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What is RSS?
In a world heaving under the weight of billions of web pages, keeping up to date with the information you want can be a drag. Wouldn’t it be better to have the latest news and features delivered directly to you, rather than having to visit each site individually?
You’ve probably seen this icon on [...]
Talking Points to Defeat Canadian DMCA
Brendon Wilson has a fantastic write-up concerning the ramifications of Bill C-61, which has been tabled in the Canadian Parliament. This a topic that I hope will be hotly contested and all Canadians are encouraged to write their MPs to present their feelings. Brendon provides a rational fact based argument against the bill, which should [...]
Metallica Continues to Show They Don’t Get It
Caveat, I’m a huge fan of Metallica – even after getting booted from Napster by their representatives (ironically I own all their albums). Metallica held a listening party for a few journalists in London but was then taken back when they wrote about what they heard. As a result, management had the reviews yanked from [...]
Mozilla Requests ‘Save the Date’ .. er Month?
For the upcoming release of Firefox, Mozilla is preparing Download Day 2008: a campaign to set a world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Participants are asked to pledge to download Firefox 3 on the day that it’s launched. Silly publicity stunts are great and all, but wouldn’t it make more sense [...]
Another! Statement! from Microsoft! Regarding! Yahoo!
Here we go again! The money continues to burn a hole in Microsoft’s pocket so it’s time for another public statement concerning their bid for Yahoo.
In light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and [...]
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