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Hands on with cool tech toys
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Video: Four must-play video games of 2011
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 4:29PM EST
Games reviewer and blogger Chad Sapieha reviews the year's top video games
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Video: Finding the right tablet computer
Wednesday, Dec. 07, 2011 11:25AM EST
A wealth of offerings from tablet makers could make this year's holiday season one of indecision. The AP's Peter Svensson takes a closer look at the offering to make your buying decision easier.
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Video: Hands on with the Kindle Fire
Tuesday, Dec. 06, 2011 4:27PM EST
It's not for sale in Canada yet, but The Globe and Mail's Omar El Akkad got a look at Kindle's new tablet, the Fire
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Video: Which 'ultra' laptop is the right fit?
Monday, Dec. 05, 2011 2:05PM EST
Tech Gift Guide goes hands-on to weigh the relative merits of four 'Ultrabooks'
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Video: Hands on with the Kobo Vox
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 8:32AM EST
Omar El Akkad plays with the underpowered eReader-tablet, and notes if you're buying a Vox the $199 price tag is probably its most attractive feature
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Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 11:14AM EST
An epic full of action and intrigue, "Assassin's Creed" is one of the most successful game franchises in recent memory. It's also one of the few to bring history into the mix, with more than a little dramatic licence -- an approach that continues in the series' new episode, "Assassin's Creed: Revelations".
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Hands on with cool tech toys
Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 8:26AM EST
The Globe's Tech Gift Guide plays with four toys suitable for all age ranges
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Video: Holiday lookahead: Tech toys
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 10:32AM EST
BNN's Business Day kicks off a week-long lookahead to the Holiday Season with talk on a tech toys. Sam Biddle, writer with Gizmodo.co - the self-proclaimed go-to authority for gadget news and digital culture fills us in on whats expected to the hot items this year in tech-toyland.
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Barefoot Atlas app puts the book to shame
Wednesday, May. 23, 2012 1:34PM EDT
Barefoot World Atlas is a charming educational app for map or trivia geeks, and a good alternative for children clamouring to play ‘Fruit Ninja’ on your iPad
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Facebook stock slide continues
Wednesday, May. 23, 2012 9:50AM EDT
The selloff of Facebook continues. Investors pushed shares down an additional 8.9 percent Tuesday, they closed at thirty-one dollars a share.
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PC-maker Lenovo's juggling act
Wednesday, May. 23, 2012 7:08AM EDT
China's PC maker Lenovo is marching towards the top spot in the PC world, say analysts. But its future really depends on how well it can diversify beyond that space into tablets and smartphones.
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Kim Dotcom lodges complaint against police
Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 8:31AM EDT
MegaUpload founder, Kim Dotcom, appears in court to challenge the legality of the police raid on his home.
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Verizon to end unlimited data plans
Friday, May. 18, 2012 10:01AM EDT
Verizon says it plans to end unlimited data plans as customers upgrade to faster 4g devices that run on its network.
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Games we love for the new iPad
Wednesday, May. 16, 2012 8:31AM EDT
The latest iPad is gorgeous to look at, but what about the games designed to exploit that incredible retina screen?
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Half of Americans consider Facebook a fad
Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 11:27AM EDT
Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, half of Americans say the social network's expected IPO asking price is too high.
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Can the Google car drive better than you?
Wednesday, May. 09, 2012 11:18AM EDT
A self-driving car designed by Google is now licensed to cruise the streets of Nevada.
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Apes with iPads
Wednesday, May. 09, 2012 4:32AM EDT
Orangutans are great communicators, whether if it's through sign language or gestures or sounds they make. Now, trainers at Jungle Island in Miami are using technology to help the apes communicate with humans.
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The Way-C: a tablet computer for Africa
Tuesday, May. 08, 2012 7:21AM EDT
Africa's first homegrown tablet computer has gone on sale. Conceived in Africa by a Congolese inventor, it's called the Way-C, meaning "starlight" in a dialect of northern Congo. It was built in China, and cost just 170,000 dollars to bring from the design stage to the shop floor.
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Retina implants gives sight to blind mice
Monday, May. 07, 2012 1:00PM EDT
Transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes of visually impaired mice has helped them see again in groundbreaking experiments conducted by British scientists.
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Five questions for Facebook's Zuckerberg
Monday, May. 07, 2012 7:30AM EDT
Before investing in the Facebook initial public offering, BNN looks at the five questions for Mark Zuckerberg that Jeff Corbin, CEO of KCSA Strategic Communications, suggests be asked.
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RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 prototype
Tuesday, May. 01, 2012 3:42PM EDT
Research in Motion's new boss has introduced the BlackBerry 10 OS on a prototype smartphone. CEO Thorsten Heins told the crowd of developers that RIM is taking their time with the software, but did not give a launch date
