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From the New York Times??????: After a years-long dispute, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child said Thursday that they had reached an agreement to offer Windows on the organization’s computers. Microsoft long resisted joining the ambitious project because its laptops used the Linux operating system, a freely distributed alternative to …
Ed Bott mentioned that Laplink is celebrating their 25th anniversary. Yesterday they were giving away PCmover for free. However, their servers couldn’t handle the traffic as word got around, so they’ve extended it through today. Visit the Laplink web site to register and download the software. I don’t know when or if I’ll use it, …
From the Globe and Mail: Federal regulators have ordered Bell Canada to provide tangible evidence that its broadband networks are congested to justify the company’s Internet “traffic-shaping” policies. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) yesterday laid out the process through which it will tackle the issue of how Internet providers manage the flow of …