- Canadians hit in Sony Ericsson data breach CBC - Wed, 25 May, 2011
Sony is once again dealing with an online security breach after the company said Wednesday that 2,000 customers of its Sony Ericsson venture in Canada may have had their information taken.
- No internet in 1/5 Canadian homes CBC - Wed, 25 May, 2011
About a fifth of Canadian households still had no internet access in 2010, including nearly half the households with annual incomes of $30,000 or less.
- Blind people echolocate with visual part of brain CBC - Wed, 25 May, 2011
Blind people who navigate using clicks and echoes, like bats and dolphins do, recruit the part of the brain used by sighted people to see, a new study has found.
- Drug selectively dampens bad memories CBC - Thu, 26 May, 2011
A drug that seems to dampen bad memories, while leaving other memories intact, may one day be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
- 'Eco' lawn care not so green after all CBC - Fri, 27 May, 2011
Homeowners who hire companies advertising ecologically safe lawn care should be sure they're getting what they ask for, a Winnipeg woman learns the hard way.
- Critics take aim at NASA 'arsenic life' study CBC - Fri, 27 May, 2011
Eight articles questioning a controversial study that claimed some bacteria can use arsenic to build DNA have been published in the journal Science.
- Laurentian students win NASA Lunabotics CBC - Sat, 28 May, 2011
Students from Laurentian University have won NASA's Lunabotics competition, beating out rivals from 40 other universities around the world.
- China's LinkedIn plots local recipe for growth Reuters - 4 hours ago
- Rare falcons move into Sudbury mine sites CBC - Tue, 24 May, 2011
Peregrine falcons are nesting in open pit mines and an abandoned ore plant near Sudbury, Ont.
- Taiwan makers set to face up to Apple's challenge at annual Computex show The Canadian Press - 6 hours ago
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Computer manufacturers of all sizes and descriptions have been pushing to get a piece of the ever-expanding tablet market created by the launch of Apple's iPad in April 2010.
- ARM to "take seriously" any Intel plan to make chips for rivals Reuters - 7 hours ago
TAIPEI (Reuters) - British chip designer ARM Holdings Plc, which licenses its chip technology to other makers, will take any plan by Intel Corp to make chips for rivals "very seriously," a top executive said on Monday.
- French police close down piracy website AFP - Sat, 28 May, 2011
- Napa Valley blends wine and Internet for charity AFP - Fri, 27 May, 2011
- Twitter chief picked as Obama telecom advisor AFP - Fri, 27 May, 2011
- FCC asks AT&T; about spectrum claims Reuters - Fri, 27 May, 2011
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