Category: News
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Another way to count the vote
Canada isn’t the only nation having an election in May. Folks in the United Kingdom go to the polls on May 5th — and when they do, they’ll not only be selecting their leaders, they’ll be voting on a referendum to change they way votes are counted. And this has the chance to really make…
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More Gagarin Goodness…
Earlier today I noticed the Google Doodle pointing to resources about Yuri Gagarin’s (and mankind’s) first orbit of the Earth. A few moments ago @mynameiskate pointed me at the YouTube logo — modified too — and links to First Orbit a free feature-length movie about Gagarin’s flight: A real time recreation of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering…
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Canuck going to South by South West (SXSW)?
If you’re going to South by South West (SXSW) in March, then consider checking in to the Maple Leaf Digital Lounge — a new concept that helps promote and highlight Canadian technology to SXSW attendees. We are creating a cluster of Canadian technology that will be promoted at this event. This is a unique concept…
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The gauntlet has been thrown: HP’s webOS TouchPad
Yesterday Earlier today in San Francisco, HP revealed a few new products; the new Veer, the Pre 3, and the new TouchPad — a direct competitor to the Apple iPad. And the TouchPad is going to be a very cool device. My thoughts: Same weight as an iPad — I was hoping for lighter Cool…
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Woot! New Canon Rebel T3 cameras
Last year around this time, Canon introduced the Rebel T2i (also known as the EOS 550D). An awesomely speced-out camera, as all the Rebel’s are, aimed squarely at the consumer Digital SLR and home video market — yes, the Rebel T2i was a true hybrid. Well, today Canon reprised that tune with the announcement of…
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Commerce in a post-Wikileaks economy
You’ve likely seen the news that Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and others are under distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks by folk who feel that WikiLeaks headman Julian Assange is being persecuted for distributing sensitive information he...
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I read the news today (oh boy)
If you’ve been without power and not heard the news today, The Beatles music library is now available from Apple’s iTunes store for download. Joy. No, I’m not overly enthused by this, as I already own digital copies of all the Beatles music that I’m interested in. I bought them on CD years ago, and…
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The Steve Jobs Way
Tomorrow Apple will likely announce a new look and feel for the MacBook Air and an update (perhaps significant) to their flagship operating system, OSX. And once again, the reality distortion field surrounding Steve Jobs’ presentations will be set to full power. It’ll be an interesting day, I’m sure. Especially since Steve ripped into Google,…