http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Sun, 19 May 2013 17:15:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/the-next-big-one/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/the-next-big-one/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:00:01 +0000 Rosemary Westwood http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376503 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/the-next-big-one/feed/ 0 The next 'big one': not an earthquake, but a collapse of the digital network that's become central to our lives http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/chinas-online-population-rises-to-564-million-as-mobile-web-surfing-grows/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/chinas-online-population-rises-to-564-million-as-mobile-web-surfing-grows/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:59:35 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337235 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/chinas-online-population-rises-to-564-million-as-mobile-web-surfing-grows/feed/ 0 BEIJING, China – China’s population of Internet users rose 10 per cent last year... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/recipe-for-viral-video-tim-hortons-elton-john-and-ungrumpy-old-men/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/recipe-for-viral-video-tim-hortons-elton-john-and-ungrumpy-old-men/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:00:06 +0000 David Newland http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335696 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/recipe-for-viral-video-tim-hortons-elton-john-and-ungrumpy-old-men/feed/ 0 Add doughnuts, stir heartstrings, and let simmer in social media til piping hot http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/dronenet-an-internet-of-flying-robots/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/dronenet-an-internet-of-flying-robots/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:29:45 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=333885 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/dronenet-an-internet-of-flying-robots/feed/ 0 Jesse Brown muses on an unmanned ariel vehicle delivery service http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/27/china-tightening-controls-on-internet-after-embarrassing-postings-about-official-abuse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/27/china-tightening-controls-on-internet-after-embarrassing-postings-about-official-abuse/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:13:17 +0000 Sue Allan http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331782 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/27/china-tightening-controls-on-internet-after-embarrassing-postings-about-official-abuse/feed/ 0 BEIJING, China – China’s new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/here-come-the-filesharing-lawsuits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/here-come-the-filesharing-lawsuits/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:03:42 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=326080 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/here-come-the-filesharing-lawsuits/feed/ 0 Voltage Pictures wants contact information for 2,000 Internet subscribers. It's just the beginning, writes Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/26/dean-del-mastro-vs-the-internet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/26/dean-del-mastro-vs-the-internet/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:00:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=307633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/26/dean-del-mastro-vs-the-internet/feed/ 0 The Conservative MP suggests Parliament should think about dealing with anonymous Internet commenters. One... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/think-you-have-a-right-to-privacy-online-think-again-says-ontario-court/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/think-you-have-a-right-to-privacy-online-think-again-says-ontario-court/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:20:11 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300315 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/think-you-have-a-right-to-privacy-online-think-again-says-ontario-court/feed/ 0 Yes, it was about child pornography—but the implications for the rest of us are scary http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/margaret-wente-remix-artist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/margaret-wente-remix-artist/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:20:35 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296308 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/margaret-wente-remix-artist/feed/ 0 How the Internet first killed, then crowdsourced fact-checking http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/canadas-almost-third-world-internet-access/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/canadas-almost-third-world-internet-access/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:00:57 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=294479 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/canadas-almost-third-world-internet-access/feed/ 0 Netflix exaggerates on that one—but not by much http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/31/mitt-romney-fights-for-internet-freedom-against-porn-logic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/31/mitt-romney-fights-for-internet-freedom-against-porn-logic/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:32:52 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=287080 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/31/mitt-romney-fights-for-internet-freedom-against-porn-logic/feed/ 0 The GOP's is promising to leave the web alone AND to crack down on dirty content http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/making-faces-in-front-of-your-webcam-could-be-the-future-of-the-internet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/making-faces-in-front-of-your-webcam-could-be-the-future-of-the-internet/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:23:38 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=283742 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/making-faces-in-front-of-your-webcam-could-be-the-future-of-the-internet/feed/ 0 New online identification technology asks users to gesticulate on video http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/did-you-yahoo-that/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/did-you-yahoo-that/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:37:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=282214 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/did-you-yahoo-that/feed/ 0 The one-time star of the dot-com era tries to figure out what to be as it grows up http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/with-fiber-google-is-back-to-dont-be-evil/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/with-fiber-google-is-back-to-dont-be-evil/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:04:40 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=278412 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/with-fiber-google-is-back-to-dont-be-evil/feed/ 0 The super-speeds project is a return to the company's positive activism http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/21/10-canadian-viral-sensations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/21/10-canadian-viral-sensations/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:44:43 +0000 Blog of Lists http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=268615 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/21/10-canadian-viral-sensations/feed/ 0 From the Maclean's Blog of List: Canadians who shook the web http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/the-virtual-self-cbcs-nora-young-talks-about-her-new-book/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/the-virtual-self-cbcs-nora-young-talks-about-her-new-book/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:05:39 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264822 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/the-virtual-self-cbcs-nora-young-talks-about-her-new-book/feed/ 0 Ever wondered why we share so much information about ourselves and what happens to it? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/05/for-todays-youth-cars-no-longer-represent-freedom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/05/for-todays-youth-cars-no-longer-represent-freedom/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:53:01 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262466 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/05/for-todays-youth-cars-no-longer-represent-freedom/feed/ 0 Fewer young people are learning to drive. The biggest reason for the move away from driving is the Internet http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/when-governments-pull-the-plug-the-people-build-a-new-internet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/when-governments-pull-the-plug-the-people-build-a-new-internet/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 18:59:06 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262076 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/when-governments-pull-the-plug-the-people-build-a-new-internet/feed/ 0 How mesh networks could change the Net as we know it http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/review-surfeasy-great-for-private-surfing-and-hulu/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/review-surfeasy-great-for-private-surfing-and-hulu/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 17:09:06 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262205 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/review-surfeasy-great-for-private-surfing-and-hulu/feed/ 0 A USB that let's you escape prying eyes and geoblocking http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/control-alt-erase/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/control-alt-erase/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 15:57:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260571 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/control-alt-erase/feed/ 0 A Stanford professor wants tech giants to allow kids to permanently erase personal information http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/the-internet-is-too-important-for-free-market-economics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/the-internet-is-too-important-for-free-market-economics/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:03:13 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259811 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/the-internet-is-too-important-for-free-market-economics/feed/ 0 No, you can't defend broadband caps by talking about the airline industry http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/17/facebooks-secret-rolling-with-the-punches/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/17/facebooks-secret-rolling-with-the-punches/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:35:11 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259245 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/17/facebooks-secret-rolling-with-the-punches/feed/ 0 The ubiquitous social network somehow always comes out on top http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:10:18 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258498 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/microsofts-horrifying-story-about-usage-based-billing-abuse/feed/ 0 A new South Africa-based study is a cautionary tale for Canadian Internet users http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/anonymous-101/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/anonymous-101/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 18:03:58 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257882 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/anonymous-101/feed/ 0 The value of Anonymous lies in anonymity itself http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/how-does-google-know-what-im-looking-at/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/how-does-google-know-what-im-looking-at/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:04:01 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253205 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/how-does-google-know-what-im-looking-at/feed/ 0 Active View is supposed to reveal whether or not an online display ad was seen http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/09/how-arizona-tried-to-make-it-illegal-to-say-mean-things-online/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/09/how-arizona-tried-to-make-it-illegal-to-say-mean-things-online/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:06:04 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=251111 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/09/how-arizona-tried-to-make-it-illegal-to-say-mean-things-online/feed/ 0 Lawmakers continue to display an embarrassingly low level of media and technological literacy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/toews-feeds-trolls/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/toews-feeds-trolls/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:36:22 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248611 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/toews-feeds-trolls/feed/ 0 Fighting Anonymous is impossible by design, but it's funny to Anonymous when someone tries http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/this-malicious-massive-orchestrated-attempt-to-thwart-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/this-malicious-massive-orchestrated-attempt-to-thwart-democracy/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:36:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248546 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/this-malicious-massive-orchestrated-attempt-to-thwart-democracy/feed/ 0 Scytl Canada, the company that conducted the NDP’s online voting, explains what happened this... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/canada-the-internets-bumpkin/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/canada-the-internets-bumpkin/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:08:38 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=247041 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/canada-the-internets-bumpkin/feed/ 0 We browse like maniacs, but how about using the Web to make and save money? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/19/google-insight/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/19/google-insight/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:44:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=246616 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/19/google-insight/feed/ 0 This graph has been making the rounds as a possible indication of how the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/remember-ubb-this-is-worse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/remember-ubb-this-is-worse/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:22:58 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=243413 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/02/remember-ubb-this-is-worse/feed/ 0 Capacity-based billing may leave Canadians in worse shape than the previous pricing scheme http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/vic-toews-meet-fake-ann-cavoukian/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/vic-toews-meet-fake-ann-cavoukian/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:24:14 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241051 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/vic-toews-meet-fake-ann-cavoukian/feed/ 0 Ironically, Ontario's privacy commissioner (a harsh critic of Lawful Access) also has a detested Twitter doppelganger http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/the-internet-is-the-opposition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/the-internet-is-the-opposition/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:33:30 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241003 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/the-internet-is-the-opposition/feed/ 0 Teh Internets have been saying one and the same thing about Vic Toews' Lawful Access http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/vikileaks30-tweets-coming-from-house-of-commons/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/vikileaks30-tweets-coming-from-house-of-commons/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:51:56 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240613 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/vikileaks30-tweets-coming-from-house-of-commons/feed/ 0 Reporters at the Ottawa Citizen have traced the @vikileaks30 Twitter account back to a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/vikileaks-a-bad-way-to-make-a-good-point/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/vikileaks-a-bad-way-to-make-a-good-point/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:15:02 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240306 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/vikileaks-a-bad-way-to-make-a-good-point/feed/ 0 Canada has learned a lot more about Vic Toews than it needed to http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/its-target-practice-in-the-commons-over-the-conservatives-snoop-and-spy-legislation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/its-target-practice-in-the-commons-over-the-conservatives-snoop-and-spy-legislation/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:55:26 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239923 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/its-target-practice-in-the-commons-over-the-conservatives-snoop-and-spy-legislation/feed/ 0 Opposition MPs and critics of the online-surveillance bill tabled by the government of Stephen... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/what-were-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-lawful-access/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/what-were-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-lawful-access/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:15:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239901 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/what-were-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-lawful-access/feed/ 0 The Ontario privacy commissioner dismisses both the government’s argument and its rhetoric. “Simply put,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/14/vic-toews-is-watching/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/14/vic-toews-is-watching/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:15:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239750 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/14/vic-toews-is-watching/feed/ 0 The government has tabled its online surveillance legislation, now dubbed the “Protecting Children from... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/14/vic-toews-vs-the-child-pornographers-whose-side-are-you-on/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/14/vic-toews-vs-the-child-pornographers-whose-side-are-you-on/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:40:10 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239724 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/14/vic-toews-vs-the-child-pornographers-whose-side-are-you-on/feed/ 0 If you’re worried about the government snooping on your online activities, then you’re siding... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/evgeny-morozov-note-to-a-grumpy-pundit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/evgeny-morozov-note-to-a-grumpy-pundit/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:51:46 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238292 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/evgeny-morozov-note-to-a-grumpy-pundit/feed/ 0 It's a pity to let the naysayer role obscure valid insights into Internet-savvy authoritarian regimes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/bill-c-32-copyright-the-movie/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/bill-c-32-copyright-the-movie/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:49:04 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235545 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/bill-c-32-copyright-the-movie/feed/ 0 The U.S. copyright war is headed for a Hollywood-esque happy ending–unlike the one in Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/police-no-good-examples-of-why-we-need-lawful-access/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/police-no-good-examples-of-why-we-need-lawful-access/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:28:42 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234286 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/police-no-good-examples-of-why-we-need-lawful-access/feed/ 0 Evidence obtained by OpenMedia shows struggle to justify warrantless Internet surveillance http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/internet-1-old-school-discretion-0/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/internet-1-old-school-discretion-0/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:24:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/internet-1-old-school-discretion-0/feed/ 0 Via Twitter, Democratic Reform Minister Tim Uppal has announced that the ban on reporting... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:44 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/feed/ 0 Another article that I heard a few people talking about over New Year’s was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/a-dystopian-future-for-canadas-internet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/a-dystopian-future-for-canadas-internet/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:20:47 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232272 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/a-dystopian-future-for-canadas-internet/feed/ 0 Teksavvy's non-peak usage is the first step on a slippery slope