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Microsoft to open the Windows?

02/13/2009 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

Will Microsoft be compelled to open source its Windows operating system? Yes, says Charles Babcock in his informationweek.com article, Why Windows Must Go Open Source. He posits that Microsoft is facing serious competition from Linux on netbooks and other low-end computers, such that if it wishes to protect its application market (mostly Office), it had […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: computers, Linux, Microsoft, netbooks, Nicholas Negroponte, One Laptop Per Child, open source, Windows, XO-1 Laptop

Negroponte vs. the Open-Source Fundamentalists

04/26/2008 by backofthebook.ca 12 Comments

Rumblings of discontent within the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project erupted to the surface last week with the resignation of chief software architect, Walter Bender. A split has formed between those, like Bender, who see the project as primarily educational, and OLPC leader Nicholas Negroponte, who wants to push as many laptops into the […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: computers, geeks, Linux, Microsoft, Nicholas Negroponte, One Laptop Per Child, Sugar, ubuntu, Windows, XO-1 Laptop

Mom and the MacBook

10/28/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

My mom is a Linux-using grandma who travels a lot. Recently she required medical attention while in another city, and wound up in hospital for several weeks. I felt very sorry for her. Yes, for the medical concerns, of course, but also because she was cut off from the internet. Even her brother, my octogenarian […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Apple, computers, family, Linux, Windows

Windows? Linux? OS/X? Why choose?

02/11/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

What the devil are we going to do with all the power that the latest computers offer, given that soon you won’t be able to buy a machine with less than two cores on the CPU and less than a gigabyte of RAM? Well, one possibility that more and more people are taking advantage of […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Apple, computers, digital restriction management, digital rights management, Linux, OS/X, ubuntu, virtualization, Windows

The data that got away

02/04/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

How can we safely destroy our data? The simplest thing is to not produce any. Then there won’t be any to destroy. Too late? You already have data? Ok, then follow these 4 steps. Never share or lose control of your data. Become a multibillionaire. Create a facility for launching things into the sun. Launch […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: computers, Linus, OS/X, Windows

A tale of two ethics

01/28/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

The wide release of Windows Vista this week, and the billions that will be spent to buy it over the next few years, prompts one to ask: how exactly did we get into this mess? Once upon a time, not so long ago, computers were big things owned by businesses, governments, and universities. That changed […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Apple, Bill Gates, computers, digital restriction management, digital rights management, Linus Torvalds, Steve Wozniak, Unix, Vista, Windows

Damn the Nephews for All Spam

01/07/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Sing, ye gods, the anger of us all, for countless spams that fill our in-boxes. Many a brave soul has attempted to filter them to a junk folder, only to have filters fail in the face of bogus text. And who is it who must bear the blame? It is the nephews, the brothers-in-law, the […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Apple, internet, Linux, Microsoft, OS/X, Windows

Tech Predictions for 2007

12/31/2006 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Can’t really put off the “tech predictions for 2007” bit much longer . . . Could do it tomorrow . . . No, let’s quit the boozing for a sec and just knock something off . . . Okay, I fearlessly predict that things will be the same as in 2006, but with bigger numbers. […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Apple, computers, digital restriction management, digital rights management, intellectual property, Linux, OS/X, Windows

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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