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So… Peter Bright’s new home for tech support, right? (credit: antxoa) Ten years ago around this very time—April through June 2008—our intrepid Microsoft guru Peter Bright evidently had an identity crisis. Could this lifelong PC user really have been pushed to the brink? Was he considering a switch to… Mac OS?!? While our staff hopefully […]
Enlarge / How could Peter Bright ditch all this for the minimalism of MacOS? He loves the color purple far too much to do that, right? (credit: Ethan Miller / Getty Images) Ten years ago around this very time—April through June 2008—our intrepid Microsoft guru Peter Bright evidently had an identity crisis. Could this lifelong […]
Enlarge / OK, technically this wouldn’t have even been possible at the time of this initial article, but here’s Win10, Win8, Windows XP, and Mac OS X (High Sierra) all together. Thanks Parallels. (credit: Parallels) Ten years ago around this very time—April through June 2008—our intrepid Microsoft guru Peter Bright evidently had an identity crisis. […]
Terminal velocity “WHEN it comes to the meaning of life, we will all return to zero one day.” So philosophised Wu Xiaohui, a Chinese tycoon, as he reflected on his success in 2015. Little did he realise how soon his words would be proved true. He founded his firm, Anbang, as a small car-insurance company […]
The year 1972 was a heavy one. America already had the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. under its belt. Same with the Manson killings, and Vietnam was three years from ending. College students had been shot to death at Kent State, and a few years before, there were riots […]
Enlarge (credit: Kate Ter Haar) On Monday, a former top State Department official who blew the whistle three years ago on what he saw as overzealous surveillance announced a new non-profit law firm, Whistleblower Aid. Unlike most other whistleblowing organizations, however, Whistleblower Aid is employing a few crucial digital tools to help, including Tor and SecureDrop—and […]
Dalhousie’s medical school has added new screening procedures for prospective students and has reviewed its admissions process. The moves come amid high-profile cases of students at the Halifax university in trouble with the law. CBC | Health News
On average, people planning to buy a home estimate their costs will come to £7,643, according to Post Office Money. But research compiled by Post Office Money and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) suggests the average bill across the UK is £1,829 higher, at £9,472. The total includes calculations covering stamp duty […]
Values rose 5.1 per cent in the three months to February – higher than in the same period a year ago – and 1.7 per cent higher than the preceding quarter, said the Halifax. The cost of a typical three bedroom semi is now £219,949 – up £10,091 on the £209,858 price tag recorded in […]
