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Online tribunal evidence leaves citizens' data open to abuse

Intensely private information about Canadians is being indiscriminately spread through cyberspace, federal Privacy Commissioner says


Ericsson, STMicro merge businesses

Transaction will create company that supplies four of world's top five cellphone makers


American Air kicks off in-flight Internet service

Passengers pay $12.95 for online access on long-haul U.S. domestic flights


HSBC to keep using BlackBerrys

Recent report said bank was considering switching 200,000 employees to iPhone


Battery problem caused iPod overheating: Apple

Written statement follows Japanese government report that two Nanos overheated in Tokyo causing burn damage


Whistler workers wise to Craigslist scam

B.C. worker sniffs out international fraudster offering fake rental properties

geekwatch

Mathew Ingram

NewsCred wants to fix the news

The newly launched startup allows readers of news websites and blogs to vote on the credibility of what they are reading


cyberia

kapica

The terrors of travelling with data

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now allowed to examine your laptop when you cross the border. This is how computer experts reacted


controllerfreak

Chad Sapieha

Too bad for Too Human

The hyped Xbox 360 exclusive turns out to be a lacklustre dungeon crawler starring a frustratingly death-prone Norse god


Personal Tech

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Warrior rage can be good for you: study

Certain types of video games can have benefits beyond the thrill of blowing up stuff

 

MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 

Apple updates iPhone software

Users had complained of connection problems; no clear if upgrade would fix all connection problems

U.S. consumers buying fewer cellphones

28 million devices sold in the United States in the second quarter, decline of 13% from same year ago period: NDP Group

Nokia joins forces with Lonely Planet

Handset maker, travel-tourism company to provide maps on cellphones

Google invests $10-million in geothermal technology

Technology circulates water through hot rocks in the ground, producing steam to power a turbine

Terrorism cyber-recruiter jailed

‘Mr Fix-it' recruited people to al Qaeda's ideology over the Internet

Japan to push “wallet phone” abroad

Initiative spearheaded by government to help Japan catch up in wooing global users

Japan reports 2 iPods overheating

Battery defect may be responsible

RIM'S bold move into the future

Research In Motion eyes a bigger role on the world smart phone stage with its first next-generation device

Vector pulls Corel takeover bid

Withdrawal will allow Corel to pursue “alternatives” to maximize shareholder value; shares plunge

Electronic Arts lets Take Two bid lapse

Will let the $2-billion bid expire, but the two gaming firms are continuing to talk


PERSONAL TECH 

Forget HD DVD, Toshiba focuses on plain old DVD

Japanese electronics company releasing new DVD player it says does more than previous models to improve look of DVDs on HDTVs

Analog TV shutdown kills free cellphone TV

Carriers in Asia, Germany, offer phones that can tune in to free TV, but even those will become obsolete with the move to digital broadcasts

Cellphones still for talking

Despite being equipped to let people watch videos, listen to music and surf the Internet, mobile phones are primarily used for conversations, says analyst


TQ@WORK 

Security: We've got your back

G4S Canada uses an arsenal of technology to make sure your employees stay safe

3 technologies to watch: Coded for business

This could be the breakthrough year for XBRL, the programming language that will make sifting through business data a snap

Blogwatch: Seven Wonders of the World (Wide Web)

There's no shortage of IT news on the Web. In fact, it can be hard to tell one tech site from the next. Here are seven that stand out


SCIENCE 

Cemetery evokes green Sahara

Excavation finds tiny woman, two children buried on bed of flowers in desolate Tenere Desert region of Niger

Minor planet may help explain comets

Planet's elliptical orbit never gets it close enough to sun to create tail of gas and dust, astronomers say

Survivors of 1918 pandemic still protected

Discovery by influenza, immunity researchers of long-lasting antibodies suggests new ways to fight viruses

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