Month: May 2009

Net neutrality again before the House

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/technology-blog/2009/05/net_neutrality_again_before_th.html By Paul Jay, CBC News.ca. New Democrat digital affairs critic Charlie Angus has tabled another bill designed to enshrine the principle of net neutrality, his second attempt to bring the issue to the House of Commons through a private member’s bill. Bill C-398 will

Canadian astronaut Thirsk bound for International Space Station

That’s going to be interesting! http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/space-robert-thirsk-space-station-astronaut.html?ref=rss Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is a member of a six-person crew that will live on the International Space Station for six months. On May 27, he and two other crewmates are scheduled to launch from Kazhakstan to join the other three already aboard the station.

Retro Gift

T got me a nice little surprise yesterday 🙂 It made out of real wood and the sound is very decent. It’s really something hybrid, it does play vinyl but there is also a table player. Classic so far? yep, but where it get interesting it’s that the CD player is actually not really a…

Yahoo strike back?

From CNET: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10244981-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Guessing the user’s intent is the centerpiece of Yahoo’s efforts on improving search these days, and it needs to find objects, rather than documents, to make that happen.

Zune phone again!

Again again and again! http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-301177.html A Microsoft promotional Twitter account tells fans that a new product launch is coming and hold off from buying a Palm Pre. The idea that Microsoft may release a Zune-phone, based on its portable music player, has once again resurfaced. Although the likelihood of a…