Monthly Archives: April 2005

With VON Canada starting tomorrow – watch this space for regular updates – it seems like the right time to offer some quick views on how the VOIP service providers stack up. In no particular order: Vonage: the installation required … Continue reading →

Rumours about that Tivo is begging…er, I mean talking with Google and Yahoo about being acquired. It's a fascinating scenario but I'm not sure how it would actually work. Google has its video beta, which lets people search for TV … Continue reading →

Everyone expects Shaw Communications to lower the price of its cable telephony service from $55 a month to gain market share but don't expect it to happen soon. CEO Jim Shaw told analysts that telephony will probably follow the same … Continue reading →

With the release of Firefox 1.0.3 a couple days ago, it's probably a good time to look at the new browser wars. Let's start with Firefox, which has now been downloaded more than 45 million times. It's still the darling … Continue reading →

The Globe & Mail has a Luddite-like story on how some people have reverted to using paper to organize their days rather than a Blackberry or PDA. As much as those of us who work in the technology business would … Continue reading →

I've had a Treo 650 for the past three weeks, and I love the idea of an all-in-one device that features a phone, e-mail, a cool Web browser and all the regular Palm apps. I have even written some nice … Continue reading →