By Tony Bates, on September 13th, 2009
Nicholson, P. (2009) Information-rich and attention-poor Globe and Mail, September 12
In one of Canada’s national newspapers, the Globe and Mail, Peter Nicholson, the President of the Council of Canadian Academies (formerly named Academy of Sciences), writes about the impact of new information technology on the nature of knowledge. He makes a number of arguments, among [...]
By Tony Bates, on June 10th, 2009
Eisen, H. (2009) Green Teach: Canadian virtualization technology delivers computer access to millions of students in Brazil Backbone June/July
Backbone is a bi-monthly magazine delivered with Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper, but also available online. The magazine focuses on new IT developments.
This issue, focused on ‘green’ IT, has an interesting article about a partnership between a [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 25th, 2009
Westcott, G. (2009) ‘Googleopoly’ The Globe and Mail, Feb 21
This is an excellent article by a Toronto lawyer and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Copyright Institute, about the implications of the Google Settlement regarding their right to copy and distribute published books. Anyone who has published, or intends to publish, needs to read this article.
Quotes:
‘The settlement [...]
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