Tag: Internet
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Best Kept Traveller Secret: iPad Mini
This past summer I was lucky enough to travel to the UK for an entended visit with family and friends and for the first time I decide not swap out my iPhone SIM card, I always try to travel to a different country every year, last year I got interested on what to see in…
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Sporks Hall of Fame
Yesterday the Internet Society inaugurated the Internet Hall of Fame, to recognize those visionaries who advanced the Internet and made possible everything we take for granted today. But who invented the spork? There’s no entry at the Culinary Hall of Fame. And what about all those other kitchen utensils that make great meals possible? The…
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Happy Holidays from The Dads
Those in the know understand the draw of the East End of Long Island. The Hamptons, sitting on the South Fork of the island, are a group of hamlets, villages and towns lying along the Atlantic Ocean. The area is a perpetual playground for the rich and famous, and for city dwellers who appreciate a…
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Of Coffins, Nails, and Innovation
Recently our national department of influence and lobbying – the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission or CRTC (our version of the FCC) – approved of usage based billing for internet service providers. This means that owners of the big pipes can charge the little providers of your access for all the bits and bytes they send…
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Arthur C Clarke Predicts the Internets and Teleworking back in 1964
Arthur C Clarke Predicts the Internets & Telework back in 1964
I never knew » Blog Archive » Arthur C Clarke predicting the future in 1964 Arthur C Clarke Predicts the Internets and Teleworking back in 1964 It’s rather eerie how right he actually was.
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Canada avoids broadband duopolies, keeps line-sharing alive
Canada avoids broadband duopolies, keeps line-sharing alive: “‘Requiring these companies to provide access to their networks will lead to more opportunities for competition in retail Internet services and better serve consumers,’ declared the CRTC’s Chair Konrad von Finckenstein” Although the last couple of CRTC rulings have been quite good for the little guys and the…
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Tweetage Wasteland : Dude, I’m Totally Wasted on the Internet
Tweetage Wasteland : Dude, I’m Totally Wasted on the Internet: “So, let me get this straight. Kids are putting on some headphones, lying down and cranking some really monotonous music and that’s supposed to be the internet-era drug we should worry about?” Serioulsy this is pretty freaking weird even for those of us that consider…
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BlackBerry Release OS 5.0 for the Storm on Bell
Just as I was putting my finishing touches on my already overdue Samsung Galaxy review, a little bird told me that Bell and BlackBerry had quietly released the long-awaited OS 5.0 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. Now other devices also got the 5.0 nod, but since I use a Storm daily for work, this is…
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Three Weeks With an Android: Part ONE
Just before Christmas, I was given the chance to test out the brand new Samsung Galaxy on Bell’s brand spanking new HSPA+ network. This was a really cool demo opportunity too. Basically it went like this: No Strings Attached, I get a Galaxy for my personal use, unlimited local minutes, unlimited SMS and most important…
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Google Public DNS and the LocalHost
8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 Remember a few years ago when everyone was posting the encryption key for DVD’s all over the internet. Well I have a pretty good feeling that all the eights, double eight double four might very well become the new magic numbers. So why is Google DNS such a good announcement? There are…