Murdoch is a bastion of old media, and trying desperately to cling to his dying relevance to the future. This try will probably be as big a screw-up as his past attempts.
http://thegauntlet.ca/story/14047
http://boingboing.net/2009/11/08/rup...doch-vows.html
http://boingboing.net/2010/11/08/shi...s-paywall.html
http://gigaom.com/2010/11/22/rupert-...-the-internet/
The laptop* isn't dead-- "Brand Murdoch" is.
*Well, actually the laptop
is mostly dead. Most portable computers today are technically notebooks-- probably only the very most large, powerful ones fit the definition of a laptop.