WINNIPEG — Many Canadians are having their patience, as well as their income, taxed by the federal government this week.

A computer glitch at the Canada Revenue Agency shut down the system that accepts online tax returns sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.

Technicians were still scrambling to fix the problem Tuesday afternoon.

“It’s not unusual to see the occasional down period for an hour,” said Emilia Kotris, a CRA spokeswoman in Winnipeg.

“This is the first time I’m aware of anything lasting longer than an hour or so.”

The problem appeared to rest in the computer system at the agency’s Ottawa headquarters, and caused a backlog to start building at businesses that prepare tax returns.

Source: Globe and Mail

A quarter of a century on, the Commodore gaming PC is ready for relaunch this month. Wipe those nostalgic tears away.

Many of us remember with (possibly misplaced) fondness, the Commodore 64 gaming PC released in 1982. As a follow up to the VIC-20 the C64, which was, pretty much, all keyboard went on to sell 22 million units.

Source: iTWire