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Sociable
You too can buy online popularity - but what’s it really worth?
With all the Internet metrics, it’s like my personality is a stock whose worth I'm constantly monitoring
Etiquette
The couple that tweets together, stays together
How some Web 2.0 couples make I Love Yous work in 140 characters or less
Live Better
How to break free and use data in the cloud
Our guide to your life: This week, four ways to take advantage of cloud-based computing for storing data
Apps We Love
An app to keep Xbox Live living
360 Live, and independently developed mobile app for the iPhone/iPod Touch, lets you connect with your buddies away from the console
Cybersecurity
Chinese police raid hacker hub
Crackdown comes amid concern China is centre for Internet crime, industrial espionage
Mobile
Ready to bank on your smart phone?
Mobile banking has been slow to catch on in Canada, but experts say it won't be long before the service is more popular than online banking
Ottawa refuses to release Globalive decision documents
Public Mobile Inc., which intends to launch cellphone service later this year, is seeking clarity on the rules surrounding foreign ownership of Canadian telecom companies
Careers
A hands-free world for workers on the road
Some employers have gone beyond government curbs on driving and talking, while employees grapple with being disconnected
Telecom
BCE digs in to win Quebec customers
Bell announces fibre-to-the-home service for residential, business customers in hotly contested market
Computer whiz kid becomes Balkan celebrity at age 9
Without support, Marko Calasan doesn’t have much of a future in Macedonia
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Science
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- With support, 'orchid' children's stress can bloom into strength
- Sugary soda linked to pancreas cancer
- Motor-skill activities hold promise of rewiring children's damaged brains
- Vegetative brains show signs of awareness: study
- Weather looking good for weekend shuttle launch
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Gadgets
Demos with depth
Consumer electronics company hopes success of 3-D in theatres carries over into the home
Controller Freak
White Knight more of a dark cloud
Japan’s renowned Level-5 studio has slipped a little with its latest RPG, a traditional adventure exclusive to the PlayStation 3 that’s just a bit too tedious to recommend to anyone except die-hard fans
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Not your grandfather's braking system
The Prius's brakes use Airbus-style digital controls to stop your car
R.M. Vaughan: Q&A
What would happen if Google knew everything?
Ted Remerowski’s new film wonders whether the search-engine powerhouse is living up to its motto
Apps We Love
A Twitter app for nOObs
We also take a look at a search engine for Internet radio and a handy app that lets you compare two Photoshop files
Dave McGinn's Mr. Miser
Why do phone companies not reward customer loyalty?
I figured I should be able to parlay my years of loyalty into a free iPhone. I was so wrong.
RIM's smart-phone advantage
RIM's gambit early on to route traffic through its own servers was designed to enhance security, but it has also provided a big edge as smart-phone usage – and the bandwidth it requires – explodes
Viral
The iPad: Our shiny new ball and chain
Within a couple of months, there will be no physical position in which we won’t be able piss away time on the Internet
Accessories
Laptop totes for fashion-conscious bagaholics
There has been an explosion of gear sacks sporting funky colours and feminine shapes
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Inside Jobs: Thermor
A new Your Business series begins with a look at building a better system for hot and cold food monitoring
Life online
Blogger arranges his whole life through Craigslist
Some university graduates do a year in Europe. Jason Paul, 22, is doing 9 months of living through Craiglist.
Science
It's the thought that counts
Toronto tech firm turns mental energy into profitable process of illumination
Education
Texting, Twitter contributing to students’ poor grammar skills, profs say
Almost one third of students taking Waterloo University’s English language skills exam fail
Focus
Why the computer is doomed
Some time around the end of this decade, it will become impossible to improve computing power at the rate it has advanced for the past three decades
The Announcement
With iPad, Apple's domination grows
The new tablet is a powerful tool to get consumers to buy content that’s exclusive to Apple
Sports Media
English pubs host first 3-D sports broadcast
Nine bars in Britain wired for live three dimensional EPL soccer match on Sunday with production earning mixed reviews from patrons
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