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Electronic Arts closes Maxis studio, makers of SimCity and The Sims
Maxis Emeryville, the video game studio known for creating popular games such as SimCity, The Sims and Spore, was closed down by publisher Electronic Arts on Wednesday.
Maxis Emeryville, the video game studio known for creating popular games such as SimCity, The Sims and Spore, was closed down by publisher Electronic Arts on Wednesday.
Quebec resident Alain Philippon charged at border for not giving up phone password
The case of a Quebec man charged with obstructing border officials by refusing to give up his smartphone password has raised a new legal question in Canada, a law professor says.Ancient DNA indicates massive migration to Europe 4,500 years ago
A wave of migrants from the eastern fringes of Europe some 4,500 years ago left their trace in the DNA -- and possibly the languages -- of modern Europeans, according to a new study.
A wave of migrants from the eastern fringes of Europe some 4,500 years ago left their trace in the DNA -- and possibly the languages -- of modern Europeans, according to a new study.Japanese owners lay robot dogs to rest
Japanese robot dog owners held a funeral for their electronic pets after a shortage of parts left them unable to maintain the dogs.
Japanese robot dog owners held a funeral for their electronic pets after a shortage of parts left them unable to maintain the dogs. Social media: Are we as informed as we think we are'Tech | 144 hits | 7:31 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Upstairs in a Toronto restaurant, a few dozen strangers mingle and drink, laughing and leaning into conversations. They’re talking about everything from terrorism and education to robotics and marriage, and they are escaping the silos imposed by social meMalaysia Airlines Flight MH370 mystery prompts new plane tracking program
Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia will lead a trial to enhance the tracking of aircraft over remote oceans, allowing planes to be more easily found should they vanish like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australia's transport minister said Sunday.
Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia will lead a trial to enhance the tracking of aircraft over remote oceans, allowing planes to be more easily found should they vanish like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australia's transport minister said Sunday.There’s already a conspiracy theory brewing over net neutrality
Conservatives convinced of a cover-up are demanding to see the full regulations now.
Tech | 186 hits | 12:29 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Conservatives convinced of a cover-up are demanding to see the full regulations now. Canada's Magna International to debut hybrid sports car at Geneva Motor Show
Canadian automotive supplier Magna International will debut a new two-seat, plug-in hybrid concept sports car, the MILA Plus, at the Geneva Motor Show in early March to show its automaker clients what sort of engineering it's capable of. Net neutrality winners and losers to be decided today in U.S.
The future of a fair and open internet is at stake in Washington today, with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission expected to vote to regulate internet service like a public good, the way it has been treated in Canada for years. Facebook flags aboriginal names as not 'authentic'
Facebook requires its users to use a profile name that’s the same as the name they use in real life. But some indigenous people say Facebook is rejecting their real names because they don’t conform to their standards. So, when do we start caring about privacy'
The Canadian government has been spying on and collecting our emails en masse. Yawn, right?Bomb-sniffing elephants trained in South Africa
In the South African bush, elephants are being trained in the art of "bio-detection" to see if they can use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out explosives, landmines and poachers.
In the South African bush, elephants are being trained in the art of "bio-detection" to see if they can use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out explosives, landmines and poachers. Dino-croc built with 3-D printing tools at Royal Saskatchewan Museum
A research team at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina is reconstructing the skeleton and skull of a crocodile. It was discovered near Coronach, Sask., in 2001. The team is using 3-D printers to help create a complete skeleton. Researchers: Lenovo laptops ship with adware that hijacks HTTPS connections
Chinese hardware manufacturer Lenovo has come under fire for allegedly shipping consumer Windows laptops with software that hijacks secure website connections, as well as inserting ads into search results. Hand cream gives false positive during airport explosives test, woman says
A Toronto woman says she tested positive for gun powder during an airport screening and believes her hand cream may have been the cause of the false alarm. NSA hid spying software in hard drive firmware, report says
The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives. How Canadian Spies Infiltrated the Internet's Core to Watch What You Do Online
EONBLUE proves the Canadian government is playing a much larger role in monitoring the internet than most might think. Google offers 2GB free storage for security check
Google is offering a treat to users who review their security settings this week — two gigabytes of extra online storage for Gmail, Google Drive and Google Plus.Neil Armstrong moon souvenirs found in closet
More than four decades after the Apollo 11 moon landing, a cloth bag full of souvenirs brought back by astronaut Neil Armstrong has come to light.
More than four decades after the Apollo 11 moon landing, a cloth bag full of souvenirs brought back by astronaut Neil Armstrong has come to light. Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV
Samsung is warning people to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart television set. The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature. E-book cost hits Richmond Public Library hard
The Richmond Library had to go to the city for a $200,000 temporary boost to its collections budget, in part because of the high cost of e-books. NHL experimenting with tracking technology
The NHL is experimenting with player tracking technology that could be available as early as next season for broadcasters and fans. Robot drivers mean good riddance to humans
Like gas-electric hybrids and battery vehicles, driverless technology has gone from zero to 60 in what seems the blink of an eye, and it's on verge of making human drivers obsolete. Don Pittis says good riddance. Vancouver Island municipality disables computer spyware: interim CAO | CTV News
The administrator of a Vancouver Island municipality says controversial computer spyware that drew the ire of the mayor and attention of B.C.'s privacy watchdog has been disabled.Ferrari unveils twin-turbocharged 488 GTB | CTV News | Autos
Less of a completely new model and more of an evolution, the latest mid-engined V8 supercar from Ferrari is the first in history to get a turbocharger.
Less of a completely new model and more of an evolution, the latest mid-engined V8 supercar from Ferrari is the first in history to get a turbocharger. 'Sailbot' could make history, say UBC engineering students
This summer, a team of engineering students from the University of British Columbia is hoping its 5.5-metre-long boat will sail into the history books as the first seafaring vessel to successfully traverse the Atlantic entirely solo.Hackers posing as beautiful women steal secrets from Syrian rebels
Hackers posing as beautiful women stole a trove of detailed battle plans from rebel groups fighting the Syrian government, a cyber-security group has said.
Tech | 90 hits | 12:57 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Hackers posing as beautiful women stole a trove of detailed battle plans from rebel groups fighting the Syrian government, a cyber-security group has said. 'Broadband' as defined by U.S. now 5 times faster than in Canada
Internet speed now has to be a lot faster in order to qualify as advanced broadband in the U.S. — five times faster than high-speed broadband in Canada. "No Fast Lanes and Slow Lanes": CRTC Rules Bell's Mobile TV Service Violates Telecommunications Act
The CRTC has issued a major new decision with implications for net neutrality, ruling that Bell and Videotron violated the Telecommunications Act by granting their own wireless television services an undue preference by exempting them from data charges. T CSE's Levitation project: Expert says spy agencies 'drowning in data' and unable to follow leads
Mass trolling of internet data — as done by Canada's electronic spy agency in a project dubbed Levitation — can impede cyber spies in the hunt for extremists more than it helps, some security experts argue.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 officially declared an accident, all on board presumed dead
Malaysia's government declares the crash of Flight 370 an accident to pave the way for compensation claims, angering victims' families still waiting for evidence while officials say the search for wreckage will go on.
Malaysia's government declares the crash of Flight 370 an accident to pave the way for compensation claims, angering victims' families still waiting for evidence while officials say the search for wreckage will go on. Waterloo's Neverfrost hope to give windshield ice the brush-off
A group of Waterloo engineering students, sick of scraping car windshields free of snow and ice, have come up with a substance that prevents ice from forming. CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents
Canada's electronic spy agency sifts through millions of videos and documents downloaded online every day by people around the world, as part of a sweeping bid to find extremist plots and suspects, CBC News has learned.AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Plane climbed at excessive rate before crash
An AirAsia plane that crashed last month with 162 people on board was climbing at an abnormally high rate, then plunged and suddenly disappeared from radar, Indonesia's transport minister says.
An AirAsia plane that crashed last month with 162 people on board was climbing at an abnormally high rate, then plunged and suddenly disappeared from radar, Indonesia's transport minister says. 6 tips to thwart identity theft and fraud
Consumers can avoid financial heartache by adopting new habits and correcting bad ones, anti-fraud experts say.U.S., Britain to stage cyber 'war games' later this year
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the U.S. and the U.K. will stage cyber "war games" this year to boost both countries' resistance to cyberattacks.
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the U.S. and the U.K. will stage cyber "war games" this year to boost both countries' resistance to cyberattacks. Manitoba students build hovercraft with Styrofoam, garbage bags
Manitoba high school students were challenged to plan, design, build, and market their hovercraft in front of a panel of judges.Pirate activist shows politicians what digital surveillance looks like
How to make politicians really understand the dangers of mass digital surveillance and the importance of information security?
Gustav Nipe, the 26-year old president of the Swedish Pirate Party's youth wing, tried to do it by setting up an open Wi-Fi n
How to make politicians really understand the dangers of mass digital surveillance and the importance of information security?
Gustav Nipe, the 26-year old president of the Swedish Pirate Party's youth wing, tried to do it by setting up an open Wi-Fi n Software updates, installations now require consent
Starting today, it's illegal in Canada for a website to automatically install software on your computer. Your consent is now also required for updates to apps on your smartphone or tablet. Child with Down syndrome needs GPS tracker, says family
Members of a P.E.I. family are upset they have been denied provincial funding for a GPS tracker for their son, who has Down syndrome and tends to wander.U.S. military Twitter feed appears to have been hacked by ISIS supporters
The Twitter account for the U.S. military's central command operations appears to have been hacked. A warning for American soldiers to watch their backs and other messages showed up on the feed Monday and the account was suspended shortly afterwards.
The Twitter account for the U.S. military's central command operations appears to have been hacked. A warning for American soldiers to watch their backs and other messages showed up on the feed Monday and the account was suspended shortly afterwards.AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Divers recover a black box from crash debris
A team of Indonesian navy divers has retrieved the flight data recorder from an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board, a government official said Monday.
A team of Indonesian navy divers has retrieved the flight data recorder from an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board, a government official said Monday.China takes another step towards unmanned return mission to the moon
China's bold plan to land an unmanned spaceship on the moon before returning to Earth has moved another step forward with a test craft shifting into lunar orbit to conduct further tests, state media reported Sunday.
China's bold plan to land an unmanned spaceship on the moon before returning to Earth has moved another step forward with a test craft shifting into lunar orbit to conduct further tests, state media reported Sunday. SpaceX launches supplies to space station, but fails sea landing
The SpaceX company has successfully launched another fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station. But its revolutionary attempt to land the leftover booster on an ocean barge did not fare as well.Seahawks fans 'earthquake' to be measured by seismologists
The well-known roar of Seattle football fans will be used by scientists to experiment with an earthquake early warning system.
The well-known roar of Seattle football fans will be used by scientists to experiment with an earthquake early warning system. Mars warmer than parts of Canada, U.S.
The Mars Curiosity Rover had a warmer day on Mars yesterday than most Canadians and Americans in the northern U.S. Rightscorp and BMG: Citing False Legal Information in Payment Demands
Canada’s new copyright notice-and-notice system has been in place for less than a week, but rights holders are already exploiting a loophole to send demands for payment citing false legal information. Earlier this week, a Canadian ISP forwarded to me a saBack to Canada News
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