Tech

It's the beginning of the end for Internet throttling, and Openmedia.ca's newest campaign is coming into play as the hotly contested Bill C-11 moves through the House of Commons.

The Supreme Court of Canada's Chief Justice, Beverly McLachlan, raised many virtual eyebrows on January 31 when she expressed concern about the impacts of social media on Canada's justice system.

Recently, I have been spending my nights glued to the computer monitor instead of sleeping -- literally fighting off sleep -- watching the Egyptian uprising online.

We want Canada to be a digital leader, but instead we're laggards. We're lagging in all four key areas of our digital economy: speed, openness, affordability and content. Our video update explains.

Harper's speech in Davos covers two areas: job creation and economic stability, and managing immigration. Read on for an analysis of the speech, its policy implications and some ideas to stop Harper.

Can a $25 computer teach kids to write computer software instead of just learning how to use Microsoft Office? That's what the Raspberry Pi Foundation is hoping.

This week's news update talks about the new interim CRTC chair, gives more info on the online spying bills, and provides a short update on the Stop The Squeeze campaign.

Why am I so taken with iBooks Author? Because it's not just for textbooks, and not just for textbook publishers. It is a fantastic tool for communications professionals, including journalists.

The CRTC, Canada's telecom regulator, announced today that Vice-Chair Len Katz will serve as their acting chairman until the government appoints a new chair.

Wednesday, Jan. 18, marked the largest online protest in the history of the Internet. Websites from large to small "went dark" in protest of proposed anti-piracy legislation in the U.S.

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is scrambling to find ways to justify upcoming bills that would allow warrantless surveillance.

OpenMedia.ca's video update covers the police lobby for warrantless online spying, the cell phone squeeze, and the SOPA blackout.

Human being settle. Not settle, as in "contents may settle during shipping," although that does happen with age. I mean settle in the sense of "make do."

The brand new Academy of the Impossible plans to take a step beyond hacktivism toward the integration of online agitation with direct action in the streets, that the Occupy movements have embodied.