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.

Tech for Tomorrow

Researchers looks to perfect 'Babel fish' universal translator

Scientists have developed hand-held devices that can translate in close to real time

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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

In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.

Atom smasher bounces back

The $10 billion machine, which collapsed last year, aims to create conditions like they were 1 trillionth to 2 trillionths of a second after the Big Bang

Rogers Communications

Judge: Rogers can't claim ‘most reliable'

Rival Telus wins temporary injunction as B.C. court rules against Rogers advertisement of ‘most reliable network'

Technology

PC: Now it stands for price cuts

Consumers are increasingly ignoring higher-end machines.

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Amazon gets set for holiday cheer

Expect strong growth from this retail giant as the shopping begins in earnest

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Hewlett-Packard rings Dell's bells

HP's sales and service push threatens Dell's business user market

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

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

Search. Download. Play

A host of startups team with Google to challenge Apple's iTunes by allowing users to listen to music for free at least once

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Controller Freak
Scene it? Yup. Though I sorta wish I hadn’t

The popular trivia game goes multiplatform with Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen!, but the absence of Microsoft's money and quality assurance expertise is painfully evident

Retail
Have yourself a merry digi-Christmas

As more stores pursue your online dollars this year, the keys to savvy e-shopping include starting early, getting gifts prewrapped

Just in time for the holiday season, the Toronto Eaton Centre has launched an iPhone application that allows users to access store promotions around the mall and post notes about shopping deals and updates to friends using Twitter and Facebook.
Ian Brown
Amazon's e-reader doesn't exactly kindle my passion

Ian Brown cuddles up with the electronic reading device and finds it akin to having sex while wearing multiple condoms

Amazon's Jeff Bezos Introduces Kindle 2 At NYC Press Conference
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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