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Techno Logic

Test drive puts whip to Mac and PC laptops

By Blaine Kyllo
Best keyboard? Decent video card? An assessment of how the most recent MacBook Pro compares with with a host of other laptops, especially how the latest notebook computers operate when running basic Windows software.
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Your electronics don’t have to become e-waste

By Kevin Chong
Electronic gadgets are becoming sexy baubles: get the latest, trendiest smartphone and even your friends who can't send a text message are envious. Most people, however, don’t realize where their old gadgets end up.
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Status-update site has Net in a Twitter

By Jeffrey Simpson
The microblogging service is a cross between the status-update feature in Facebook and social-bookmarking sites like Delicious. "Tweets" are used to solicit aid, information, and opinions from other users.
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Sanity is one clicker closer with Harmony One universal remote

By Blaine Kyllo
This device combines all of your remotes’ functionality into one gadget. Simply plug it into a USB port on your computer and enter information about your devices on-line, and programming is done on your behalf.
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Flip camcorder offers flippin' great way to shoot video

By Blaine Kyllo
Pure Digital Technologies’ new easy-to-use device will change how the average person shoots video. It costs just $159.99, is about the size and weight of an iPod Classic, and is equipped with 2-GB of memory and video-editing software.
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Microsoft hopes you’ll share a tune with Zune

By Blaine Kyllo
Microsoft's portable media player doesn’t have its Zune Marketplace available yet to Canadians, so although you can share Tokyo Police Club without handing over your waxy earbuds, you can only get half the experience.
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Web community spins Protagonize's yarns

By Blaine Kyllo
Nick Bouton's Web site doesn't just let readers decide what happens next in the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books; they write 'addventures', which can branch out from the plot at any point.
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Expert lighting casts a glow on Ratatouille

By Patty Jones
Sharon Calahan, photography director of Pixar's Oscar-winning Ratatouille, explains how she used the power of darkness to capture the cobblestones and ratty places and bring to life a vision of Paris not often seen in animation.
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Hot-weather high tech boosts outdoor fun

By Blaine Kyllo
From UV monitors that stop you sizzling in the sun to USB beverage chillers that you can plug into your laptop at the beach, technology shouldn't just be kept in your basement anymore.
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Pro gaming league takes off

By Christopher Poon
The crowds cheer louder, the commentators are going crazy, and the players are shouting amongst themselves, trying to outsmart the other team. At first glance, you might swear you were at a Canucks game. “A great start for Team Classic: they have control of the two sniper rifles and they’re just no-scoping people in the middle of the map,” one of the commentators says.
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Apple is here and the geeks are gobbling

By Blaine Kyllo
Hundreds of rabid fans, some travelling for hours, made the pilgrimage to Apple Store number 212, which is now open for techno-gorging in Vancouver's Pacific Centre.
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Voodoo-powered Blackbird 002 PC is a gamer’s dream

By Blaine Kyllo
Hewlett-Packard’s slick, customizable Blackbird 002 offers serious video-game players premium performance at a premium price, and will make you the envy of your friends.
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Digital stars converge on Vancouver for festival

By Blaine Kyllo
Alternate-reality games will be one of the hot topics for discussion at this year's Vancouver International Digital Festival, running May 21-24.
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Leopard conquers Vista in the OS wars

By Blaine Kyllo
Where Leopard is a stable, usable operating system with a few bugs, for many Vista is a nearly unusable, unstable mess of an operating system with a few nice features.
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Massive Technology Show gets down to business

By Blaine Kyllo
Conceived as a place where small and medium-sized businesses can learn about technology solutions that can help them succeed, the first Massive Technology Show took place in 2005. That show, held in Vancouver, attracted about 2,000 people, and the event is now presented in Edmonton and Toronto as well. This year, the show was held at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre on April 1.
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Hacking for fun and fortune

By Jon Azpiri
While sports fans across North America are busy obsessing about U.S. college basketball’s March Madness or the race to make the NHL playoffs, many in the computer industry are watching a competition in Vancouver.
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Big Music is fighting a losing battle for rights

By Blaine Kyllo
Both consumers and artists will benefit from the impending death of digital-rights-management efforts by the music industry.
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It’s not all Rainbows for Radiohead fans

By Blaine Kyllo
For all the hype around Radiohead’s decision to release its 2007 album In Rainbows as a pay-what-you-want download, the experiment wasn’t all that groundbreaking.
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Blu-ray claims victory in high-def DVD wars

By Blaine Kyllo
Blu-ray Disc is now your one and only choice because of Toshiba’s decision to discontinue the development, manufacturing, and marketing of HD DVD players and recorders.
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At CBC Radio 3, podcasts reach global domination

By Blaine Kyllo
Canadians can be found everywhere in the world. For many of them, the CBC Radio 3 Podcast is a lifeline to their home country and its unique musical culture.
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Clone, clone on the range

By Alex Roslin
Since many cloned farm animals are born with abnormalities, how safe is their meat and milk?
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A new crop of Apples for geeks to bite into

By Blaine Kyllo
The slick MacBook Air, billed as the world’s thinnest notebook computer, is among the Macworld trade show’s cool unveilings.
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Yes, our copyright law can get your ass sued

By Blaine Kyllo
Recently, I was surprised to learn that I’m a lawbreaker. I haven’t been convicted—not yet. But I’ve been committing crimes for years without knowing it.
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International Consumer Electronics Show brings super-size screens, wafer-thin TVs, and pink Tasers

By Blaine Kyllo
The latest group of slick gadgets plays Vegas.
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The right headphones create an ear for music

By Blaine Kyllo
For those of you who received iPods and assorted other MP3 players during the holiday season, your next challenge is getting headphones that not only deliver high-quality sound but meet your individual needs.
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