by Rob Cottingham | Jun 6, 2005 | Technology
Forget Pat O’Brien. The big defection story this morning could be that Apple is abandoning the PowerPC chip… and moving to Intel. This is one of those stories that has popped up as a hot rumour just about every year for a decade or so, and the first few... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 3, 2005 | Blogging, Communicating, Politics, Technology
…Specifically, the left wing. And the centre. The company that built its reputation delivering online services to Howard Dean’s insurgent campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, and that says it “does not work with groups that promote... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 3, 2005 | Blogging, Technology
There’s a company out there called FeedBurner. (Already know ’em? Skip ahead.) They take your blog’s news feed, do a little high-tech hocus pocus to it, and pow – out pops your feed, but souped up. Suddenly you can see how many people are... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 3, 2005 | Technology
Frequent (and welcome) visitor Scott relays an experience a friend of his had with Skype and spyware. In fact, Skype isn‚Äôt spyware. Download it from their web site, and you don‚Äôt have to worry about it. Scott’s friend probably actually installed the... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 2, 2005 | Media Mix, Technology
So a mere two days after I write this – “CBC Radio is wonderfully, fantastically open to freelancers” – Tod Maffin announces this: CBC Radio, Canada’s public broadcaster, is developing a weekly on-air program about the blogosphere and... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 2, 2005 | Technology
I’ve been burned more than enough times by software “upgrades” that end up trashing hard drives, corrupting files, wrecking other programs or leaping from my computer and setting fire to my dog. So here’s what I’d like programs to do...