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How GNOME and KDE spend their money --...

Quarterly reports are the stuff of business. In most people’s minds, they are as far from...

Oct 2nd

Newsweek visualizes cell phone trivia...

via textually.org My favourite factoid: More Americans have mobile phones than...

Oct 1st

Mike Miner, producer of TVO's "The...

What impact has the digital age had on literacy? Improved? Made worse? Changed it? Caused it to...

Sep 30th

Video walk-through of new Ubuntu Netbook...

This OS by Intel is focused on social media and arranging content by Zones rather then program...

Sep 29th

Can't find a likeable enough Linux? Roll...

Think you can make a better fast-booting, Chrome-focused OS than Google? Want to craft a custom...

Sep 29th

Here's four pages of Nokia N900...

Multiple questions posted on the forums about how the N900 compares to existing Symbian OS phones...

Sep 29th

If Sugar is too weird for you but you're...

On-Disk’s solution is called Xtra Ordinary. For $41.09 you get a 4GB SD card with a Debian...

Sep 28th

So Android is not open source after all,...

The problem is, Google doesn’t like it when their closed source applications are redistributed. ...

Sep 28th

No moar Monday Moanin'... WTF?!1!

via qik.com It’s true, we’re going to try Sundays for a bit and see if we...

Sep 28th

Adam McDaniel is a Linux GOD -- plus...

My kernel packages will deliver for you a Linux kernel with full wired, wireless, webcam, and...

Sep 28th

I think Charlie Brooker is my new...

At least the grinning dildos in the Windows video are fictional, whereas eerie replicant Mac...

Sep 28th

So we have until October 27th, it would...

I already saw a meteor Friday night — some kind of divine prophecy is *obviously* in play...

Sep 27th

Is Nokia becoming the Microsoft of...

According to sources, Nokia is in the process of bidding to take over Palm. The stocks of Palm...

Sep 27th

Holy crap, I think I'm one of the lucky...

Residents across the GTA spotted a burning, bright light in the sky Friday night, prompting...

Sep 26th

Jolicloud brings the stupidity of web...

There may well be something I’m not getting here, but I honestly can’t see what the big...

Sep 26th

Pancakes & peanut butter?!1! Yah, they...

Okay, so maybe you can’t even see the pancakes for all that melted peanut butter, but it...

Sep 26th

App store smackdown and Nokia fanboy...

via youtube.com Would you video yourself wrapped in a cardboard box doing somersaults to...

Sep 26th

Hear yours truly stump the IntoMobile...

via intomobile.com My submitted question is read at the 37:35 mark. And if you haven’t...

Sep 25th

The Future of Media panel discussion in...

Thanks to a late-breaking tip on blogTO I coerced my friend Emily into going with me to the Drake...

Sep 25th

Indie filmmaker frustrated with foreign...

If you live outside the US and are desperate to see the movie and can’t find the release date...

Sep 25th

Eldar the magnificent scoops everyone...

On balance, the Nokia E72 is a very appealing phone - being an update of the E71 it packs in a...

Sep 24th

Poken attempts to bridge the gap between...

Users who want to connect online can whip out their poken keyrings and ‘high five’ them....

Sep 24th

Is it just me or does the logo for...

Join the conversation. We’re bringing change to the Canadian wireless industry and we want...

Sep 23rd

Requiem for an E61i, my first S60...

As I Tweeted earlier, I gave away my E61i to a worthy friend over lunch today. This was not only...

Sep 23rd

Make your children do their own damn...

If you would like to try it out, check the page: http://download.ooo4kids.org/ via...

Sep 23rd

I've tested five hot netbook Linux...

Seeing how I spent an entire afternoon distro-hopping recently the least I can is share my results...

Sep 23rd

This is how easy it is to send postcards...

I think these screen grabs speak for themselves… I’m assuming that once the free trial...

Sep 23rd

Elton John thinks the shit songs he...

After copyright hypocrite Lily Allen attacked a group of artists who opposed the Government’s...

Sep 22nd

Ghost in the Machine? Something's up...

There are actually a bunch of issues with this latest release of Easy Peasy, but I don’t...

Sep 22nd

A quick visual tour of Gnome 3, a...

Gnome 3, which will be available to install in Ubuntu 10.04, will mark the first radical change to...

Sep 22nd

Howard Chui interviews upstart Canadian...

via howardchui.com You gotta love the fact that the guy who runs the world’s largest...

Sep 22nd

Five handy tips to get your expectations...

Don’t expect it to be a free version of Windows or Mac Expect looking for alternative...

Sep 22nd

Neil Patrick Harris plays Nero to big...

Harris, while lauding the Internet as the “future of home entertainment”, mocks small...

Sep 21st

This kind of Sugar is actually *good*...

The Sugar on a Stick project gives children access to their Sugar on any computer in their...

Sep 20th

My first month with Posterous.

If you had told me a year ago that I would soon be composing the bulk of my blog posts in a lowly...

Sep 20th

The pirates who failed to plunder.

Like a good little Canadian copyright reformist I went to Toronto’s Linux Caffe this...

Sep 19th

Developers speak up on Android vs....

Android has better strategic position at the moment: Android devices will outnumber Maemo devices...

Sep 19th

American politics has rhetoric, Canadian...

“Jack and Gilles have gone up the hill, and we know how that little fairy tale ends,” Mr....

Sep 19th

So what's the punishment for lying to...

Google was just trying to give Apple a chance to take the high road. Instead, Apple apparently...

Sep 18th

Worst. Auto-Tune. Evar.

via reddit.com I defy you to disagree… Posted via web from Andrew Currie on...

Sep 18th

Apple execs are in dire need of a...

Just how many times do Apple’s execs describe their products as “amazing”, “awesome”, “incredible”...

Sep 18th

Now Kanye can ruin your website, just...

via kanyelicio.us Let’s hope all this is over soon… Posted via web from...

Sep 17th

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is in...

Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be the...

Sep 17th

Something about the colour scheme on...

Nokia’s 5130 XpressMusic is available immediately in two color combinations — black/red and pear...

Sep 16th

My cat and I... To quote Facebook: "It's...

via Pixelpipe Posted via web from Andrew Currie on Posterous

Sep 16th

CrunchEee — the bad-ass netbook Linux...

I stand firm in my belief that Easy Peasy remains the best choice for most users wishing to run...

Sep 16th

The best mobile browser in the world has...

I can’t imagine surfing the web without Opera Mini and that alone is one of the main reasons I...

Sep 16th

The Phones Show Video Podcast Episode...

via youtube.com All About Symbian’s Steve Litchfield does a quick survey of the...

Sep 15th

All About Symbian conducts survey on...

Onto the results, from over 130 people on five smartphone platforms, all data gathered yesterday...

Sep 15th

Say it ain't so, Ricky! Symbian Guru...

Thus, ironically, just when Nokia finally perfects the non-touchscreen ‘multimedia computer’, the...

Sep 15th

Smart lawyer with terrible photo calls...

We have had blank media levies in Canada for almost ten years. The first tariff was imposed on...

Sep 14th

All publicly-funded content -- Canadian...

Since CBC content is funded by the public, shouldn’t the public own it? Or at least have...

Sep 14th

The most exhaustive review of Nokia's...

Nokia has a truly horrendous marketing decision on its hands - how do you market what’s...

Sep 14th

Nokia's N97 vs. HTC's Hero: Which gets...

Whether it’s playing music or taking photos or handling email or browsing the Web or…....

Sep 13th

My final #CopyCon submission, in PDF...

You’ve already read my answers to the five questions put forth by the Canadian government...

Sep 13th

Remember the hilariously-bad "Don't Copy...

… A truly cringe-worthy attempt at hipness from the Software and Information Industry...

Sep 12th

Answer #5 -- the closing statements of...

So I’m finally getting around to finishing my submission to our government’s public...

Sep 12th

University professor calls bullshit on...

To pretend that the WIPO copyright treaty is a big deal around the world is simply not true as...

Sep 12th

Canadian Federation of Students'...

Key Recommendations Expand the definition of fair-dealing to be more flexible and inclusive. ...

Sep 11th

Answer #4 -- an ongoing public draft of...

So I’m finally getting around to writing up my submission to our government’s public...

Sep 11th

Answer #3 -- an ongoing public draft of...

So I’m finally getting around to writing up my submission to our government’s public...

Sep 10th

Possibly the best case yet made for...

As the Finnish giant moves to embrace Maemo as well as further expand its Symbian 5th Edition...

Sep 10th

Maemo 5 and the N900: The *real*...

You won’t need a separate picture editing app, the picture taking application already has it, you...

Sep 9th

Bell & Telus are both a go for GSM --...

Here’s a preliminary list of devices we can expect, based on rumours floating around the forums....

Sep 9th

Answer #2 -- an ongoing public draft of...

So I’m finally getting around to writing up my submission to our government’s public...

Sep 9th

Dragnet schools Barack Obama on...

via viralvideochart.unrulymedia.com Look kids, someone took two disparate things and...

Sep 9th

Answer #1 -- an ongoing public draft of...

So I’m finally getting around to writing up my submission to our government’s public...

Sep 8th

If this is the best that network...

So it’s come to this: the immediate future of American prime-time television rests squarely...

Sep 7th

Microsoft's lies about Linux revealed....

In an effort to thwart Linux sales on netbooks, Microsoft has started a training program at Best...

Sep 7th

The automatically-rotating screen on my...

It’s not a deal-breaker or anything but it can be annoying as hell, as you can see for...

Sep 6th

If you're having trouble with your...

Position Number of Supporters Submissions against another Bill C-61 ...

Sep 6th

U.S. Auto industry shake-up, visualized...

via mint.com Props to Autoblog for finding this… Posted via web from Andrew...

Sep 6th

Nokia's Linux phone makes an appearance...

My initial impression of it… I’m in love via howardforums.com These are some of...

Sep 6th

Hopefully this video will make you...

via youtube.com Nokia’s amazing N900 is coming soon… Pixelpipe is available...

Sep 5th

Great news for Canadian mobile users:...

We all know Telus is going to be switching over to HSPA-we just don’t know the launch date of the...

Sep 5th

Dump your Internet BFFs onto one handy...

Friendbinder brings together your friends from different social networks. It lets you keep track...

Sep 5th

A very slick (and mercifully short)...

via dailymobile.se Looks like Nokia has corrected at least two big gripes about the N97...

Sep 5th

Catching up on the news I missed this...

via 3lib.ukonline.co.uk While there’s actually nothing specific about Nokia World per...

Sep 4th

I borked my Netbook Linux... Any ideas?

Notice the incorrect positioning of my title bar content on the right side of the screen....

Sep 3rd

A light lunch...

Burgers courtesy of Webers. via Pixelpipe Posted via web from Andrew Currie on...

Sep 2nd

Morning in Muskoka

via Pixelpipe Posted via web from Andrew Currie on Posterous

Sep 2nd

Tucows makes a contribution to #CopyCon,...

Tucows’ views can be summarized as follows: We believe any legislation should be...

Sep 1st

Canadian mobile users needn't worry --...

They also have “unlimited” plans for handset users that cost about $15/month for feature phone...

Sep 1st

Canadian songwriters propose...

Canadian songwriters don’t want to sue file-sharers. In fact, we like file-sharing. It’s the most...

Sep 1st