Archive for February, 2009

Making sense of Bell’s twitter charges

Image via CrunchBase Update April 8th 2009: There’s a Bell autodialer reporting that Twitter charges will be refunded. I’ve been experimenting with Twitter‘s resumed SMS service in Canada. Right now it only works with Bell Mobility and, well, I’m a Bell subscriber. Twitter claims the service is free but I quickly heard reports of fifteen [...]

New media hearings, part one

Image via Wikipedia The CRTC held day two of their new media hearings today, with more to follow in a week. The goal is of the hearings is to figure out just what to do with this new fangled media, to discern whether incentives or regulation is required to encourage the spread of Canadian content. [...]

Warrantless access

It looks like Lawful Access is on its way back. The news comes from the Globe and Mail. Originally the bill was imminent, but after criticism from the Privacy Commissioner it no longer appears to be so. I read the official FAQ on the previous iteration from late last year. The FAQ made things sound [...]

#CUSEC09: No day 3 report

It’s been what feels like ages since CUSEC 2009 has ended. I had a blast, even though there weren’t quite enough academic talks, but it looks like that will be changed in the next conference lovingly dubbed CUSEC 20 GOTO 10. In place of a day three report I offer a link to Ben Kane’s [...]