Category Archives: I.T.

Bell want to impose upstream caps and penalties on it’s upstream ISPs

I received this a few hours ago from my ISP, Teksavvy. I object that: If there was really a scarcity tariffs should be priced at decreasing marginal rate, not at a punitive one This affects everyone but the deadline is … Continue reading

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I bought MacSpeech Dictate

For sure, I think most quickly and creatively when I talk out loud. And I express most succinctly when I type. Too often I have flourishes of thoughts that I wish I could reclaim. Sometimes I’ve gone so far as … Continue reading

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Rogers steals search traffic intended for Microsoft

If Rogers’ questionable policy of redirecting DNS misses wasn’t already enough, this has got to be: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20824864-URL-Manipulation What Rogers has done is review the URL structure used by this feature when using the Microsoft Live.com search provider. This particular provider … Continue reading

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Tonight’s Toronto Tech: Tuesday Event Madness!

Toronto’s tech sector is on fire! When I first arrived in Toronto in 2004 I found very little in the way of Tech community. I was told that the Dot Com Crash had pretty much annihilated every shred of enthusiasm … Continue reading

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Microprojector + eeepc = a fully maxi micro!

Eeepc user? Take a look at these. http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/04/3m-to-showcase-a-micro-projector-for-handheld-devices-at-ces/ http://www.letsgomobile.org/en/3032/samsung-mbp-100-microprojector/ Fancy that, using just a full-size roll out keyboard, a 32GB SD card and a pocketsize projector capable of a 1m+ picture, you’d end up with full sized facilities in an … Continue reading

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I bought an EeePC for the road

Technology marches on, smaller, faster, cheaper. This is especially pertinant at the ultralight end of laptops. My Asus EeePC is a diminutive (7″) laptop running Xandros, a windows-look-alike version of Debian Linix, had a 4GB solid state drive, built in … Continue reading

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