This is a fundamental misunderstanding of how business works. Making money is the ends, not the means. The only thing a company should do is make customers!

That's not true for Gmail's inbox. They've offered all kinds of changes through labs and priority inbox but you can still use the classic inbox, same as it was when Gmail first launched.

You have a citation for these claims? It's not mentioned anywhere in the article.

It's still in pretty early beta. Perhaps Google feels paying customers deserve tested and mature products.

The bible doesn't say anything bad about alcohol in and of itself, but there are quite a few lines that speak against excessive imbibery and drunkeness.

What an immaculate idea!

How about instead of having one big battery, you have two smaller batteries. That way if there is a problem with one, you still have the other half of your charge fully functional. That SHOULD be enough to get you to the next swap station.

A democratic official has never had to publicly apologize for disagreeing with Al Sharpton, Michael Moore, or Sean Penn.

It's more like the landlord giving you a place to stay for free in exchange for him being able to record your every move in the place. After you move out the landlord keeps all of the tapes.

Sales tax

Evangelion. The english dubbing has a much better translation than the subs.

Actually, Sony buys the "guts" of their HD TVs from Samsung and just puts them in a slick case and slaps their logo in it. You can buy the exact same TV from Samsung without paying extra for the Sony brand.

It's those Metal Gear Solid-like titles that got Sony into the trouble they're in; the insane overhead of developing them is taking its toll on the industry. See: Free Radical, Factor 5, etc...
What's more, these titles appeal to people who likely have already bought a PS3. If Sony wants to compete they need a Wii Sports, not another Metal Gear Solid.