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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.
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
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
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.
Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks
Average weekday circulation fell 10.6% during the six months ending in September -- the steepest decline ever recorded by the Audit Bureau of Circulations
Tool measures importance on Twitter
Tweets or bleats? Online tool called TweetLevel evaluates just how popular you are on the microblogging service
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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.
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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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