Author Archives: Lee Rickwood

About Lee Rickwood

Lee Rickwood covers developments in media and technology with particular interest in how such developments affect our social, political and economic activities and interactions.

Canadian Panel Looking at Wi-Fi Health Concerns Hit by Controversy

A second member of the panel chosen by the Royal Society of Canada to look at human exposure to radiation and required safety levels around wireless devices, cell phones and cell towers has ties to the industry and should resign, says a citizen’s advocacy group based in Canada.

by Lee Rickwood

Metadata Collection Violates Our Right to Privacy

From the point of view of search engine and social network operators, retail advertisers and mass marketers, political parties and their pollsters, law enforcement or public security agencies, the more information the better.

by Lee Rickwood

Ontario Tech Centre Opens Development Lab, Readies for Space Flight

Digital media innovators in the Kitchener/Waterloo-area tech community have access to a new development lab, outfitted with hardware and software from Intel and its partners. The Intel Software and Services Group has officially opened the Intel Developer Zone, a lab…