Welcome to the worldwide web of gTlds, soon to explode on the Internet. The Internet has been so simple to negotiate: Just type three w’s, dot-[name], dot-com and, click, you’re on a website somewhere. Dot-com has been joined by the likes of dot-org, dot-co and dot-ca but
Read more →I recently blogged about some of the great stuff Apple ought to copy from Microsoft Windows RT and “paste” into its iPad. RT proves that Apple doesn’t have a monopoly on great design thinking. But Apple isn’t likely to worry much about RT. Why? In a nutshell:
Read more →Decades ago, an Italian fellow decided he needed to better focus on his studies. So he started setting a tomato-shaped kitchen timer for 25-minute intervals and promised himself he would not let himself get distracted until the timer rang.
Read more →There’s a unifying theme running through the recently released Adobe Acrobat XI: a focus on saving people time. Here are the highlights.
Read more →I’m known as an Apple guy, but I gladly try a new technology before I form an opinion of it. That trait served me in good stead when Microsoft’s Canadian PR reps sent me an ASUS Vivo Tab RT running Windows RT for review. (Why not a
Read more →Oxford Properties Group owns Toronto’s 111 Richmond Street West, designed by the late Peter Dickinson. Built in 1955 and now part of the Richmond-Adelaide Centre, it had aged into an energy-inefficient building. Dickinson designed some of Toronto’s finest buildings, including the O’Keefe Centre (now the Sony Centre
Read more →Batteries can be fickle things, especially the ones we rely on to keep our notebook computers going. Fortunately, you can keep your batteries in decent health for years and forgo the expense of buying new batteries by following a few simple procedures.
Read more →Holder-agency interface aims for Q1 2013 opening In 2013, the Internet will welcome new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). What does this mean? We may eventually type domains like dot-apple, dot-acer and dot-accountant as well as today’s dot-com, dot-ca and dot-edu. Proponents claim these gTLDs may open the
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