Category Archives: Tech

Toronto company making zero-emissions car

Although it may be a while before electric vehicles begin to make a serious dent in the sales of conventional combustion-driven vehicles, environmental concerns mean there are more options becoming available than ever before (and we don’t mean the Waverley Electric either).
One of the latest examples is the ZENN (Zero Emission, No Noise), produced by […]

Take a stand against Digital Rights Management!

They are trying to get the word out at Defective By Design about Digital Rights Management and how it allows big media to control the content you get to see, instead of you being free to choose. From the Defective By Design site:

Big Media describe DRM as Digital Rights Management. However, since its purpose is […]

A sysadmin toolbox

Nice article from NewsForge that discusses the ideal sysadmin toolbox. Often the most useful tools are found on the command line, a fact that Microsoft has mostly failed to appreciate with Windows, and that Apple has embraced with Mac OS X. Unix and Linux have always had that power.