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The Onion reveals the “MacBook Wheel”

January 6, 2009

The Onion News Network has scooped all the other news outlets again, this time by being the first to unveil Apple’s latest product, the MacBook Wheel.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveals “hormone imbalance” in letter

January 5, 2009

By Staff

Today (January 5), the first day of the 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo, Apple released the following letter from CEO Steve Jobs.

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Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Britney Spears get hacked

January 5, 2009

By Stephen Hui

This morning, Barack Obama, Britney Spears, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, and Fox News each broadcast strange messages on Twitter.

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With Wal-Mart selling iPhones, Nano rumours take off

December 30, 2008

By Christopher Poon

Validating some speculation, Wal-Mart has begun selling the iPhone in its U.S. stores, though it appears as if the US$99 four-gigabyte iPhone will remain in the rumour department for the time being.

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Are statistics killing the fun in on-line gaming?

December 29, 2008

By Wyatt Fossett

If you’ve played any sports games on-line (namely NHL games for the Xbox 360), you are aware of the nasty, irreversible DNF% (did not finish percentage).

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John Lennon returns from the dead for laptop charity

December 29, 2008

By John Lucas

Yoko Ono has granted the charity One Laptop Per Child permission to use the image of her late husband, John Lennon, in the commercial seen below.

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Mothers International Lactation Campaign fights Facebook

December 28, 2008

By Charlie Smith

If you noticed lots of photos of lactating mothers on Facebook on Saturday (December 27), you can thank the Mothers International Lactation Campaign.

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Saturday: breastfeeding activists will go viral on Facebook

December 26, 2008

By Charlie Smith

A war over breastfeeding has broken out on Facebook.

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Make yr twttr posts fit w/ TweetShrink

December 23, 2008

By Stephen Hui

With posts on Twitter each limited to 140 characters, fitting everything you want to say into one tweet can be a challenge.

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How much time have you wasted on Twitter?

December 20, 2008

By Stephen Hui

Apparently, I've "wasted" 3.13 hours on Twitter. That's assuming I spent an average of 30 seconds crafting each of the 375 tweets I've posted on the popular microblogging service since my first tweet on August 1.

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Black Box Studio not closing, just moving: Electronic Arts

December 19, 2008

By Blaine Kyllo

Earlier today (December 19), the Georgia Straight reported that Electronic Arts has announced that it is vacating a facility in downtown Vancouver.

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Electronic Arts to close studio in downtown Vancouver

December 19, 2008

By Stephen Hui

Just one week after Electronic Arts Inc. trashed its plans to build a new studio in Yaletown, the video-game giant has announced it will shut down its Black Box facility in downtown Vancouver.

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Steve Jobs won’t speak at Apple’s last Macworld

December 17, 2008

By Christopher Poon

After years of being a part of the Macworld Conference & Expo, the annual trade show devoted to all things Mac, Apple has decided that 2009 will be its last year at the event.

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Five fabulous Xbox 360 games of 2008

December 17, 2008

By Wyatt Fossett

While more than just the following great games have graced the Xbox 360 over these past 12 months, these are my top-five choices.

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Mayor Gregor Robertson made better use of social media than Peter Ladner

December 15, 2008

By Charlie Smith

Mayor Gregor Robertson outperformed rival mayoral candidate Peter Ladner in making use of social-media Web sites during the recent Vancouver civic-election campaign.