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Stride: Use Custom Gestures to Unlock Your Jailbroken iPhone

Jailbreak tweak allows you to use custom gestures instead of plain old boring passcodes. One of the things that’s really set Android devices apart from iPhones is their capacity for an array of...

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Monday, August 27th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

NHL’s Montreal Canadiens Accused of Pirating The Hurt Locker

Since last year, Voltage Pictures, the makers of Hurt Locker, have been working with the Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver law firm (better known as the U.S. Copyright Group) to target Internet users who...

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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Metered billing: it’s a lack of competition, not congestion

It looks like Canada's telecom regulators are showing some new-found skepticism about metered or "usage-based" billing (UBB). The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has been holding hearings over the last few days...

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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Canadian ISP Telus Plans “Customer Friendly” Data Caps

Telus spokesman Shawn Hall says that customers will get "lots of warning," and lots of opportunities to switch to more expensive data plans when it rolls out usage-based billing later this year. It...

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Friday, April 29th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Metered Internet just a matter of "fairness" (and profits)

For several months, we've been reporting on Canadian consumer reaction to the government's decision to allow Bell Canada to charge smaller, competitive ISPs for network access on a metered or Usage Based Billing...

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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Net News No Comments