As Google hosts it’s I/O conference this week, I can’t help but watch from Canada and wonder what the future of the Chrome OS will be here. Google appears to be loading the new operating system with innovative new features and functionality that could make it a very useful tool for many Canadians. But it [...] Read more »
My Top 5 Smartphones
NOTE: This is a guest blog by Marie-Paule Graham. Marie-Paul writes on behalf of www.mobilephonegenie.co.uk, the independent comparison website for mobile phones. ‘Which is the best smartphone?’ is a discussion that will raise the temperature around any dinner table. Here are my thoughts; in no particular order. Sliding in at a slender 9.3mm thickness, the [...] Read more »
The buying guide for buying guides: Where to start when looking for a laptop or tablet
Buying guides for laptops, netbooks and tablet or slate computers can be found all over the Internet these days. If you’re looking for a notebook, they’ll point you to a review for a Samsung R590 (one of my favourites). If it’s a netbook you’re after, you can get lots of info on the Samsung N145. [...] Read more »
10 million reasons to protect your web passwords – Simple security tips anyone can use
Five hundred bucks. That’s roughly what the username and password you use to log in to your bank website are worth on the open market, according to a new study from Panda Labs. The exact amount will depend on your actual bank balance, but even security credentials for someone with the embarrassingly low balance of [...] Read more »
Mac app store opens – and this time, it really might change everything.
Windows PC users have long bemoaned the difficulty they have finding safe, virus-free software on the internet. And while Apple’s new app store may have at least partially solved that problem for Mac users, developers have to be more than a little concerned about potential difficulties the store may cause them. Today’s launch of the [...] Read more »
