So if both authors are biased, who is to be believed?  Either way, I found both articles to be extremely interesting.

I'm still new to bitcoin but there are a number of things I've been wondering about:

1.  Is the author accurate when he describes what would have happened at Target had its customers used bitcoins instead of credit cards?

2.  I had read about that guy who accidentally threw away the wrong hard drive, and he lost $7 or $8 million dollars worth of bitcoins.  If it's digital, why can't it be reinstated.

3.  With everyone from Google, to Twitter to Target being hacked these days, what's to protect Bitcoin from being hacked?  If it's gone, it's gone.

Still new to bitcoin but I'm trying to get my head around all this.