well, how long before I can download one?

Lobster stuff lobster.

eInk is a billion times better than LCD for reading. If you want apps and web, get a tablet. One advantage of a general tablet like a straight android device or the ipad, you can load all of the stores: amazon, barnes and noble, kobo, google play, and buy books from whoever. If you get an ereader, you'll be stuck with the store that the ereader supports. Not sure if tablets support adobe digital editions, which you need to check out ebooks from most libraries.

Sony: Where security is our last priority.

And what's wrong with that? My friends and I lend each other books, movies, etc. all the time. If I buy a game, why can't I lend it to a friend when I'm done playing it?

Or maybe US companies will just buy their parts from suppliers that use LibreOffice. That's probably an easier and certainly cheaper way to get overseas companies into compliance.

... or has the RIAA's scheme's gotten crazier since they appointed Dr. Evil their new CEO?

I have a Nook and really like it, it reads pretty much everything I need it to. The Kobo also looks pretty decent, and the new one's fairly cheap. No web browsing on it like the Nook, but honestly I rarely browse on the Nook because it's browser is kind of a joke. It also only works over wifi, so getting the 3g version is kind of a waste, all you can do with it is download books from the Nook store. Check out Calibre - http://calibre-ebook.com/ for managing/converting books, it's a pretty nice piece of software. Also check out Sigil - http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ for editing epub.

we have to go deeper.

you know what else can outrun a human? A CAR.

It's actually a four step process:

1. Try to delete file
2. Are you sure you want to delete this file? [Yes]
3. Try to empty the recycle bin
4. Are you sure you want to empty the recycle bin? [Yes]

And then the file is gone.

Yes, there are registry tweaks to turn all this crap off. There should be a check box though to disable this nonesense for people who aren't in the habit of deleting stuff they don't mean to. At least shift-del is only a two step process.

ID isn't science, so they won't be protected by this for slamming it.

nah, that would just lead to a rise in Hulk-based lifeforms.

"Installing this program will take up 415.8 MB of space". Seriously? WTF Adobe, this reads PDFs AND DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, are you trying to make it as bloated as possible?

I'm only paying $13/month for web space.