29. June 2008 by Rob.

Well their have been more twitter issues again. It turns out that that their info structure can not handle the number of users which are using Twitter. It seems that all the high volume users are killing Twitter. Well I for one are looking at switching to Pounce full time as well as possibly using friendfeed as well. I will make this decision sometime this week.

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28. June 2008 by Rob.

Rogers has decided once again to make Canada Iphone costs pricey. I will probably get one anyway.

See the story on Cnet below:

Iphone in Canada

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27. June 2008 by Rob.

Well I want to apologize for being away most of the last 2 months and not posting as often as I planned. The reality is running the lacrosse House League has taken a lot of time and not left much spare time for much else. Now that lacrosse is over posting will get back to normal.

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27. June 2008 by Rob.

Firefox 3 is now a week old. It is defiantly fast then version 2.x. A few things to watch are the compatibility to plugins and old tool bars.I have not found any other issues besides these at this time.

Firefox 3

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14. June 2008 by Rob.

Well today I thought I would try a little some different on my blog. That I would touch on several technology issues and coming and goings for the week.

1. The biggest news in Canada is that they are going to change the copyright act to come into the digital age. The copyright act in Canada is so far out of date that it is not funny. I can see why they are doing this.

2. Google and Yahoo have struck an add deal.  As a result Microsoft now states that they do not want to buy all of Yahoo and they had only wanted to buy Yahoo if it was quick. Is months of negotiating  quick?

3.  My space has decided to do a face lift on their site.  The reality is that Facebook just did one and they are trying to compete.

4.  The new 3G I Phone is out and the I Phone is now coming to Canada soon. That is good news because I want one!!!!!

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7. June 2008 by Rob.

Well Microsoft has let it knowen they are still after Yahoo. Why is this happening people ask. As a company Microsoft places a lot of money behind their desktop operating system, their network server operating system and their office package. They have other offerings like exchange and sms to name a few but the others are their staple.

One thing that has Microsoft in trouble lately is that they have increased corporate licensing for all their products. As a result many corporations are now looking for alternatives. It a lot of case licensing fees have doubled. Getting greedy will cost Microsoft in the long run.

The other reality is Microsoft has many mature products. XP Pro/Office/Exchange are all very stable products. So is Server 2008 with it’s new Virtulization technology.  With mature packages why would people upgrade.

The 3rd reality is all of this would never have happened with Bill Gates in charge. Steve Ballmer is a little more progressive in his thinking and open to moving ahead more.

The 4th reason is Microsoft let Goggle get far ahead of them to be the number one portal on the net. So now they must do something about it.

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