Optical drive issues fixed by Apple firmware update

Apple has acted quickly to fix noise issues coming from the Macbook and Macbook Pro’s optical drive. A new firmware update, which is now available to download, addresses a mechanical issue with the drive which occurs during system startup and wake from sleep. The Macbook...

The acquisition of Oracle (still) blocked by European Regulation

Are you still remembered Oracle's plan for the acquisition of Sun Microsystems with a value of U.S. $ 7 billion? New European Commission will give its decision whether to approve the acquisition plan or not on January 27 next.In the U.S. alone, this acquisition has received...

51% OF GAY FAMILIES PREFER COMPANY OF OTHER GAY PEOPLE WHILE ON H

A recent survey has found that 51% of gay families prefer to go on holiday with other gay people, ideally other gay families. A survey of gay and lesbian parents undertaken by Rainbow Family Holidays has found that more than half of the men and women surveyed preferred...

story of my pen

Many a pen has been picked up by people to relieve the drudgery of a nine-to-five job and/or to give vent to their pent up emotions/feelings. Some would in the process go on to make history. I, for one, picked up my pen, by writing letters to the editor, in the late 1980s...

Canada’s Generation Free, a generation of ID and self entitlement

By Barry O'Regan Opinion Many Sociologists define human generation spanning between twenty and twenty five years, naming each successive generation to suit the present society. There is an offshoot spawn of Generation Y and Z, what I like to call Generation Free, a...