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Dad shoots up daughter's laptop over Facebook rant
Tech | 59 hits | 2:08 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
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A North Carolina father is being hailed as a parenting hero and derided as a bully, after trying to teach his daughter a lesson by shooting up her laptop.
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Link Related to Canada in some say With HD voice wireless firms dial up call quality
Tech | 45 hits | 6:27 AM on Friday | posted by Regina
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‘Voice has been the lonely stepchild over the past few years as data growth has exploded’
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Hackers spunk 'pcAnywhere source' after negotiation breakdown • The Register
Tech | 139 hits | 5:33 AM on Tuesday | posted by Macguyver
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Hacktivists affiliated with Anonymous uploaded what they claim is the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere software early on Tuesday, following the breakdown of negotiations between the hacking group and "a federal agent posing as a Symantec employee".
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Butterflies inspire bug-size flying robots
Tech | 121 hits | 12:41 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are studying how butterflies flutter to help design bug-size airborne robots that can mimic these manoeuvres to carry out reconnaissance, search-and-rescue and environmental monitoring missions without risking human l
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Scientists Create the World's First Atomic X-Ray Laser | Sci-Tech Today
Tech | 111 hits | 12:24 PM on Thursday | posted by Scape
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Scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created the world's first atomic X-ray laser, which they envision will be used to understand chemical reactions and biological molecules.
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Engineers create ‘self-guided' bullet
Tech | 143 hits | 6:17 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina
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Projectile packed with electronics will be able to make 30 corrections per second in reaching a laser-directed point
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Link Related to Canada in some say NFL sets up BCE-CRTC Super Bowl showdown
Tech | 118 hits | 6:40 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina
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League’s contract flies in face of regulator’s ruling and prohibits Bell from sharing access to game with other wireless providers
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Link Related to Canada in some say Microsoft, Google push new plan to combat e-mail scams
Tech | 126 hits | 10:55 AM on Monday | posted by Regina
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Teaming with banks to crack down on e-mail requests for users to provide payment card numbers, bank account information and other personal data
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Link Related to Canada in some say Brampton, Ont., most vulgar city on Twitter
Tech | 97 hits | 6:55 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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If tweets are any indication, Brampton, Ont., has the dubious honour of being the Canadian city most often associated with a vulgar term.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Lego man sent to space by Toronto teens
Tech | 253 hits | 12:43 AM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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A pair of Toronto teens sent a Lego man into space aboard a homemade weather balloon, capturing the plastic astronaut's adventure in an eye-catching video.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Life-like robot being built in Ottawa lab
Tech | 120 hits | 8:30 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Canadian scientists are developing a robot that mimics the human face's expressions and human hand's tactile processes, which they say will be useful in areas like nursing, nuclear plant maintenance, and explosive device disposal. It could even act as a c
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian satellites under increasing 'space junk' threat
Tech | 89 hits | 8:29 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Experts who monitor Canada's satellites say they're getting an increasing number of alerts about threatening fragments from old rocket launchers and decaying satellites.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Talks launch on aims at limiting space debris
Tech | 77 hits | 7:54 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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The United States is announcing talks with the European Union to set informal rules aimed at limiting debris in space that threatens satellites.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadians scoop tech Emmy for dialling down loud TV ads
Tech | 183 hits | 10:41 PM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
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Industry Canada arm developed meter to crack age-old commercial volume problem
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Link Related to Canada in some say Digital borrowing destroys movie ownership
Tech | 192 hits | 6:15 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina
U.S. consumers are turning away from owning movies to watch in their homes, buying far fewer releases in 2011 than in previous years
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What would you do if you could be invisible?
Tech | 174 hits | 9:52 AM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
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Link Related to Canada in some say Former cop now busts bad guys digitally
Tech | 133 hits | 7:20 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina
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Jad Saliba’s software is used by more than 1,100 corporate clients and security agencies to retrieve evidence in instant messages
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Woman who was unhappy with her gas mileage sues Honda in unlikely place: small-claims court
Tech | 191 hits | 8:29 AM on Wednesday | posted by QBall
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A Los Angeles woman who expected her hybrid Honda Civic to be a high-mileage machine wants the automaker to pay for not delivering the 50 mpg (21 kpl) it promised. But rather than being one of thousands in a class-action lawsuit, she took her case Tuesday
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India army offers 'glacier toilet' in hi-tech sell-off
Tech | 191 hits | 8:34 AM on Tuesday | posted by Robair
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Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas, the non-flushing "bio-digester" toilet made by India's top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states.
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Link Related to Canada in some say NASA's Grail probes nearing moon
Tech | 156 hits | 11:56 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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NASA says its twin Grail space probes were on course to arrive back-to-back at the moon after a 3 1/2-month journey.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Cyber war, car malware among top tech threats: report
Tech | 133 hits | 8:14 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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A security research firm predicted on Wednesday that cyber attacks involving governments, organizations and even cars will become major threats in 2012.
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Another Soyuz rocket launch fails
Tech | 151 hits | 2:02 AM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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Russia's recent poor launch record continues with yet another Soyuz rocket failing to get its satellite payload into orbit.
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GoDaddy Pulls Support from SOPA
Tech | 195 hits | 11:28 PM on Monday | posted by Scape
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GoDaddy says it will no longer support the controversial SOPA bill. The announcement comes after several websites threatened to leave GoDaddy.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Canadian astronauts could be grounded for years after next mission
Tech | 153 hits | 8:49 PM on Monday | posted by Strutz
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Canadian astronauts could be stuck on the ground for years following Chris Hadfield's space mission scheduled for 2012.
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Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed
Tech | 233 hits | 8:34 PM on Monday | posted by Strutz
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For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets on spy satellites.
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Hackers attack U.S. think-tank, promise more targets
Tech | 212 hits | 6:24 PM on Sunday | posted by Strutz
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The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claimed to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think-tank Stratfor.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Chrome 15 overtakes IE 8 for top browser spot
Tech | 225 hits | 6:19 AM on Sunday | posted by Curtman
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If you're reading this on Chrome, you're part of a wave that has ditched Internet Explorer or Firefox and helped vault Google's browser to the top Web browser spot worldwide.
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Link Related to Canada in some say New app will help users decode Maritime slang
Tech | 258 hits | 9:33 AM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
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A soon-to-be-released phone app that will help users translate Maritime slang has eastern Canadians scratching their heads.
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Link Related to Canada in some say How the internet transforms scientific discovery
Tech | 252 hits | 2:56 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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Internet users with no scientific training have helped discover a new type of galaxy and crack a problem in protein biochemistry that stumped experts, thanks to the power of the internet.
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Website tracks illegal downloads and guess who's on the list? : Hugh Thompson's Digital Home
Tech | 381 hits | 6:39 PM on Tuesday | posted by RUEZ
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Illegal downloaders beware! A new website called youhavedownloaded.com is collecting information about what files you are downloading from file-sharing site.
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Six hundred million gamers could be war criminals, Red Cross says
Tech | 361 hits | 9:40 PM on Thursday | posted by jeff744
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THE Red Cross is investigating whether 600 million gamers are violating the Hague and Geneva conventions when they kill and blow stuff up for fun.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Facebook hacked: Privacy bug fixed after Mark Zuckerberg has photos leaked
Tech | 139 hits | 8:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by kitty
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Facebook claimed Wednesday to have fixed an embarrassing glitch that saw its founder Mark Zuckerberg's own private photos leaked onto the Internet. Hackers highlighted the security flaw in the social networking site by posting of the billionaire's persona
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NASA's Voyager nearing edge of our solar system
Tech | 255 hits | 8:59 PM on Monday | posted by Strutz
More than three decades after launching, NASA's workhorse spacecraft is inching closer to leaving the solar system behind.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Netflix Canada to get more quality content in 2012
Tech | 393 hits | 8:19 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Netflix is promising that 2012 will be a big year for the company in Canada, with plans to double its acquisition spending for movies and TV shows and give Canadians access to more quality content -- although it still won't match the selection available i
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Link Related to Canada in some say Julian Assange: iPhone, Blackberry, Gmail users are 'all screwed'
Tech | 314 hits | 4:29 PM on Friday | posted by kitty
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told smartphone users that they are vulnerable to a 'mass surveillance' industry that has been steadily growing since the September 11, 2001 attacks. "Who here has an iPhone? Who here has a Blackberry? Who here uses Gm
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Does Apple's Siri have a pro-life bias? | CTV News
Tech | 244 hits | 3:41 AM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
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Apple's voice-activated personal assistant Siri appears to draw a blank when asked about abortion clinics, leading some to accuse the software of having a pro-life bias.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Church of the Nativity's resurrection gets a high-tech hand from a Canadian firm
Tech | 135 hits | 8:33 PM on Thursday | posted by kitty
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“I’m not bringing religion and politics into this,” said Busuioc, a Romanian-born aeronautical engineer who came to Canada 20 years ago. “But when you go as an expert, you can’t forget your Roman Catholic side
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Apple Took 3+ Years to Fix FinFisher Trojan Hole
Tech | 177 hits | 6:43 AM on Thursday | posted by HaRdLy
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The Wall Street Journal this week ran an excellent series on government surveillance tools in the digital age. One story looked at FinFisher, a remote spying Trojan that was marketed to the governments of Egypt, Germany and other nations to permit surrept
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Steve Jobs Was Right, Android Logs Everything
Tech | 257 hits | 8:15 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape
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Though the software is installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a user’s phone ex
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Tackled Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Forced Off Twitter by NFL Franchise (Report)
Tech | 174 hits | 10:19 PM on Saturday | posted by Scape
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After Melissa Kellerman tweeted about being knocked down by tight end Jason Witten during Thursday's game, she was reportedly told to delete her account by the professional football organization.
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Link Related to Canada in some say NASA counts down to Mars rover blast off
Tech | 192 hits | 7:01 AM on Saturday | posted by Curtman
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NASA is set to launch a rocket Saturday morning carrying a minivan-sized rover that will use a Canadian-made sensor to explore signs of life on the red planet.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Android models dominate 'Dirty Dozen' list of unsafe smartphones | The Right Click
Tech | 195 hits | 7:29 PM on Wednesday | posted by jeff744
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Read 'Android models dominate 'Dirty Dozen' list of unsafe smartphones' from our blog The Right Click on Yahoo! News. Android can boast its strength in numbers since topping their Apple competitors in smartphone sales back in March, but a recent study is
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Curiosity Rover Bound for Mars
Tech | 159 hits | 8:43 PM on Tuesday | posted by Scape
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The newest of NASA's Mars rovers is set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday (November 26) and reach the Red Planet in August 2012. It's calle...
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Link Related to Canada in some say NASA Develops Super-Black Material That Absorbs Light Across Multiple Wavelength Bands
Tech | 282 hits | 11:04 PM on Sunday | posted by Gunnair
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NASA engineers have produced a material that absorbs more than 99 percent of the light that hits it, across multiple wavelengths.
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Barnes & Noble pummels Microsoft patents with prior art | ITworld
Tech | 186 hits | 6:05 AM on Saturday | posted by Curtman
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Barnes & Noble has filed a supplemental notice of prior art that contains a 43-page list of examples Barnes & Noble believes counters Microsoft's claim that Nook violates five of Microsoft's patents.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Researchers mimic winter in state-of-the-art lab
Tech | 155 hits | 9:29 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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Toronto researchers are conducting new research on the effects of cold in a fascinating laboratory designed to replicate what the cold does to our bodies.
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PETA slams Mario over use of a fur suit | Games Blog
Tech | 187 hits | 6:55 PM on Wednesday | posted by jeff744
Read 'PETA slams Mario over use of a fur suit' from our blog Games Blog on Yahoo! News. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals might be barking up the wrong mushroom. On Monday, the controversial organization issued a press release attacking icon
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Link Related to Canada in some say CRTC rejects Bell plan for wholesale Internet billing, opts for other ways
Tech | 209 hits | 1:55 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
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GATINEAU, Que. - The CRTC has rejected a usage-based billing model proposed by Bell to govern how bi... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
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Senators want probe of NetApp, Blue Coat devices' ties to Syria | Privacy Inc.
Tech | 178 hits | 9:30 PM on Monday | posted by Scape
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The two Sunnyvale, Calif.-based companies may have illegally sold Internet-monitoring devices to Syria in violation of a U.S. embargo, three senators suggest in a letter to the Obama administration. Read this blog post by Declan McCullagh on Privacy Inc..
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Russians scrambling to nudge probe out of Earth orbit
Tech | 196 hits | 4:20 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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A Russian spacecraft on its way to Mars with 12 tons of toxic fuel is stuck circling the wrong planet: ours. And it could come crashing back to Earth in a couple weeks if engineers can't coax it back on track.

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