by Rob Cottingham | Mar 31, 2004 | Everything Else
The word came down a few hours ago from a Federal Court judge: making files available in shared directories isn’t a violation of copyright.Not a good week for the recording industry’s crackdown on its customers. A recent study contradicts the recording... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 24, 2004 | Everything Else
So I’m talking to a guy I know who just picked up a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. I happen to have a Bluetooth-enabled Palm. “Let me show you something,” he says.Two minutes later, I’m surfing the Web from my Palm, in glorious colour. I’m... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 24, 2004 | Politics
As the Bush administration tears into one-time antiterrorism czar Richard Clarke, a question comes to mind:If he’s such an anti-Republican partisan, if he has such a “legacy of failure,” if his recommendations were “either ineffective or... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 19, 2004 | Everything Else
Paul Wells’ latest column has a gem about voters’ ongoing fascination with non-politicians who run for office:[Belinda Stronach] has the outsider cachet that inexplicably draws supporters to the candidate who knows least about politics.When my pipes burst... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 12, 2004 | Everything Else
Previously in this space, I suggested that B.C. Government Whip Kevin Krueger might have reason to regret slagging former Liberal MLA Elayne Brenzinger.On Tuesday, a reporter asked the obvious question: what else aren’t you telling us?To paraphrase...