Microsoft makes it official – XP is coming to the XO OLPC May 16, 2008 Microsoft’s participation in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15,…
Bell Canada’s packet inspection violates privacy law, group May 15, 2008 And you didn’t like Comcast’s TCP resets. Something far more egregious is going on in Canada, where Bell Canada has been engaged in deep-packet…
Why Windows 7 won’t save Microsoft May 14, 2008 Microsoft is most likely banking on being saved by Windows 7, after its stumble with Vista. But there are early indications that Windows 7…
At What Point Is It Cheaper to Just Buy Novell? May 12, 2008 Microsoft no longer sees itself as simply a Windows company. One recent indication of this is their determination to buy the LAMP-centric (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) Yahoo!…
Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs? May 12, 2008 Obviously, Microsoft has a significant interest in making sure that users of the new breed of netbooks and MIDs hitting the market don’t get…
Dreadlocks remain grey area? Prejudice again? racism? sterotype? May 8, 2008 In basic terms, Jessica Devnani is a brunette, yet, her dreadlocks hairstyle is a grey area in terms of employment at Canada’s Wonderland. “unnatural…
Girl Refused Employment Because Of Dreadlocks May 7, 2008 Jessica Devnani was excited about the prospect of starting her first summer job at Canada’s Wonderland, but in the end, she found no amusement…
Tar sand investments now a dead duck? May 1, 2008 As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond…
Ontario legislature orders Toronto’s transit workers to end – Strike is over for now! April 27, 2008 Ontario’s legislature has ordered Toronto’s 9,000 transit workers to end their suprise strike that idled the country’s largest fleet of subways, streetcars and buses….
Toronto Transit Strike – The people are mad as hell! April 26, 2008 A midnight strike by the TTC caught many people off guard, some showing up early this morning expecting a train, bus or streetcar only…