The moral of the story: 1) Avoid walled gardens 2) Do not invest any time / money in heavily DRM'ed devices / applications / content....you WILL want to change at some point.

They agreed to be opted-in to a Google Group. Google Group = mailing list. Mailing list = email.

Someone who cannot figure out how to implement a mail filter and who doesn't recognize the implications of joining a mailing list (Google groups are glorified mailing lists) probably should not be participating in, or applying to participate in, a PILOT program for an cloud computer! PS...from the terms that testers agreed to: "Furthermore, I agree to participate in all product feedback studies conducted by the Google Chrome OS team for the duration of the Pilot Program and agree to be opted in to the Chrome OS feedback group. "

Can't blame him for apologizing...next he will be making a contribution to the Bradley Manning Defense Fund!

Quite right! Techcrunch, however, thinks RSS is dead...

There is a difference between a PUBLIC entity (government) and a PRIVATE individual / entity. It is a crazy world we live in when PUBLIC entities (and their leaders) believe that they can assassinate / imprison / etc in order to maintain there secrecy, while PRIVATE individuals are expected to literally lay themselves bare at the feet of state ("rape" scanning, monitoring of communications, finances, etc). We should simply redefine private as public and public as private..."newspeak"-style!

How many tens of thousands of people are DEAD because the American government (and others) thought that they would be able to control the flow of facts? How many wars and deaths could be avoided by absolute transparency in the PUBLIC sector?

Why should the anonymous coward give a citation for his opinion? ... How do you *actually* give a citation for a personal opinion?

Goldman had to go cap in hand to the US Treasury for TARP funds...$10 billion or so. This excludes the money it received as a counter-party to AIG transactions, which it would have conceivably lost if AIG had not been bailed out.

Until Facebook is listed we will not know what the market valuation is. The current valuation is based on the wishes of a handful of shareholders who would obviously really benefit from a high valuation. I question Goldman's ability to "read" the market given the position that they found themselves in the last time the market crashed!