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I cleaned 3 machines last week with fake anti-virus on them

http://www.softsailor.com/how-to/8723-how-to-remove-security-tool-virus-malware-removal-guide.html

All 3 machines had working and fully up to date Microsoft Security Essentials which did absolutely nothing to protect them.

Because as of right now it's only in testing ... so if you're experiencing this right now while "sititng" in your living room, I would like to know how this is possible.

Because MS is already sending invitations to selected people to beta-test the new Xbox Live and Kinect setups?

http://www.softsailor.com/news/30073-htc-droid-incredible-root-released-by-unrevoked.html

I would argue this is only a limitation on apple device.

You're wrong. It's a limitation on Palm devices, it's a problem with Android, it can be a problem with Windows Mobile. It's therefore very very important for a mobile device that the interface doesn't feel laggy, and it's not a trivial problem.

But not more than that. You can't possibly begin to compare processors through UI responsiveness when they're running different operating systems.

As an end user, that's exactly what you'll do. You don't care about the particular processor, what you care about is whether the device you have in your hand is responsive and performs well - that's a combination of lots of factors, and it's perfectly valid to compare different devices based on their UI responsiveness, and attribute some of the speed to the processor (not all, but some).

Let's try this again. What came out first, the HTC Hero or the HTC HD2? Which one was designed to look like the other again?

Please remind me, because, oh wait, why would I trust you? I prefer fact. htc hero: October 11th

HTC HD2: November 11th .

Maybe you should think again, since you don't understand anything. People hack windows mobile because it's atrocious as it exists currently. XDA devs is for hacking of all HTC devices, whether winmo or android. If you think xda devs is all about windows mobile then I take it you don't even realize that HTC magic (g1) is a huge part of android hacking?

Or maybe I should say the name cyanogenmod? I looked into every site in your list, and unless the name was pocketpc, it didn't cover exclusively windows mobile. Really, what do you expect from a site like that? Do I expect a site that says "windowsfans" to cover android? I can cite a whole lot of android sites too, but it still doesn't show for any actual interest (and marketshare will show you that) for windows mobile, which is drifting around 5% or less at this point, and shrinking.

Thanks for reminding me that apparently you love windows mobile. That's about the most embarrassing piece of software I've ever heard anyone being associated with.

Has Google actually done something "Evil" that I missed?

http://www.adrants.com/images/evil_google.jpg
http://dinamehta.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/03-google-73802138_10.jpg
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/images/page_1_182.jpg
http://www.adrants.com/images/google-evil.jpg
http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/google-dr-evil.jpg
http://www.crackunit.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Picture%203.jpg
http://www.cubanxgiants.com/berry/images/google_extremes.jpg
http://www.masternewmedia.org/images/Google-text-links-evil-460.gif
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyimages/780.gif
http://www.softsailor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google-is-evil.jpg
http://culturalpolicyreform.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/evil-google-logo.jpg

You can get software for the Blackberry that does all of this and more - link.

Spoofing USB vendor codes is bad because it's unnecessary and it creates a dependancy on another vendor over which you have no control.

Customers would be well advised to avoid the Palm product, because it has features that are just not reliable.