by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 3, 2008 | Google, Linux, Open Source, Technology
By most accounts, the Google Chrome development team has dramatically achieved its goal of building a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Walter Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal, who has...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 3, 2008 | Google, Technology
After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself. silicon.com spoke to industry experts and Google’s new...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 31, 2008 | Linux, Open Source, Technology
KDE or Gnome? This is the killer question that can be quite difficult to answer and there appears to be very little information available on the first couple of pages of search engine results for the new Linux user. Which one is faster? Which is more stable? Which one...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 29, 2008 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, Ontario, Technology, Toronto
TORONTO — Pedestrians and drivers in Toronto will have to get used to a new traffic term: the scramble. Thursday was the first day for the city’s new all-stop crossing at the busy downtown intersection of Yonge and Dundas streets. The system allows pedestrians...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 27, 2008 | Apple, Technology
Somewhere in the news coverage of Psystar’s countersuit against Apple today, I was reminded of the car analogy I use to help friends and family understand how to buy a computer. Under the hood of a car, everything is the same. There’s an engine, transmission, battery...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 27, 2008 | Canada, Ontario, Public Transit, Technology, Toronto, World
TORONTO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Toronto’s transit authority said on Tuesday it will recommend to its commissioners that it enter into a new bidding process with three major light rail manufacturers to replace the city’s aging streetcar fleet after the...