Microsoft drops Mac IE - so what?
Microsoft drops Mac IE | CNET News.com
This story is making the rounds on all the news sites, especially the Apple focus ones. Why? Between Firefox and Safari, I figured users would have dropped Mac IE a long time ago, and this is yet another trend Microsoft is slow to catch on to.
Ramp creates power as cars pass
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Somerset | Ramp creates power as cars pass
Hughes Research, check out the pictures and videos.
Each ramp creates 5 to 50 kW as a car passes over it, depending on weight of the vehicle. The DVP and 401 interchange in Toronto has an almost constant stream of vehicles […]
Land of the Free?
CBC.ca | Bush acknowledges approving secretive eavesdropping in U.S. dozens of times
With the oppressive Patriot Act about to be made permanent, we learn that even more civil liberties are being raped and pilaged in the “land of the free”. Now with the Patriot Act, people know what freedoms are being taken away (execpt for […]
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Do people really surf the Net anymore?
I cannot remember the last time I typed in the URL to my favourite news, tech, or info website. I cannot remember the last time i surfed the web. Freesearch definition of surf: to spend time visiting a lot of websites. The surfing connotation is like surfing on water, going where ever […]
Brake-by-wire axed in the Benz
AutoWeek | Mercedes cancels by-wire brake system; decision a blow to technology’s future
Many cars currently use a drive-by-wire system for the accelerator, and if it fails it is not necessarily a safety critical issue (you just don’t go anywhere - safe, unless you are on train tracks with a loco coming). But if your […]
Should Your Business Use Instant Messaging?
TheStreet.com | Should Your Business Use Instant Messaging?
Hope some suits read this article and get a clue about something I’ve been talking about for years - phone messages are so 80s, email is so 90s - IM is the way to go for quick, instant, and brief business communication.
Nice to see Jabber was […]
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Tod Maffin is looking for “guests, companies to profile, story ideas, and so on” for his coverage on his blog todbits.com and CBC TV. In to tech and got something to say or show off to the nation? Then contact Tod.
Tod is whoring himself for this plug by way of free (as in […]
Ricky Gervais podcast
I just hurt myself laughing and there is still 10 minutes left in the podcast. If you are familar with the BBC’s The Office (not the americon knockoff) then you know Ricky Gervais (aka David Brent). There goes David Brent …
Well, Ricky has put together a podcast with Stephen Merchant and Karl […]
Podcast University
I’m attending the Centre for Leadership and Learning’s Learning Technology Symposium at McMaster.
The day has been very informative, but the current talk is great - Wayne MacPhail from Rabble. Hopefully Wayne will let me post the talk …. question answered: Yes. I did not doubt that he would, since Wayne GETS IT […]