Unix is probably the grandfather of all operating systems, widely used on dedicated servers and workstations, and has spawned a variety of different official and unnofficial* versions. Many of us have fought with the command prompt as it constantly blinks away, every so often mocking our efforts with that unmistakable error sound. Love it or [...]

The business world is in the middle of some of the biggest changes in its existence with internet presence increasingly becoming a must, and in many cases becoming a bigger source of income than bricks and mortar.  At the same time, technology is rapidly developing and the skills needed to create suitable solutions are becoming [...]

Amidst the news about bailouts, layoffs, mortgage foreclosures, and declining earnings, you may have heard the ‘R’ word – that’s right, recession. At this point, I don’t think anyone is arguing that we aren’t in a global recession; traditionally, two down quarters in a row is used as the benchmark for indicating the economy is [...]

Have you ever had one of those nights where you are sitting in front of your computer planning to look up one little video? Say, a particular Radiohead performance (you can thank me later for this one), or something funny that your friend suggested you look up; and three hours later find yourself musing over an [...]

124 million dollars…now that is a ridiculous sum of money. An amount that most of us would stare at in awe, mouth agape; possibly capable of muttering a stretch of incoherent babble, but probably not. This is the amount of money that Hostopia went for in its acquisition by Deluxe Corporation. Hostopia is the one [...]

While I don’t find myself hopping from city to city, with commuting, contract work on weekends, and a pseudo-nomadic lifestyle, I find myself constantly on the go. Between fighting to find an Internet connection (a free, wireless one, preferrably), worrying about who’s going to try and grab my laptop from my car, and trying to keep files synched and up-to-date [...]

It’s been 5 years since Microsoft has made a release in the Windows Server family. Like many of the other software offerings from Microsoft, the development cycle has been inflated as the company looks to make significant changes to usability and security. Windows products are often bogged down with unnecessary features and are a favourite target of [...]

While the E-mail offering from search engine giant Google still lags behind services like Hotmail/Live mail and Yahoo! mail in terms of numbers, there are a number of evangelists for the Gmail – can you blame them, it’s A Google approach to email. It would make sense that someone like Matt Cutts would not only be considered a [...]