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…
Ubuntu + Sun = Very good idea April 4, 2008 I had dinner with a good friend tonight from the open-source world, and we ended up having the same conversation I had with a…
Inside Windows 7 — what we know so far! December 14, 2007 An interesting little bit of speculation… You’d be forgiven for missing it, but Vista turned a year old last month. November 30, 2006, marked…
Tiny Cloudbook runs Google-oriented Linux December 11, 2007 The Asus EEE has competition. FIC/Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a 7-inch screen in January. The “Cloudbook” will…
Bombardier Awarded Fleet Operations Contract With GO Transit In Toronto December 5, 2007 Bombardier Transportation announced today it has received a contract to supply fleet operations services for the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GO Transit) commuter rail…
WebFives/Vizrea aquired by Microsoft so download your content November 30, 2007 WebFives/Vizrea aquired by Microsoft so download your content in the next 30 days. WebFives (previously known as Vizrea) has been aquired by Microsoft and…
Can baking soda curb global warming? November 27, 2007 A start-up in Texas says it can turn the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants into baking soda. Some scientists have proposed compressing carbon…
Microsoft Open Solaris? Microsoft BSD? Microsoft what? November 24, 2007 I wonder what would happen if Microsoft dropped the Windows NT core, making an about face, like Apple did years ago with BSD and…
An OS for the Rest of Us: PC-BSD November 21, 2007 Sick of Windows and Linux? Mac OS too pricey? Looking for something different? PC-BSD to the rescue! What is PC-BSD? Before we get into…