True. But like I said, that's the TOS for all of Google's services. It's not a surprise move, OMG DRIVE TOS IS CRAZY, type of thing. It's literally the exact same TOS that's been in place since March 1.
Raise your hand if you watched the Google Drive video. Keep your hands up if you remember the TOS update for all of Google services two months ago.
Drive isn't just storage, it's cross-application data sharing. That's why they need the legal TOS that they have - so that they can, legally...
If anybody wants to read Amazon's actual info release about it, see it here:
http://aws.amazon.com/message/65648/
I'm a server/networking systems major, so it's especially interesting to me to see the chain of events that lead to the firestorm of fail.
$2 is a bit high for me. If I want to try a game before renting/buying one, I head to GameStop. They let you try any game they have. If I like it, I'd rather go to Blockbuster and spend $8 for 5 days (even if I beat it before 5 days, I like to replay things) instead of $10 from redbox.
"The internet crashed" .. ??
Really? The entire series of tubes just crashed?
Seems like they were just trying to make the absolute worst case scenario, even if it's pretty much impossible. Every DNS and webserver and host and ISP network just suddenly went down? Doubtful.
Why would you jailbreak a ZuneHD? They do it to the iPhone so it can be used on different networks, but the Zune isn't a phone.
And yes, get caught modding a 360 and you don't get to use Microsoft's online service. But that doesn't keep you from gaming on the xbox offline. You still...
I think the part that bothers me most about the article is that it's such an abstract look at the two phones. There's no real meat for either side. And maybe this is just me, but comparing a 1st edition Nexus to a 3rd edition iPhone in 1st week sales doesn't seem completely fair. I think the...