows users had for a long time, and Vista was a flop, but Windows 7 is really good and has a strong adoption rate.

I'm an atheist and Apple's marketing shit doesn't appeal to me. In fact, as a former Mac user, the Apple branding was my least favorite part of the whole thing. Go figure!

Your computer and internet still won't go if your power goes out. Or if your internet goes out separately. Also, this will only work in wealthy communities where everyone has broadband and a computer that meets the specifications for whatever terrible software the schools will foist on students.