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'Beatles' Rock Band Release Date Set for Sept. 09

The Rock Band video game franchise has just nabbed the music of the biggest name in music: The Beatles. The Beatles: Rock Band will be released on 09.09.09. The entire set list for the game has yet to be released....

No such thing as "deleted" on the Internet

Yeah, there is no such thing as "deleted" on the internet. Shocked? So was I when I read the following article on Yahoo Tech. The research has been done by researchers at Cambridge University who have found that...

Tech Mahindra wins bid for Satyam

Tech Mahindra on Monday emerged as the new owner of the Satyam Computer Services outbidding other competitors, including Larsen and Toubro. " Satyam's new board of directors, which met here to select the...

Best Place to Live in the Greater Vancouver Area

Since moving to Vancouver a year and a half ago and living in 4 different locations within that time,  I have come to the conclusion that New Westminster is the best location to live in.  Well, at least it is for a poor, struggling student.  Rent is reasonable,...

The not so healthy vending machine...

          Many institutes today are switching their vending machines to only include a healthy selection. With the growing concern of obesity in North America, this naturally appears to be an excellent idea. A healthy future is...

Apple sued over technology used in iPhone

A company from Scotland has filed a lawsuit against Apple claimming they have used their patented technology on the Apple iphone and the ipod touch. Glasgow comapny Picsel lawyers said "Picsel claims...

Biotechnology Seed Companies Accused of Thwarting Research

As anyone who has ever heard about what companies like Monsanto do behind closed doors would already know, biotechnology remains a gray, and apparently somewhat shady, area. There are growing concerns over the...

TECH cocktail DC 4 filled the house

another week, another great event.  the turnout was fantastic, filling the left bank in adams morgan - and the calibur of the startups was really impressive.  local startups included: the social...

Stop bashing social networks

"First it was privacy concerns (not that they’ve gone away, but they aren’t front page on Google News anymore). Now, apparently, social networks, like every other bit of technology young people embrace, rot our minds. ZDNet’s Andrew Nusca summarized the report out of...

Power to the People: NowPublic.com Nominated for Emmy Award

NowPublic.com Nominated for Emmy Award Kudos to all the staff at NowPublic for Emmy Nomination.  the Emmy Nomination is for Advanced Media: Interactivity it appears that the nomination is for the well...

MWC Roundup: New Nokia Phones, Technologies

"Nokia E75 looks quite like the E71 but flip it over and you will see the expansive, slide-out QWERTY keyboard that will make typing in all those emails easier. The addition of the keyboard does make it thicker. But Nokia has kept the dimensions quite compact considering what...

TFTS - Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

"The Toshiba Satellite A350-ST3601 is the latest notebook in the A350 series. It runs on the Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor, has 4GB of RAM, an integrated GMA 4500MHD video chipset and 400GB hard drive. The A350-ST3601 supports WiFi 802.11n connectivity. It is priced at $749."

Is the tech recession over?

Let's not get too excited by this but it's the first good news I've seen in a while. "OK, it’s just one data point. All I know is sales of FogBugz and Copilot. But what I’m seeing is this: October-December 2008...

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