If it's not open it's broken.
Even though my diatribe against carrier contracts remains one of the most popular all-time posts on my previous blog, so many Canadians still shy away from paying the full unsubsidized price for a handset, not realizing the freedom they’re giving up in doing so.
Music industry fluff and Hollywood dreck are one thing, but don’t you dare touch my mobile phone…
Because digital rights is such a hard sell to those who don’t immediately grasp it, let me show how C-32 would make me a criminal, three times over. Then you can decide for yourself if what I’m about to describe falls within reasonable use or not…
By the time you read this my 30-day free trial of TurboPrint will have expired. What’s that, you say? They charge for Linux software now? Actually, makers of free software have always been able to do that.
And without TurboPrint my aging Canon MP130 all-in-one would be nothing but a doorstop with a sheet feeder…
Brad Linder’s liliputing reported last week that netbook sales were slowing, partly due to the rising tide of tablets and also because the lines are blurring between netbooks and more powerful but equally small thin and light laptops.
All of this may be true but I’ve evidence of my own that netbooks are still wildly popular…
My niece just got an iPad for her birthday. She’s absolutely over the moon with her new toy, and is reveling in the near-celebrity status that comes with being an iPad owner on the weekend of its Canadian release.
But what does her freedom-loving uncle make of it?
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