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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
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
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.
TheStreet.com
Amazon gets set for holiday cheer
Expect strong growth from this retail giant as the shopping begins in earnest
TheStreet.com
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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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
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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
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
Technology
How to die on Facebook
Facebook members who lose friends and family members increasingly find themselves spooked by ghosts in the machine.
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
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?'
Globe on Tech
Who's running Kindle's wireless? Looks a lot like Rogers
Coverage maps look very, very similar
Gaming
Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
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'
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
Technology
Windows 7 is here
Reviews of Microsoft's new operating system, tips for upgrading, a glossary of new terms and archived content
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