How Pakistan Hijacked YouTube
On February 24, 2008 in response to a government order, a Pakistani ISP (Internet Service Provider, a business that provides access to the Internet such as Bell, Cogeco, and IAW) PieNet, began blocking access to a YouTube video that apparently contained blasphemous content. Unfortunately the block affected more than just Pakistan and some estimates are […]
Vista Service Pack 1
It was about a year ago that I wrote about Windows Vista’s release and spelled out my belief that while there would be some “bumps on the road”, they would be short lived and likely wouldn’t amount to much. I argued that Windows XP had suffered few problems that I could recall when it was […]