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- 10/4/22 18:57
Popular voice-over-internet protocol service Skype is offering free WiFi for travellers stranded after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland.
Popular voice-over-internet protocol service Skype is offering free WiFi for travellers stranded after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland.
Hockey sticks are hot sellers on eBay Canada, as proven during its first ten years of operations, when the online auction site sold 25,000.
Google has released a map highlighting requests by government agencies around the world for user data information or the removal of material from its site and its partners, including YouTube and Blogger.
A warning from a 3-D TV manufacturer may prompt parents and pregnant women to think twice about allowing space heroes and pirates to jump off the screen into their living rooms.
Facebook is spreading its wings to the broader web with new tools that will allow users to see personalized versions of websites they visit elsewhere.
The CEO of Plasco Energy Group expects to sign a deal with the City of Ottawa in May to begin directing household garbage to its waste-to-energy plant.
A prominent University of Victoria climate researcher says he's been repeatedly defamed by the National Post and has launched a lawsuit against the national newspaper.
Recently released statements by employees of Syncrude reveal new details about equipment and staff shortages that may have contributed to the deaths of hundreds of ducks at one of the Alberta company's oilsands sites two years ago.
WEDNESDAY 21. APRIL 2010
NASA has unveiled the first images from a new satellite designed to predict disruptive solar storms, and scientists say they're already learning new things.
New technology could let LEDs overcome performance problems and become a stronger contender in the consumer lighting market.
Early risers on Earth Day are in for a treat as the annual Lyrid meteor shower is set to reach its peak in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday.
Researchers have shown that crows from the South Pacific can learn to use three tools in succession to reach some food, demonstrating an advanced way of thinking.
A NASA Boeing 747 carrying a huge German-made infrared telescope is on the verge of scanning the skies for the first time after years of development.
Apple sold a record 8.8 million of its popular smartphones in the three months that ended March 27, more than doubling the number sold a year ago.
Scientists fear tremors at the Eyjafjallajokull volcano could trigger an even more dangerous eruption at the nearby Katla volcano - creating a worst-case scenario for the airline industry and travellers.
Consumers wishing to avoid high mercury levels in tuna would do well to buy their sushi at the grocery store rather than at restaurants, according to new research.
TUESDAY 20. APRIL 2010
Apple did an about-face on Tuesday, accepting an iPhone application from a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist after initially turning it down due to concerns he ridicules public figures.
Doctors will soon be able to use Apple iPhones to examine patients' diagnostic scans, thanks to a Calgary inventor.
Tax refunds, employment insurance and pension cheques could be at stake as government computer systems get old, the auditor general warns.
A popular technology blog obtained a prototype of a next-generation iPhone that an Apple engineer left at a San Francisco-area bar. And Apple would very much like it back.
There's no easy answer about when it's safe to fly through a cloud of volcanic ash. But it'll be all too obvious if there's a wrong answer, experts say.
Miners are joining Nunavut's Environment Department in wildlife research as mineral exploration grows in the territory.
Texting via a cell phone has become the No. 1 way that American teens communicate, beating out cellphone calling, new U.S. research suggests.
Privacy watchdogs in Canada and nine other countries are warning Google Inc. and other global firms to respect people's privacy rights.
The company behind the proposed expansion of an Ottawa-area dump is pitching the new facility as a green "environmental centre," but local residents are concerned the approach would be only for appearances.