by Rob Cottingham | Apr 26, 2006 | Technology
Maybe not all by my lonesome. But about two weeks ago, I called the TiVo support line, fed up with a months-long problem where every single TiVo show we recorded was being flagged for timed deletion: one week was the longest we could keep anything, and any show we... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 30, 2006 | Copyright, Technology
From The Register: Cingular, the United States’ largest mobile phone network this week applied to patent emoticons, better known as smileys. The application refers to selecting emoticons on mobile phones or handheld devices over a wireless, and makes 35 claims... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 25, 2006 | Blogging, Politics
I have a story in this week’s Straight Goods on the Sarmite Bulte affair, where bloggers turned a Liberal MP’s cozy relationship with large media rights-holders into an election issue: There were other factors at play, of course. Mayor David Miller... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 12, 2006 | Blogging, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics, Technology
I’m on the job in Montreal this week, so there hasn’t been a lot of time for actual blogging. But here’s some of the stuff that’s turned up in my late-night surfing … and no, don’t panic; it’s all office-safe: Spy vs. Spyware:... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 29, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics
The phenomenally busy Russell McOrmond notes that, with the end of this Parliament, Bill C-60 is no more: Bill C-60 has died on the Order Paper, but you can be sure that whoever forms the next government will table a similar bill (likely with a different number). We...
