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Articles by Lee Rickwood

Changing Your Canadian Phone Or Cable Provider Just Got Easier
March 23, 2011 – 10:00 am | One Comment
Changing Your Canadian Phone Or Cable Provider Just Got Easier

by Lee Rickwood

The process for people who want to change their TV, home phone, mobile or Internet service providers will be a whole lot easier.

TELUS Facebook TV – Is the ‘Next Frontier of Social Networking’ Really a Repeat?
March 15, 2011 – 9:48 am | No Comment
TELUS Facebook TV – Is the ‘Next Frontier of Social Networking’ Really a Repeat?

By Lee Rickwood

It’s taken more than a decade for anyone to take the next few steps on a path laid down long ago.

Family History Hits the Road with New iPad, iPhone App from Ancestry.ca
March 12, 2011 – 11:51 am | No Comment
Family History Hits the Road with New iPad, iPhone App from Ancestry.ca

By Lee Rickwood

Warning, this story contains material that may be dangerous to beer-drinkers.

Great Canadian Appathon Offers $45K in Prizes for Best New Mobile Game
March 7, 2011 – 8:21 am | No Comment
Great Canadian Appathon Offers $45K in Prizes for Best New Mobile Game

by Lee Rickwood

Like great games, hackathons, game jams and appathons are engaging and somewhat addictive on their own.

No More New Web Addresses as IPv4 Allocation Exhausted, Global IPv6 Test Planned for June
March 1, 2011 – 10:02 am | No Comment
No More New Web Addresses as IPv4 Allocation Exhausted, Global IPv6 Test Planned for June

There are no more new Web addresses, no matter how much Internet data costs. As far as the current naming protocol, IPv4, is concerned – it’s game over.

By Lee Rickwood

New Canadian Telecom Launches in Basement; Start-up Offers Leading Edge Cell Phone Service to Other Small Businesses
February 24, 2011 – 7:39 am | No Comment
New Canadian Telecom Launches in Basement; Start-up Offers Leading Edge Cell Phone Service to Other Small Businesses

By Lee Rickwood

The newest phone company in Canada is starting in the basement – literally. But one subscription to its service equals a telecom solution with a multitude of opportunities ffor small and medium businesses.

Internet Pricing and Usage Billing Battle Continues Online – and In Person
February 21, 2011 – 9:56 am | 2 Comments
Internet Pricing and Usage Billing Battle Continues Online – and In Person

What with online petitions, special webcasts and Internet–based forum presentations, the furor over usage based billing may be causing a spike in usage!

by Lee Rickwood

PM Tweets Reversal of Usage-Based Internet Billing
February 3, 2011 – 10:25 am | One Comment
PM Tweets Reversal of Usage-Based Internet Billing

by Lee Rickwood

The CRTC recently said that both large and small Internet service providers would be able to bill by the meter – so called UBB, or usage based billing.

Internet Pricing Becomes Political Issue as Meter Pricing Ticks Closer
January 28, 2011 – 8:18 am | 6 Comments
Internet Pricing Becomes Political Issue as Meter Pricing Ticks Closer

A new usage-based billing policy for Internet use in Canada takes effect March 31.

by Lee Rickwood

Is Samsung’s NF-210 Netbook A Case of Style over Substance?
January 24, 2011 – 9:55 am | 2 Comments
Is Samsung’s NF-210 Netbook A Case of Style over Substance?

By Lee Rickwood

So an attractive netbook with a new Dual Core Atom processor like this one was supposed to hit both targets – small size, big punch. Depending on your requirements, you may have to be happy with one over the other.

By Lee Rickwood

Will Internet Metering Slow Down Your Movie Downloads from Netflix?
January 18, 2011 – 11:26 am | 4 Comments
Will Internet Metering Slow Down Your Movie Downloads from Netflix?

by Lee Rickwood

Depending on your ISP (Internet Service Provider) contract, that $8 may easily double or triple by the time your monthly bill arrives.

New Fujitsu Scanner a Truly Portable Solution
January 4, 2011 – 11:08 am | No Comment
New Fujitsu Scanner a Truly Portable Solution

Video featuring Lee Rickwood

The ScanSnap S1100 can detect paper size, from a business card to a legal sized sheet, automatically, and as you will learn from this review and video, there is a solution for larger, oversized documents as well.