It was not too long ago that I was writing about Chicago’s plans to blanket the city in wireless internet and wondering when Toronto would follow suit. Well apparently, it won’t be long: Mayor David Miller will join Toronto Hydro executives on Tuesday to officially announce the initiative, which will be the largest of itsContinue reading “Toronto’s building wi-fi network downtown”
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Wireless internet theft affects us all
A story in the New York Times about your friendly neighborhood wireless thieves. I have to admit I’m guilty of this when I’m not at home, but it pretty much does serve you right if you don’t secure your network. Maybe municipal wi-fi will cut down on this “phenomenon”… Edit: If only Twitter were inventedContinue reading “Wireless internet theft affects us all”
Project Origami is Microsoft’s new amazing personal computing device
Microsoft has this device known right now as Project Origami, and they are apparently having a presentation tomorrow evening about it. I found the following video via digg. It appears to be an extended commercial for the device. It’s a handheld do-everything sort of tablet PC that makes me very excited for the future. Update,Continue reading “Project Origami is Microsoft’s new amazing personal computing device”
H&R Block messed up their taxes
Shares of H&R Block fell on Friday after the tax preparation and software provider admitted it had miscalculated its own state income taxes, understating its liabilities by $32 million as of April 30, 2005. The Irvine, California-based maker of TaxCut software said Thursday it would need to restate its fiscal year 2004 and 2005 results,Continue reading “H&R Block messed up their taxes”
Immigration is key
John Ibbitson makes the argument in today’s Globe and Mail that one of the key issues the Conservatives need to address during their time running the country is immigration. No official announcement has been made yet regarding their policy on the number of immigrants per year, but unofficially it looks like the numbers will remainContinue reading “Immigration is key”