Fight the Canadian Privacy Bill (Bill C-30)

by Raj Perumal on February 22, 2012

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So unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the new Canadian Bill C-30. This bill is aimed at protecting the children. An often used excuse to take away the average joe’s rights and freedoms.

What is does is give the powers that be the ability to get certain information about you and what you’re doing online without a warrant. No due process whatsoever. The government is asking us to “trust them” and that they won’t abuse it. Now if you believe that, I think I might have some radioactive land I can sell you for a bargain price. spacer

So what can you do to stop this? Talk to your local political representative and let them know you will not stand for this. What this bill does is effectively make criminals out of all of us and makes the assumption that just because we want our privacy that we’re automatically criminals.

This attitude of Vic Toews and his fellow bill C-30 supporters is completely outrageous. He claims he didn’t know about all the contents of the bill, but I find that hard to believe!

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    PlayBook OS 2.0 First Thoughts

    by Nathan Simon on February 21, 2012

    LOVE IT…

    Big features

    • Accounts
    • The below are in advanced setup. Usually your full email address and password will enable the proper email account.
      • Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
      • Gmail
      • Hotmail
      • IMAP
      • POP
      • CalDAV
      • CardDAV
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn

    All these accounts can be bound to the address book, the calendar, you name it, its there….

    Calendar is great, video chat, I haven’t tried with anyone yet (seems a little zoomed in), the browser seems a bit faster, App World got a big boost as well. Also make sure to update Facebook to the latest version.

    Other things of note, I like the new PressReader, so I can download and read the Winnipeg Sun. I also like Bing Maps, which for some reason is extremely accurate with the GPS, I thought the GPS was near non-funtional, I guess I was wrong!

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    Also, if you haven’t already, download BOX for Blackberry, it comes with 50GB of online storage, yep you heard me 50GB!

    If you still haven’t updated your PlayBook you really are doing yourself a disservice… get on it now!

    If you haven’t checked out any of my previous blogs on OS2, check em out.

    PlayBook OS 2.0 and BlackBerry OS 7.1 Wireless Media Server

    PlayBook OS 2.0 Native Email and Social App support.

    BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Release Date has been confirmed!

    Let me know what you think of the new OS!

    Did I mention that I passed VCP 5? spacer

    Here is the full list of new features!

    Includes the following new features:

    • Built-in messages app:
      • Unified inbox: see messages from all of your accounts in one place
      • HTML email composing and editing
      • Attachment downloads
      • Ability to perform multiple actions at once like bulk delete
    • Built-in calendar app:
      • Day, Week, Month and Agenda views
      • Growing numbers: numbers grow and shrink based on how busy you are
      • People view shows a contact-centric view of your calendar
      • Newsreel shows news about companies you’re meeting with
    • Built-in contacts app:
      • Access Facebook®, Twitter® and LinkedIn® contacts as well as personal and work contacts
      • Merging and de-duplication of contacts
    • Virtual keyboard enhancements:
      • Fluency engine: Full word prediction and correction
      • Support for auto capitalization and corrections of misspellings such as acn for can
      • Slimmer design to show more of the screen’s content
    • New BlackBerry Bridge™ features:
      • Wireless remote control: use a BlackBerry smartphone as an external keyboard and mouse for a connected PlayBook
      • Presenter remote: deliver and control slideshow presentations when the PlayBook is connected to a projector or TV via HDMI
    • Open on PlayBook: seamlessly switch screens and invoke any BlackBerry Bridge app on the PlayBook tablet
    • Copy/paste in BlackBerry Bridge apps
    • Print to Go:
      • Wirelessly print from a laptop or PC directly to the PlayBook
      • View, sort and manage digital files as though they were physical sheets of paper
    • Support for Android™ applications
    • Home screen management with customizable panes and folders, and the ability to pick six of your most frequently used applications for the dock
    • Browser reader mode: provides an optimal reading experience by removing ads and the surrounding site, enhancing the font size and displaying text in a cleaner format
    • Video Chat:
      • Improved UI
      • Integration with contacts app: provides a filtered view of video chat contacts
      • Contact availability: identify if a specific contact is available for a video chat
      • Invite based on PIN or email
      • Initiate video chat directly from the contacts, calendar or messages apps
      • Display a video chat on an external screen via an HMDI connection
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    Pre-Order Mass Effect 3 for Bonus Content!

    by Raj Perumal on February 21, 2012

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    So as I mentioned in my previous post, you need to get in front of the pre-order for Mass Effect 3. If you pre-order now you can get some pretty cool bonus content.

    For one, you will get an M55 Argus Assault Rifle in the game with the pre-order, but depending on where you pre-order you can get extra stuff, like a store credit at Best Buy or Walmart!

    If you order from Amazon, you will get a $10 dollar credit in addition the rifle. If you order from Orgin, you could get a free copy of Battlefield 3 but now rumour has it that  EA has brought that promotion to a halt. If you were one of the lucky few to get in on that promotion then that’s great. But I do have to say this – shame on you EA for making this promotion and canning it. If you didn’t want to do it, you shouldn’t have done it in the first place, but now that you have done it, there are a lot of people that were led to believe that they’d get the game but now they’re not. I hope you refund their money or make good on your promise!

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    Hours away from PlayBook OS 2.0 Launch

    by Nathan Simon on February 20, 2012

    It is upon us, the official release of PlayBook 2.0.

    At 12:01 am February 21st,  that’s 2 hours away, start hitting that Check for Updates button!

    I for one will not be staying up for it, although I will be up very early preparing to take the VCP 510 exam tomorrow am, but that’s another post when I’m done!

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    I am very pleased so far with the developer OS 2 revision and know so many new features will be added for the official release.

    For now, I will sleep, for in the am, I will start the update.

    If you haven’t checked out any of my previous blogs on OS2, check em out.

    PlayBook OS 2.0 and BlackBerry OS 7.1 Wireless Media Server

    PlayBook OS 2.0 Native Email and Social App support.

    BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Release Date has been confirmed!

    Let me know what you think of the new OS!

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    BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 Demo released!

    by Raj Perumal on February 20, 2012

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    Hi folks, so if you haven’t heard already, the Mass Effect 3 demo has been released! The demo also has full suport for the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect!  I’ve spent some time playing it Mass Effect 3 and, hear are my thoughts.

    I tried it out as the Vanguard class, as that is my favorite class to play, and I chose the traditional Mass Effect role playing mode to get a good mix of the action and role playing aspects. I have to say that the game has definitely improved for the better. The combat feels sleeker and I think that is completely due to the voice integration with the Kinect.

    You can run through the maps killing the bad guys and when you need to activate a power you just say the name of the power out loud. This activates it. No more needing to fumble for buttons. This also works in the dialog sequences. You just say what you want to say and it chooses that option. This is quite slick and I hope to see this introduced in more and more games for the Xbox 360.

    The graphics and sound are great and it looks like all your favorite characters are back like Wrex, Liara, and Garrus. I for one can’t wait for the release of Mass Effect 3 and will be pre-ordering my copy asap! If you go and do a pre-order you will unlock bonus in game content. Looks like the good people at BioWare have done it again!

    If you haven’t given the demo a try yet, please logon and download it and get to it! The release date for the full game is March 6th, 2012.

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    Ashley Esqueda’s Monday Brief

    February 19, 2012

    Here we are for another Monday Brief by the lovely Ashley. Topics for Today include : BlackBerry 10 OS images Microsoft’s rumored new music service App Permissions PlayBook licking! Check out the video below!

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    Passed the VCP 5 Exam!

    February 18, 2012

    Hi folks, so I just finished writing the VCP 5 (VMware Certified Professional – VCP510) exam to upgrade from my VCP 4 certification. It was definitely a tough exam. My tips? Practice, practice, practice. I read all the pdf’s and did lots of practice in my demo lab with virtualization and all the  surrounding components. [...]

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    PlayBook OS 2.0 and BlackBerry OS 7.1 Wireless Media Server

    February 17, 2012

    Okay this is pretty cool. Soon you will be able to stream music and videos from your BlackBerry Smartphone with OS 7.1 and BlackBerry PlayBook, no more cables, no more downloading, just stream it to PlayStation or XBOX 360! Check out the video below from CrackBerry.com. If you managed to dig around those leaked versions, [...]

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    BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Release Date has been confirmed!

    February 16, 2012

    I, like many people are waiting for the official release of OS 2.0. Right now I am running the developer release of OS 2.0 and I know its missing a bunch of things, the video below shows you some features, for those running the developer release, there are quite a few new things here to see, [...]

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    Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Leaked Pricing

    February 16, 2012

    So apparently the pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 has been leaked. This is the new Ice Cream Sandwich based tablet from Samsung in a 7″ form factor. This is just rumour but the price in question for the US market is $400.00. Now if this is true, I think this price point is [...]

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