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Ah, gotcha. I thought I was imagining things. :) Read more

Nook has dropped to third place behind Kobo internationally (a market research firm's channel checks suggest Kobo will be selling twice as many e-readers internationally in Q4 2012 as Nook). I thought the whole point of being spun off was for Nook to go international, but they've made only one tepid move into the UK… Read more

I'm still curious if Amtrak really doesn't have WiFi on the trains? I can't see why they wouldn't (I've taken bus and train trips in Canada with providers who offer on-board WiFi). (And I still don't know what MTA is.) Read more

The iPad is more like a big iPod Touch than a big phone. Because, you know, the iPad is not a phone. :) Read more

I'm not an expert (I'm happy to pay for Win8), but would this key work with a preview version of Win8? Read more

My boss is never going to say that to me, I can guarantee it (I own my own business :) ). Read more

"And in your summary, you don't mention the practically unlimited amount of Amazon Prime Video available for FREE (with a Prime account and who doesn't have that?)" Read more

The day may come where Amazon ends up owning Nook. Now that B&N have spun them off into their own company, it's within the realm of possibility now. Though perhaps unlikely. Read more

With the Nook being spun off into its own company, what does a B&N Digital Sales Lead do now? Read more

Technically, now that Barnes & Noble has spun off the Nook business into its own company (with Microsoft buying into it at the same time), it's more accurate to refer to "Nook" as the company now than B&N. B&N is an investor, and the U.S. distributor, but Nook is the company. So it's Nook's OS, not "BN's OS". Read more

And I should add that, yes, I have compared in person (I gave my girlfriend an Arc for her birthday). Read more

"It's got... twin speakers placed on either side of the tablet while in landscape mode, which is how you'd want them for watching movies."

Ummm... I live in WiFi, I work in WiFi, and there is free WiFi available in the downtown core of the town I live in. Why would I want to pay for 3G/LTE on a tablet? I also do have a smartphone with a data plan if I'm really desperate to look something up. Read more

That I think you can't do. Read more

You can use a greater-than-32GB drive, and the 360 will create a 32GB partition on it, leaving the rest useable on other devices. Read more

It's a pretty sweet looking unit, and a reasonable price, but I think I'll stick to using my mobile devices to do email, web browsing, and productivity (loving the Surface with Microsoft Office) so that by the time I'm home I'm good for gaming on the big screen TV. Read more

I always think of the Mohican Master 2000 when I think of DDL.

Dr. Who does have a massive fanbase in the UK, and a sizeable one in Canada as well. I thought the reboot of the show was enjoying stronger fandom in the U.S. too? Read more

I enjoyed this article. I'd just like to add that the first game I ever remember based on meticulously modeled real-world locations was Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast. They took photos of large chunks of actual cities, and video of driving them, then used those assets to model them. If another game beat… Read more

You're paying for a dating site? Why not just use Plenty of Fish instead? Read more