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Apple lawsuit over kids' app bills nears settlement
Parents whose children racked up bills on their parents' credit cards by buying "Smurfberries" and other virtual money inside iPhone or iPad games such as "Smurf's Village" without their parents' knowledge would be able to claim an iTunes credit under the proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit against...
HP sells webOS technology to LG Electronics
Hewlett-Packard is selling its webOS software to South Korean electronics company LG Electronics, securing a new home for a technological orphan.
Young people overshare financial info, Visa warns
Many young Canadians are 'oversharing' their financial information, and nearly half of 18- to 34-year-olds admit they take risks like texting their credit or debit card numbers.
Alberta's CO2 capture target falls after project scrapped
Another carbon capture and storage project has been scrapped in Alberta, raising questions about the province's ability to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Samsung Knox targets BlackBerry's turf
Samsung is making a major move into the corporate smartphone market once dominated by BlackBerry with the announcement of new software that allows a single device to be used for work and play.
MONDAY 25. FEBRUARY 2013
Professional cellphone contract negotiators haggle for customers
Discussing cellphone bills and contracts with their wireless provider is something many Canadians would rather not do — so a number of entrepreneurs are offering to haggle with cellphone companies on their behalf.
Physicists find Spider-Man's webs could stop runaway train
In a paper titled 'Doing Whatever a Spider Can', three physics students from the University of Leicester calculated that the strength of Spider-Man's webbing could actually bring a runaway train to a screeching halt.
Does superhero science make physics more interesting? Add your own questions to our social...
'Vulcan' voted top Pluto moon name
"Star Trek" fans, rejoice. An online vote to name Pluto's two newest, itty-bitty moons is over. And the winner is Vulcan.
New emissions regulations released for heavy-duty trucks
The federal government says new regulations for heavy-duty trucks will eventually cut greenhouse gas emissions by 23 per cent and give truckers a break on fuel costs.
Yahoo bans working from home
One of the world's largest technology companies has taken the extraordinary step of banning telecommuting, and compelling its employees who work offsite to move back into offices so they can interact more with their coworkers more.
Warming Lake Superior stresses wildlife, observers say
A new report says fish and wildlife in the Lake Superior basin face a looming climate crisis.
NDP wants mandatory reporting of government data breaches
Opposition pitches wide-ranging committee study that would also consider new powers for the privacy commissioner. Kady O'Malley has more.
Canadian Forces put their 1st satellite in orbit
Canada's military took a giant leap into the space game today with the launch of its first satellite from a pad in India.
Tiny Canadian satellites launched into space
Several tiny high-tech Canadian satellites are now in orbit following the successful launch of an Indian rocket.
'Social reading' the next phase of e-book revolution
Some digital pioneers think that the online sharing of books via social media -- social reading -- may become the dominant way of both consuming and producing stories.
SUNDAY 24. FEBRUARY 2013
Samsung takes on Apple with new tablet
Samsung Electronics is beefing up its tablet range with a competitor to Apple's iPad Mini that sports a pen for writing on the screen.
SATURDAY 23. FEBRUARY 2013
The Current: Erik Martin on managing Reddit
The man who oversees the popular online community Reddit talks to CBC Radio's The Current about his desire for a free and open internet.
Tiny 'lunch-box' satellites carry huge Canadian hopes into space
They are no bigger than a lunch box or a big suitcase, but the small high-tech satellites that will blast into space aboard an Indian rocket Monday carry significant expectations for Canada's future in space.
FRIDAY 22. FEBRUARY 2013
Evolution takes a similar course each time, study suggests
Evolution is surprisingly predictable and its course seems relatively unaffected by chance events, a new study on bacteria suggests.
Lazy eye cured by total darkness
Canadian researchers have found out how to restore normal vision to kittens with lazy eye without using an eye patch.
10 high tech fashions
Google brings its 'Glass' to the runway, while other technology companies develop wearable electronics for all walks of life
Fingerprint purchasing technology ensures buyer has a pulse
Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners smart enough to distinguish a living, breathing account holder from an identity thief.
Greg Weston: Anti-hacking agency slow to learn about Chinese cyberattack
Confidential documents obtained by CBC News show that when Chinese military spies hacked into the control systems of Canadian pipelines and power grids last fall, this country's official cyber-response agency sprang into action – exactly 10 days later.
THURSDAY 21. FEBRUARY 2013
Google Glass: No longer just the stuff of science fiction
The hubbub today about Google Glass, the search company's new wearable computer technology, got CBC business columnist Don Pittis thinking about a 2007 novel by science-fiction author Charles Stross, in which police officers are able to access information databases through their...
Will Google Glass ever be stylish?
Yesterday, Google released a new video again touting its Google Glass head-mounted display and speech recognition system, which is now out of its "project" phase and ready to be released as a beta product.