CRTC’s new wireless rules don’t go far enough
We Canadians pay the highest mobile rates in the world, thanks to the entrenched Bell-Rogers-Telus oligopoly that for years has been gouging customers with impunity. The CRTC, the regulatory body that...
View ArticleRIP Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, the man behind Apple, is dead at age 56. I’m not an Apple product aficionado. I don’t have an iPhone or an iPad or a MacBook Pro. I’m not part of the Apple cult(ure). But there’s no denying...
View ArticleFederal government to CRTC: you’ve gone too far
You can tell it’s an election year when the government actually bothers to do something useful. Harper, seeing the writing on the wall after massive petitions and public outcry, has issued an ultimatum...
View ArticleThe $47,000 phone bill
Imagine the surprise of a woman who was charged $47,000 by Bell for the use of mobile internet, after being instructed to set up her phone that way by Bell’s customer service department: “The guy on...
View ArticleThose darn Israelis, at it again
Conducting breakthrough medical research, that is. This time, it’s a research team from Hebrew University that has developed a breakthrough in the fight against AIDS: a treatment that appears to kill...
View ArticleThings I’ve been thinking about
A few things that have been on my mind lately: 1. Idiots are their own worst PR nightmare. Let ‘em talk long enough, they’ll shoot themselves in the foot. No need to do it for them. 2. Laziness is an...
View ArticleAre smokers dumber?
A new Israeli study suggests that smokers have lower IQs than nonsmokers: According to the researchers, 28 percent of the study participants smoked at least one cigarette a day, around 3 percent said...
View ArticleDebunking the vaccination-causes-autism myth
The study that had initially claimed a link between childhood vaccination and autism and had long since been essentially debunked as having no supporting evidence, has been formally retracted by the...
View ArticleGoogle’s “new approach to China”
Big. Huge. Potentially game-changing. These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to...
View ArticleMore H1N1 conspiracy theories
Why rely on information when conspiracy theories are just so much more fun? THE swine flu scare was a “false pandemic” led by drugs companies that stood to make billions from vaccines, a leading health...
View ArticleDeep freeze
Here’s an explanation for the unusually cold weather in parts of North America and Europe lately: The folks who run the National Center for Atmospheric Research have a great rundown of the details of...
View ArticleMeanwhile in Iran
The death of opposition cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has sparked more protests - which never really died down, despite strong-arm efforts from Ahmedinijad to stamp out dissent:...
View ArticleHow not to ask for money
‘Tis the season to be… generous. Of course, that’s a load of hogwash. Supporting worthy causes is important year-round, not just in December, when the idealists get all imbued with holiday spirit and...
View ArticleFacebook blocked in Vietnam?
Is Vietnam the latest country to block access to Facebook? Since last week, it seems that way. Even though the Vietnamese government is issuing denials. Some Vietnamese Facebook users launched a...
View ArticleNew look for segacs.com
So, how do you like the new look? It’s the latest in the long list of changes that have been taking place around here. The first step was my move to my own hosting at segacs.com after Geocities closed....
View ArticleCh- ch- ch- changes
I’ve got the new hosting for segacs.com up and running, and the migration of this site is more or less complete. Most links should work, though if you encounter any broken links, please let me know....
View ArticleEnd of an era
Geocities has officially closed. For the most part, this happened with a whimper, not a bang. You can continue to access this site for now, but stay tuned for updated information within the next few...
View ArticleIt’s about time
The GSMA have announced measures to standardize mobile phone chargers by 2012.
View ArticleHarper promises crackdown on text message fees
In a very un-Conservative move, Stephen Harper made a campaign promise today to regulate businesses more, cracking down on such unfair business practices as price-fixing, deceptive marketing, and...
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It’s the end of Facebook as we know it
We knew it was coming, but that doesn’t make this announcement any more welcome: The new layout for Facebook doesn’t actually streamline anything. Instead, it forces a half-dozen clicks to get the...
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