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1. Comment - AT&T may follow Comcast in monitoring Internet traffic

   (Jan 24, 2008 - 9:44 PM)

   USPS? Gee, no wonder this message was a couple of days late...
   
   Just kidding, I love the post office. I mean, I’ve yet to not receive a bill in the mail.

2. Comment - AT&T may follow Comcast in monitoring Internet traffic

   (Jan 24, 2008 - 9:38 PM)

   First off, Mr. Stephenson’s analogy is way off. I’ll leave to him to figure out why.
   
   Next, people are just going to steel; you can never completely eliminate that. The way to minimize theft, as I’ve been saying for years, is to make the price of DVDs so low, that sales would dramatically increase. DVD movies should be 5 bucks, no more. Put them everywhere, supermarkets, gas stations, coffee shops, convenience stores, etc. Most people wouldn’t think twice about wasting 5 bucks on a movie they wouldn’t otherwise watch. I know I have. There’s a 7/11 by me that sells used DVDs cheap. A cup of coffee, a sandwich, and a movie for later for less than 20 bucks is a no brainer.

3. Comment - Windows may be coming to your shopping cart this year

   (Jan 15, 2008 - 12:00 AM)

   Hopefully this will streamline the entire checkout process. It may be a pet peeve, but it’s annoying to have to carefully fill your cart, only to have to empty it at checkout, bag it, and then refill the cart again before emptying it again into your car. So you fill, empty, fill and empty again before you even get home.
   
   The only question will be because its Windows, how do I reboot my cart? Will it have a Ctrl-Alt-Del button?

4. Comment - Windows XP SP3 moves closer to completion

   (Nov 19, 2007 - 6:57 PM)

   How disappointing XP SP3 will be "purposely" delayed. How lame of M$! Although, I'm pretty sure that when is does go gold, it'll be "leaked" well beforehand.

5. Comment - Can Microsoft Make Vista More Compelling?

   (Oct 27, 2007 - 2:01 PM)

   Where’s the "wow"? So far all we’ve gotten is the “yawn.”
   
   Vista users are for the most part dissatisfied, and rightfully so. First, the entire “Vista hardware” capable label is misleading. Too many PC manufacturers under power their products, and unapologetically throw Vista on it, causing sluggish performance, thus customer dissatisfaction. M$ needs to exercise tighter control on that.
   
   Aside from many of the valid points made here, isn’t it remarkable, in fact historical, that so many consumers who bought a new PC with Vista pre-installed are opting to “downgrade” to the an almost 7 year old operating system (XP)? When in the history of Microsoft has that ever happened?
   
   Sad. So sad. After over 2 decades on top, we’re finally witnessing the once mighty Microsoft fade into the background, very much like its one time arch competitor IBM. They’ve gotten old, fat, wealthy, lazy, and arrogant. They’ve completely lost touch with those who will be driving the next generation of consumers, business and personal alike, those under 30.
   
   Between the yawn of Vista, the dud of Office 2007, and the bomb of the “Zune”, I think Microsoft needs to seriously ask itself, “Where do you want to go today?” They seriously need to start replacing some of its top tier people, now all members of AARP, with people who have a foothold in the 21st century.