In defense of name squatters I have to say it is easy to become a squatter without any evil intentions. if you have any idea for a service, you are practically forced to reserve a name first (or risk investing the effort to implementing it in vain). If then for some reason the implementation is delayed, bingo, you have become a name squatter.

At least the writer of that article sounded as if he was planning genuine services for those names, rather than just hoping to sell the names for profit eventually.