There’s been a lot of news lately about hacking. People have had credit cards hacked. Yahoo got hacked. Target was the target of data breach shenanigans. Recently, I got a notice that my PC Plus account had the password reset because of a breach. You may have too. Truth is we live in an online […]
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There’s a movement among automotive enthusiasts. In recent years, fewer models have offered manual transmissions. These folks, who are rather passionate, insist the manual transmission is one of the golden elements of any true, thoroughbred car. They lament this decline in the manual transmission. Some, even, with the passion of losing a cherished item. Many
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Something big happened in the truck world back in 2014. Something really big. One of the largest manufacturers and sellers of mid-duty pickup trucks was going to be redesigning their flagship truck. This was more than just a redesign. They were going to change the body material entirely. When Ford announced an all aluminum body
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Ahh, the age old battle of cable TV and internet pricing. Here in Canada, prices are the among the highest in the developed world. Paying for your cable TV and internet, or your cellphone, is a pricey thing. People easily spend in excess of $200 a month on these bills. Many of those bills are
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There have been a rash of recent developments for driverless cars, also known as autonomous cars. Recently, Tesla introduced many owners to a gimmicky new feature called “summon”. They’ve also equipped many of their vehicles with “auto-pilot”, though if YouTube is to be believed, there is much work to be done. Ford and Google have signed agreements to work towards
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