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Apple cuts the digital locks off iTunes

Major record companies agree to change


India rocked by financial scandal at large computer company

Country's stock index plunges 7 per cent after Satyam reveals balance sheet is a fake


Cellphone firms ordered to fix 911 system to save lives

Regulator imposes deadline for upgrade that will allow dispatchers to locate callers. Decision follows Globe investigation.


150,000 views and a shot at the big time

A pair of young Toronto filmmakers head for the Sundance festival after taking second prize in YouTube's Project:Direct contest


Twitter hackers target Obama, Spears

Micro-blogging site's high-profile accounts used to post profane messages and spam


Technology

New Internet-ready TVs put heat on cable firms

The Internet has proven it can handle television, but is TV prepared to handle the web?

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Mathew Ingram

Today's hot spot: Danny Williams

Opinion on the Newfoundland premier's move to seize Abitibi's assets is running strongly in favour, judging by our reader comments


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Chad Sapieha

Firebird: The hottest PC gaming news at CES?

The new gaming desktop unveiled by HP/Voodoo at this year's show is small, sleek, and surprisingly inexpensive.


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A decent laptop,
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The new Fujitsu LifeBook's secondary, touch-screen display isn't enough to justify the sticker price

 

 
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TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 

China targets Google in porn crackdown

Seven government agencies will work together on the campaign to ‘purify the Internet's cultural environment and protect the healthy development of minors'

Wikipedia pulls in flood of cash from users

Foundation raises $5.5-million after appeal for donations

Electronics spending zapped by economy, likely to ‘get worse'

Poll shows wary consumers planning to spend less on iPods, TVs; one in three say they intend to downgrade cellphone plans

Where everybody knows your teenaged musings

The first generation that grew up with the Web finds that having adolescent dramas posted online is not cool, especially in a job hunt

Christmas 2.0: Tracking St. Nick

Tracking St. Nick takes only a click

Torontoist website gets reprieve

Editor of Hogtown blog says forgoing salary a Band-Aid solution

Laptop shipments surpass desktops

Shipments of notebook PCs surged nearly 40 per cent to 38.6 million units, while desktop shipments fell 1.3 per cent to 38.5 million

NY Times Co. sued over copyright

GateHouse Media claims community websites use online material without permission

Dutch company punches holes in font to save ink

Company is inviting developers to improve the Ecofont further under a free, open-source model

Toronto tops the Twittersphere

City has Canada's largest collection of Twitter users, and ranks eighth globally, report says


TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS 

Apple's Jobs says he will stay amid hormone treatment

Statement aims to dispel rumours amid weight loss; shares rise in response

RIM extends Certicom takeover deadline

Date is pushed back to allow Supreme Court to rule on Certicom's objections to hostile takeover

New York Times sees dip in online revenue

Total November advertising revenue drops 20.9 per cent

RIM says it will fight Certicom effort to block bid

Certicom says RIM's hostile takeover offer of $66-million undervalues company

Warner Music videos taken off YouTube

Licensing dispute leads to collapse in negotiations

EA to shutter Black Box studio

Vancouver closure latest blow to Canada's gaming industry

Panasonic to buy Sanyo in $9-billion deal

Goldman agrees top sell stake in Sanyo after much negotiating

Oracle profit flat on stronger dollar

Business software maker posts $1.3-billion in second-quarter earnings

Cable companies delay confusing digital switch

Companies are facing regulatory scrutiny over their practice of switching analog channels to digital

RIM's new woe: keeping up with demand

New devices popular, but margins lower


PERSONAL TECH 

Time to scale back at CES

The focus will be on being connected, instead of being cool, as tough times hit the electronics sector

A decent laptop, with a touch of novelty

The new Fujitsu LifeBook's secondary, touch-screen display isn't enough to justify the sticker price

Fixing older gadgets often more expensive than buying new one

Inconvenience and costs of repair has morphed the masses into a disposable gadget society

Circuits: Updating automatically

And movie power for a long haul

Free calls to the U.S. from almost anywhere

CallingAmerica.com is a new ad-supported Web service

David Pogue: The best digital cameras for under $300

No bells, no whistles: quality is what counts

Geek Notes: Earbuds that can feel as good as they sound

When it comes to headphones, one size does not fit all

Circuits: Maintaining a healthy drive

Plus, social network diseases and Windows toys

Meltdown misses Nintendo

Decision to boost output, divert shipments to meet demand for Wii system pays off

Over half of adults play video games: survey

Younger adults more likely to be gamers; number similar across genders


 

Robo Santa

An interview with the new era of shopping mall Saint Nicholas

Online anonymity

Cyberbullying verdict turns rule-breakers into criminals

'Space exploration FTW'

Interview with the brain behind @MarsPhoenix, The Mars lander's twitter personality, which has become something of an online celebrity

Nerd humour hits it big

Web comic xkcd manages is to be humane - and sometimes even touching

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