Going GaGa for Google Movies as Rental Service Launches in Canada
by Lee Rickwood
Google’s foray into the living room will not end here; the company will soon offer as many services for the home TV as it now does for a PC or mobile device.
Category: Business
Netflix: a user evaluates the Canadian experience
By Tim Teatro:
My review of the Canadian Netflix experience has generated some passionate discussion. In it, I complain that Canadian content was noticeably absent from the Canadian Netflix library. Users have made points both in support of and in condemnation of Netflix’s Canadian offering. Most of the comments have little sympathy for Netflix – even though Netflix did quite well in our reader poll …
Why the Slingbox is still cool
By Ted Kritsonis
It’s not often that a gadget or gizmo can turn three years old and still be cool without having a single hardware upgrade. The Slingbox’s Pro-HD model first came out in 2008, and though it hasn’t changed at all since, it still proves to be a nice addition to anyone’s tech lineup.
Videoconferencing Raises Visibility, Lowers Cost for Business, Academia, Home
By Lee Rickwood
New products and services make personal conferencing just as possible and practical as professional conferencing. You can hold a video conference in your bedroom as easily as your boardroom (should you so desire)!
The power of community – a personal defining moment
By Hessie Jones
I have told this story several times and each time I get an incredible reaction to it. It was, as Oprah would call it, “my defining moment” when I came to realize my life’s next calling.
Privacy technologies win awards as security breaches garner headlines
By Lee Rickwood
These are much more than academic awards. Just a week after one award winning researcher notified Facebook about such attacks, the social net made significant changes to its online systems.
High Tech Needs Women, Say Digital Convergence Workshop Producers
By Lee Rickwood
Are IT job opportunities and technology industry training the same for men and women?
When it comes to cell phones and Internet service don’t accept the Status Quo
By Mark Orton
I am tired of being buried with cell phone promos. Commercials, ads, brochures, and mail everywhere I turn, extolling the virtues of what they offer. If you’re like me you’ve ignored them, because let’s face it we get comfortable with what we have. But as I found out comfort can cost you money.