Holidays

2009 Tech Gift Guide

Browse reviews of nearly two dozen of the season's hottest gadgets -- everything from exercise watches to remote-control robots.

Former Harmony CEO has a Clickfree strategy

Bryan McLeod turned universal remotes into coveted devices; now he's looking to do the same thing with backup and storage devices

Lisan Jutras
Sociable

Go on, let it all hang out online

The only thing worse than revealing one's soiled laundry is pretending that it doesn't exist

Apps We Love

A better way to get your news fix

The Broadersheet app for iPod/iPhone tailors content culled from your favoured sources and subjects

John Bitove

Telecom competition alive and well: John Bitove

Big Three will soon have plenty to contend with even if Ottawa backs CRTC in keeping Globalive out of market, entrepreneur says

Hewlett-Packard profit jumps 14%

Earnings propelled higher by cost-cutting, better results from technology services division, but quarterly revenue falls 8 per cent

Smart phone war heats up in U.S.

Analysts expect Motorola's Droid to feature prominently at expense of Pre and BlackBerry

Why Google should be looking over its shoulder

Its biggest threat may well be the evolving social networks that allow users to query a close circle of trusted sources - rather than the Web at large - for information

FT.com

Microsoft and News Corp. eye web pact

Following Murdoch's announcement, company has approached other big online publishers to persuade them to remove their sites from Google’s search engine

Tories to introduce new child pornography bill

The federal Conservatives plan to introduce a bill this week that would oblige Internet service providers to report suspected child pornography to police.

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Controller Freak
God of War Collection: Prelude to a blockbuster

With God of War III just around the corner, Sony has rereleased the first two games in this epic action/adventure series as an economical two-pack for the PS3, and it’s worth every penny.

Technology
How to die on Facebook

Facebook members who lose friends and family members increasingly find themselves spooked by ghosts in the machine.

A Facebook user logs into their account in Ottawa on Thursday July 16, 2009.
Video sharing
Google technology enhances YouTube captions

Company announces it will incorporate automatic, machine-generated captions into all English-language YouTube videos

Technology
Flickr co-founder tries his hand at another Web startup

B.C.-based Tiny Speck has big plans to tap the Web interactive wave he helped create with an attempt – still a secret – to take online gaming to another level

Stewart Butterfield, founder of Flickr. Photo by Kris Krug
Review
'Kindleocracy' cripples a pretty good e-reader

You'll find yourself asking a lot of questions when using the Kindle, especially in Canada, like, ‘why doesn't this feature work?' and ‘why can't I download this book?'

In this photo made Oct. 2, 2009, a student uses a Kindle during class at Pace University in New York. The Kindle is finally coming to Canada. Amazon.com announced Tuesday that the popular ebook reader, with its high-resolution 15-centimetre screen, is now available to Canadians.
Gaming
Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

3.5 Stars

It may have the word “new” in its name, but this is one of the most delectably old-school games you'll see this year

Jane Taber
Will 'banality' ban Twitter?

The NDP's Charlie Angus wants the social media tool kept off MP's BlackBerrys 'to save politicians from looking like idiots'

Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell shows a message he has sent out on his BlackBerry while on his campaign bus in Vancouver on Monday, May 11, 2009.
Obsessions
Got a weird collection? Show it off on YouTube

Social-media sites are the perfect place for collectors to display their Transformers, Beanie Babies and Pez dispensers -- and make deals

Facebook's 'unfriend' defines 2009

Oxford University Press dips its toe into the world of social networking for its 2009 Word of the Year

Social-networking site Facebook is displayed on a laptop screen.
Technology
Windows 7 is here

Reviews of Microsoft's new operating system, tips for upgrading, a glossary of new terms and archived content

A Windows logo is seen before Microsoft CEO Ballmer speaks about the release of Microsoft's Windows 7 in Toronto
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