IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 14, 2009, 8:57 am
Some things have happened in the last 24 hours in regards to this issue with Bell Canada that I’d like to update you on: My phone still works and I still have Internet. I traded e-mails with Ro...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 13, 2009, 5:13 pm
I really wish Wind Mobile would just step up to the table and show us what their price plans are. Because it seems that yet another “leak” has happened on Howardforums.com. I’ll hit ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 13, 2009, 1:35 pm
Bell Canada for years has been my choice for home phone service. After all, if you’ve been doing telephone services for a century or so, you should be really good at it. Plus in the major blacko...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 11, 2009, 11:56 am
Frequent readers might recall that Nokia slapped Apple with a patent infringement lawsuit not to long ago. Well “The Steve” has decided to send forth the iLawyers to fight this. And fight ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 11, 2009, 11:13 am
Today is a great day for the wireless industry in Canada. Industry Minister Tony Clement has overturned the CRTC decision that kept Globalive/Wind Mobile from starting and gave them the green light to...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 10, 2009, 8:52 am
... of convenience and value to Rogers Cable customers. The Quick Start Menu will allow customers to: · View 6 channels at ... ’ shows, specialty programming and more Note that...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 10, 2009, 8:20 am
For those Mac Fanbois that have been lusting after a official Google Chrome browser for Mac, you can rejoice. Google Chrome for Mac has hit beta. Now it is a beta so there are likely to be bugs, but i...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 10, 2009, 8:13 am
I’ve been working for a client in Washington D.C. for the last few days so I’ve been unable to update this blog as frequently as I’d like. But I’m back for now (as I’m go...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 6, 2009, 5:50 pm
If you’ve been looking for an alternative to OpenDNS or your Internet Service Provider’s DNS service, here’s one from the empire known as Google. Introducing Google Public DNS. Here&...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 6, 2009, 4:51 pm
The rest of the Canadian wireless industry must be concerned because of some recent comments made by Industry Minister Tony Clement about the Globalive mess that was created by the CRTC. According to ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 2, 2009, 2:07 pm
I took a browse over to the Psystar website today to see if any new idiotic ramblings postings of interest existed in their community section when I noticed this: Everything is out of stock. Curious....
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 2, 2009, 11:21 am
AT&T has decided to drop their rather ill advised lawsuit against Verizon over their ads that parody the “There’s an app for that” theme. Some other lawsuits between the two have als...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 1, 2009, 8:22 pm
You might remember that Telus forced Rogers to stop using the claim that they have the “most reliable” network. Now the real pain for Rogers begins. A Judge in BC has told Rogers that they...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 1, 2009, 8:05 pm
The CRTC wants to hear from Canadians on how to fund local TV. As a result, they’ve set up a website where they want Canadians to log on and comment on the future of local TV until December 21st...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 1, 2009, 7:27 pm
It seems that Psystar has started to fold up their tent and has decided to stop their attempts to clone Apple computers. A court filing (Warning: PDF) reveals that Psystar is slated to pay approximate...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Dec 1, 2009, 7:07 pm
I got an e-mail this afternoon from Keith McArthur who is Roger’s “Senior Director, Social Media and Digital Communications” with something that I never saw coming. Here’s the ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 29, 2009, 6:06 pm
The drugs that Mac clonemaker Psystar were using must have been some seriously mind altering drugs. I say that because according to Computerworld Psystar had planned on selling 1.45 million clone comp...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 26, 2009, 12:24 pm
Today is Thanksgiving in the US. But for some Rogers employees, they have little to be thankful for. 900 Of them have been laid off by Rogers: A spokeswoman for the telecommunications and media giant...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 26, 2009, 12:16 pm
Another day, another really bad ad from AT&T starring Luke Wilson. Here it is: Ignoring the fact that iPhone users who have 3G capable phones are often stuck on EDGE which doesn’t support this ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 25, 2009, 8:06 am
Now that Apple has clearly got Psystar by the short and curlies, they want to finish the job. According to Groklaw, Apple is asking a court to permanently prevent Psystar from infringing Apple copyrig...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 19, 2009, 12:24 pm
These are interesting times at the moment. Wind Mobile has shot back at musings by Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed (among others) about buying their spectrum. In a blog posting, Wind Mobile’s Chief Cu...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 19, 2009, 9:05 am
AT&T and Verizon met in court yesterday over that lawsuit that AT&T filed because they are a bit ticked at Verizon’s “There’s a map for that” ad campaign. The issue at hand was...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 18, 2009, 3:45 pm
I’ve been looking for a press release relating to Telus suing Rogers and I tripped over this press release instead. Apparently, Telus wants Industry Minister Tony Clement who is reviewing the CR...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 18, 2009, 3:07 pm
Telus who loves to say that “the future is friendly” isn’t being friendly towards Rogers. I’ve just gotten word that they’re suing Rogers over the fact that Rogers claims...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 18, 2009, 2:22 pm
Charlie Angus who is the NDP MP that is best known for technology issues such as network neutrality has started a campaign to ban Twitter use by MPs: “I have nothing against the technology, nothing...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 17, 2009, 9:39 am
After seeming to be snubbed by Amazon a few weeks ago, Canadians will now be able to buy the Kindle. However, the way you buy it seems to be a bit odd. When I go to Amazon.com and pull up the info on ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 16, 2009, 10:02 pm
This Verizon vs AT&T battle is getting ugly. Here’s what Verizon filed in response to the AT&T lawsuit: AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s “There’s A Map For Tha...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 16, 2009, 7:45 am
Here’s one that Windows 7 users need to pay attention to. In what could be the first of many holes in Windows 7, Microsoft has confirmed that a zero day hole in Windows 7 exists that oddly enoug...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 14, 2009, 5:18 pm
The day that Apple’s iLawyers have been waiting for has arrived. Yesterday Apple was granted a summary judgment against Psystar. Groklaw has all the details but I’ll hit the highlights for...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 13, 2009, 9:44 pm
If you’re AT&T, you’ve been forced to listen to Verizon ads which parody the “there’s an app for that” iPhone ads with ads that say “there’s a map for that...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 13, 2009, 5:47 pm
I guess that Rogers must sense an opportunity to expand their empire as their CEO Nadir Mohamed made it known that they would be interested  in the wireless spectrum that they are unable to use becau...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 12, 2009, 9:26 am
Intel has a few anti-trust issues right now, starting with the EU and the State Of New York. But their longest running anti-trust battle has been with rival AMD who sued them back in 2005. It looks li...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 11, 2009, 10:07 pm
I sense a disturbance in the force. As if there is a flying chair in the future of Simon Aldous who is Microsoft’s partner group manager. Here’s what he said in a recent interview: One of...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 11, 2009, 9:14 pm
Here’s another big buy from HP. The word on the street is that they plan on buying network gear maker 3Com. Why? This is what their press release said: This combination will transform the netwo...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 11, 2009, 12:22 pm
If you thought having your Jailbroken iPhone Rickrolled was the wost thing that could happen to you, think again. Security firm Intego has found a piece of marware that will allow hackers to access pe...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 10, 2009, 10:09 am
You might recall that back in April Oracle wanted to get its hands on Sun in the worst way. But that purchase has run into a bit of a problem because the European Union has decided that it doesn’...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 9, 2009, 8:46 am
From the “WTF” file, comes the news that iPhone users in Australia who have jailbroken their phones are wide open to a new worm that upon finding an jailbroken iPhone that still has the de...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 6, 2009, 11:43 am
The two titans in Macintosh virtual machine software have both kicked up significant updates in the last little while. Parallels Desktop 5 and VMware Fusion 3 both want your hard earned dollars, but i...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 5, 2009, 4:13 pm
So, today is the day that Telus launched it’s HSPA network. Oddly, there was no press release announcing this fact. I guess that’s because they also released their pricing for the iPhone a...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 4, 2009, 11:56 am
Here’s some big news. Andrew M. Cuomo who is the attorney general of New York filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Intel, saying it unfairly prevented AMD from competing under state and fed...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Nov 4, 2009, 10:46 am
Using the catch phrase “The New Bell Network Is On” Bell came out with a press release declaring that their HSPA network is live: Offering mobile speeds as high as 21 Megabits per second ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 30, 2009, 3:42 pm
Will wonders never cease? According to the Globe And Mail, the Canadian Government has agreed to review the CRTC decision to deny Globealive/Wind Mobile the right to operate in Canada. Tony Clement wh...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 30, 2009, 9:27 am
With the decision about Globealive/Wind Mobile yesterday, I forgot to mention the other craptastic CRTC decision that was released yesterday. The CRTC threw out a “review and vary” request...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 30, 2009, 8:41 am
Yesterday the CRTC decided that Canadian ownership was more important than real competition in the Canadian wireless marketplace. As a result, it appears that Globealive/Wind Mobile’s launch won...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 30, 2009, 8:09 am
To paraphrase the Cylons, it’s happened before and it just happened again. The latest version of iTunes which was punted out to the planet yesterday by Apple has once again stopped the Palm Pre ...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 29, 2009, 3:52 pm
The news has just come in that Globealive Wireless/Wind Mobile has been told by the CRTC that it fails to meet Canadian ownership rules: In this decision, the Commission sets out its determi...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 28, 2009, 11:25 am
Game on as they say. Apple in their 10-K form (Warning: PDF) had this interesting tidbit on that Nokia patent lawsuit that I told you about: The complaint alleges that these patents are essential to...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 28, 2009, 10:03 am
If you want an alternative to Windows 7 or Snow Leopard and you don’t mind a beta product, take a look at Google’s Chrome OS. The beta has just hit the Interwebs for your downloading pleas...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 28, 2009, 9:56 am
From the “this day was coming department” comes this announcement on the Google Blog: Today we’re excited to announce the next step for Google Maps for mobile: Google Maps Navigatio...
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IT N. posted an article on The IT Nerd - Oct 27, 2009, 2:23 pm
After setting a date for their “3G+” rollout as well as for the iPhone, Telus has announced “clear and simple pricing.” Basically, whatever the price that’s listed is wha...
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