A recent decision by the CRTC has the potential to cause major disruption in the internet service marketplace. Fortunately, the decision can be reversed by the federal cabinet, if voices like yours are heard. Here's the issue in a nutshell.
Read more »Federal Gov't misses opportunity to lead digital economy
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YouTube Blocked in China, Google Says
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Google said Tuesday that its YouTube video-sharing Web site had been blocked in China.
Google said it did not know why the site had been blocked, but a report by the official Xinhua news agency of China on Tuesday said that supporters of the Dalai Lama had fabricated a video...
Read more »Domain Appraisal Scam is Reborn
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The latest twist on an old scam.
Over the weekend I received three identical e-mails that show the domain name appraisal scam is alive and well.
Read more »Online Privacy Snatched by Courts
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Decisions OK giving personal info to police without warrants.
Scott McNealy, the former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has achieved considerable notoriety for having warned Internet users 10 years ago that "you have no privacy, get over it."
How eBay Is Alienating Selling Allies
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The mighty online auction house only needs to look in the mirror to figure out why sales are slipping, customers are leaving and listings are shrinking. Solution providers that once called eBay "friend" are rejecting its hostile policies. Here’s why.
Read more »Cyber bullying: Preventing Online Harassment and Bullying
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In 2003, a 15-year-old from Trois-Rivières, Québec, dropped out of his high school after classmates found an embarrassing video of him pretending to be a Star Wars character and posted it on the Internet (Harmon, 2003). A 14-year-old from Mission , B.C., hanged herself after receiving threatening phone calls from classmates (CBC News Online, March 23, 2005).
What is cyber-bullying?
Keep Canada's Internet Open
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Big telecoms are trying to ruin Net democracy. Tell the feds to stop them.
In just over 10 days, nearly 4,500 Canadians have written the CRTC demanding that they put a stop to discriminatory Internet throttling by big ISPs. Canadians made it known that they will stand for nothing less than full and open access to all the Internet has to offer, free from ISP control.