Networks without the ’net
Point and click, launch a program and watch as the green bar fills itself up. Do you think it’s always been this easy to share…
technology
Android vs. iPhone: What’s the difference?
Shopping for a new phone just got harder. Through the sea of iPhones, BlackBerries, and now Android based phones, who has the time to explore…
Strictly Platonic
It happens kind of like this. You browse for a while, looking for something interesting, or rather, something you’re interested in. You can’t seem to…
The media war online
Towards the end of the film Pirates of Silicon Valley — the mostly excellent, if quirky, nineties equivalent of The Social Network about Microsoft and…
Petaflops! Terabytes!
The abundance of decorations, promotions and candy seemed to indicate that there was a celebration or festival going on in the last week of October….
Tweet this!
Professional athletes often joke about how fast insider information travels within the sports media world. Fans can learn of a trade hours before the player…
Google Goes Green
Google, together with New York investment firm Good Energies, is buying a 37.5 per cent stake in a US$5 billion project to build 563 kilometres…
Internet goes down on campus
Several students and staff experienced problems with the Internet at the University of Manitoba over the past week. This caused serious difficulties for students and…
The art of paying attention
One fateful Wednesday afternoon, I decided to sit in on my best friend’s biology lecture. I’ll admit I was looking for a way to completely…
Net Neutrality and Internet censorship
It’s not often that a technology as radical, accessible and world changing as the Internet comes to be. It’s even more rare that the technology…