" But don't worry, this will never ever happen to all those other DRM companies -- unlike little fly-by-night mom-and-pop operations like Wal*Mart, the DRM companies are rock-ribbed veterans of commerce and industry, sure to be here for a thousand years. So go on buying your Audible books, your iTunes DRM songs, your Zune media, your EA games... None of these companies will ever disappear, nor will the third-party DRM suppliers they use. They are as solid and permanent as Commodore, Atari, the Soviet Union, the American credit system and the Roman Empire."

"Boy, the entertainment industry sure makes a good case for ripping them off, huh? Buy your media and risk having it confiscated by a DRM-server shutdown. Take it for free and keep it forever."

"Plastic Logic's reader demonstrates a balance between size and convenience. Though in the gadget world, much of the craze has been over "smaller and more powerful" devices, many might appreciate that Plastic Logic's reader is longer, wider and thinner than comparable devices, making it easier to read and carry around.

The device's backplane is composed of plastic -- which could eventually be made flexible once third-party manufacturers adapt their electronics to sustain bending, Plastic Logic officials told Wired.com. On the front, the device features a touchscreen for turning pages, menu navigation and typing notes with a virtual keyboard."

"While I don't think users of activated, valid copies of XP Pro will care much about this, it could become an issue if WGA malfunctions, as it has in the past. If Microsoft's WGA servers mistakenly report a valid copy as being not genuine, XP Pro users aren't likely to "value" this feature all that much."