Archive for 'computers'

Neutrality.ca [is now] kicking, [not] flatlining

Update June 8th 2007: On June 5th, Dr. Michael Geist has brought neutrality.ca back up. Courtesy of David Eaves you can see Kevin McArthur’s explanation of the downtime on Facebook. And now, the old post: Neutrality.ca has just shown a glimmer of life. It’s said that it’s been migrating to a new owner for about [...]

IT360 Notes – Wikinomics keynote

Writer of the Wikinomics book, Don Tapscott is giving this presentation. His book is on mass collaboration. He’s from New Paradigm. His book was given out with the expensive passes. All non-reserved seating is used. There’s about twenty people standing five minutes prior. Thirty-something two minutes prior to start. This has a lot of notes. [...]

Revival of our DMCA

Update: On April 17th 2007 I changed the wording to make the distinction between C-60 and the new bill clearer. I also highlighted part of the exerpt from the Q&A. Update 2: On April 27th 2007 I added a link to Excess Copyright which contains a section of the Hill Times report. Well, it looks [...]

Five things that made my computing better

Between work, school and my own time I spend at least ten hours a day in front of a computer. I’d sometimes find myself frustrated without really knowing why. After a lot of consideration I’ve figured out a few ways to get rid of the irritations and put the joy back into computing. Here’s some [...]

That Apple iPhone thing

Okay, I’m salivating. The iPhone is nearly here. Details are sparse but I’m already excited by what I saw from the keynote. Need more details: Can you buy it without the SIM lock? Is the battery user replacable? This feature is required in cell phones but still absent from iPods. It runs OS X. Um, [...]