A new federal government site offering tips on how to avoid unsolicited commercial email, a.k.a spam, can be found at fightspam.gc.ca.
Walmart’s Online Movie Rental Service
Walmart has decided to offer online movie rentals in the states, via the Vudu service they had purchased in March 2010.
There is no news in regards to a Canadian service yet.
Shaw Discusses Video Service
It appears that Shaw customer will not be able to rent films online from this company’s Movie Club service without it counting against their monthly allotment of data unless they rent this content via their set top box.
The video on demand service, which is currently available in Standard Definition, costs $12 per month and a high definition service will be made available shortly, for $5 more per month according to this press release.
Netflix users have been complaining that the cable companies are imposing limitations on this popular service, giving their own movie rental services a competitive advantage by removing or reducing their own service’s impact to their customer’s allocated monthly transfers.
Spotify Now Available In America – Canada Next ?
Spotify has launches in the United States.
This advertisement funded service offers over 15 million tracks free to Windows and Mac users, as well as paid services for people who want to download individual selections or want to enjor the service without advertisements.
This service has signed contracts with numerous indie labels and major labels EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner. But there is no news in regards to a Canadian service yet, though Rdio currently offers advertisement free services to Canadians for $4.99 per month, $9.99 for services to mobile phones.
The above mentioned subscription rates are comparible to those listed at Spotify.
New Tablet Computer From ?
Now that Amazon
According to the Wall Street Journal, they are planning to release a new tablet powered by Google‘s Android operating system by October of this year, with another design on it’s way next year.
The Wall Street Journal‘s unnamed source claimed that it will have a nine inch screen and will be manufactured in Asia. But unlike the iPad it may not have a camera, though I personally suspect next year’s model may have one.