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Canadian's Facebook woes

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 6:56 -0500

A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression said she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun

Why Google should be looking over its shoulder

Omar El Akkad — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500

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

Microsoft, News Corp. said to be weighing Web pact

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:09 -0500

Deal would see Wall Street Journal and other papers remove their content from Google

How to die on Facebook

Susan Krashinsky — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500

Facebook members who lose friends and family members increasingly find themselves spooked by ghosts in the machine.

Amazon's e-reader doesn't exactly kindle my passion

Ian Brown — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56 -0500

Ian Brown cuddles up with the electronic reading device, which arrived in Canada this week, and finds it akin to having sex while wearing multiple condoms: clinical, fiddly, way less fun than a romp through a good old book

Google PC will start in seven seconds or less

Alexei Oreskovic — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49 -0500

Makers of upcoming Chrome OS say it will be out for 2010 holiday season but initially on certain netbooks

Google phone strategy takes off, challenges ahead

Alexei Oreskovic — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41 -0500

Android OS on 12 phones; 12,000-plus apps available but mobile games developer says cutting back on Android apps

Review: Assassin’s Creed II

Chad Sapieha — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39 -0500

The Montreal-made, open world stealth/action game lives up to its hype, providing players one of the most epic and engaging interactive experiences of the year

Sony eyes online service to build loyalty

Yuri Kageyama — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16 -0500

Company plans service to be up next year, to include games, movie downloads, interactive entertainment accessible on Sony products

Nokia cuts 330 jobs

Matti Huuhtanen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45 -0500

Workers at research and development units in Finland, Denmark continue to struggle to cut costs

Apple's decade: How it can hit $500

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27 -0500

Plus: Five features of a good investment

NDP, Billy Bragg make case for free music

Steven Chase — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:52 -0500

Charlie Angus and the British rocker aren't looking to change the world - they're just looking for a new approach to copyright

Air Canada tests in-flight Internet service

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 9:17 -0500

Trials of Gogo service, on select Toronto-LA and Montreal-LA routes, will run until Jan. 29

Google technology enhances YouTube captions

Susan Krashinsky — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500

Company announces it will incorporate automatic, machine-generated captions into all English-language YouTube videos

Flickr co-founder tries his hand at another Web startup

David Ebner — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:15 -0500

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