SJ107: Benchmarks slayed, Samsung dismayed, Bloomberg played, Boot Camp delayed, & Surface 2 flayed

Another rich vein of news ore has been discovered on the mining colony Technopolis, cadets, but there's at least one strike that turned out to be fool's gold. Bloomberg had a two-year story blow up in their faces for numerous factual errors and jumping to conclusions, Microsoft brought out some sweet gear with the pricetag decimal in the wrong place, Samsung's main profits turn out to be from Apple, and speaking of Apple ... is their attempt to further lock down repairs to authorized service centers a good or bad thing? Mike and Charles also pass on a couple of PSAs about fixing a charging problem and a caution about the latest Windows 10 update (particularly for you Boot Camp users); marvel at the desktop-class benchmarks of the A12 Bionic; express some skepticism about Verizon's "5G," Uniloc's latest troll suit, Consumer Reports' ever-changing opinion on iPhone XS battery life, and Australia's blinkered attempt to mandate backdoors in smartphones. Raspberries are also handed out to the cable and ISP groups (and the Justice Department) for opposing California's net neutrality law, LTE speed "tests," and Kanye West's unhinged tweets. Also on the show this week: some iPhone XS teething issues, forced FaceID unlocking, Amazon's Fire Stick, HomePods launching in Spain and Mexico, "Beautygate" explained, Woz woes, Engineering Report, an electrical plug with a light in it and so much more. When you're working the tech salt mines, cadets, remember to take precautions against Space Gray Lung Disease!