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I think the 3D star is fading. I have a Nintendo 3DS, and while I still think the 3D effect is neat, I leave it off much of the time. With glasses free 3D, you have to keep the device really steady or you lose the 3D effect and get ghosting.

I suppose I would, but I don't look at it as a positive. It adds too many failure points for my liking. I don't see the need for it, plus when everyone at my house is doing their own thing on my home network, it has a big impact (3-4 people streaming Netfix, watching YouTube, on Skype, etc. can use some bandwidth).

I cast a vote for STINKY, the foot operated controller. Seriously. It's actually done pretty well on kickstarter. 

Once in a while, I still hook up my 

Depends on the iPhone 4.  Apple switched over to pentalobe screws during iPhone 4 production. Those are those little 5 point (ahem....penta) screws. You should be able to pick a pentalobe screwdriver pretty easily. Last time I was at Sears they even had them there.

Not blocking used games is the big one for me. Sure, it just means maintaining the status quo, but the status quo should be maintained in this instance. According to Shuhei Yoshida, the PS4 will play used games, at least. If Microsoft decides to block them and Sony doesn't, I think we will see a resurgence in market share from Sony.

There are rumors that the next versions of the XBox and PlayStation will prevent used games from working on the systems.

I was listening to NPR on the way in to the office today and they were talking about the launch of BlackBerry 10. Whoever it was being interviewed pointed out that there would be far fewer apps available for the BB10 than either Android or Apple devices enjoy, and they thought that would be a problem for RIM.

It's mainly cosmetic; don't expect to see any new Windows 8 functionality added to your Windows phone. 7.8 changes things like the Office logo, adds some new tile choices, changes the appearance of boot screen, adds auto-updating wall paper - stuff that is pretty much window dressing, no pun intended. :-)

The US Government's security warning about Java on computers has been widely reported at this point, but I can seem to find what that means for Android users. After all, doesn't Android inherently use Java? Does the security vulnerability warned about apply to Android devices, and if so, what do you do about it?

While trying to decide between new Android phones, I see quite a few that are very close on clock speed, but some have single core CPUs and some have dual core. Is there much of a difference really? When would you be likely to benefit from dual core; just gaming and other graphic intensive use, or would it always be apparent?