Apple, net neutrality, now Starbucks. Is the internet at risk of becoming a vast wilderness where all anyone can see is the view from the highway?

I have to confess, I’ve sometimes lumped the net neutrality folks in with the tinfoil hat crowd. At first I wasn’t convinced net neutrality was really that big of a deal, and even if it was, I generally give corporations more credit than most who comment on these issues online. But now I’m not so [...] Read more »

The 5 reasons an avid book collector bought an e-reader (Kindle) and prefers it over real books – and the iPad.

Books, especially old or rare ones, fascinate me. For many years now I have been enthralled by not only reading, but also by collecting the physical books themselves. Our family has accumulated several hundred books over the years, and going to shop for books is something even my youngest son (4) has come to enjoy. [...] Read more »

US movie streaming finally poised to come to Canada

Watching movies in Canada is about to become much cheaper and much more convenient. At least it will if today’s rumours passed along by Mashable are true. US-based DVD rental-by-mail company Netflix announced in July they were looking at expanding into Canada. Instead of competing against Zip, who already has physical distribution centres set up [...] Read more »

Maybe the Wii is good excercise after all.

At least it is when you play it like this. Read more »

I now understand Apple a little better (but I like it even less)

I confess to being a Windows person since ver 3.0 (1990!) but the scarcity of Windows Mobile devices (in Canada, anyway) has pushed me to consider going over to the dark side. I finally broke down and went to the only Apple store in our city (Edmonton) where I was told by the store manager [...] Read more »

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