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Sociable

Self-selecting what we know

The Net is where we go to seek out our tribe – and that can shrink our world view

Apps we Love

Free up your iPhone memory and stream

Air Video can take pretty much any video in any format, crunch it down into an iPhone-supported file and send it over a network

Gadgets

Review: Asus G51J 3D your best (ok, your only) option for 3-D right now

This boheimith notebook is a harbinger of stereoscopic computers to come

Controller Freak

Former Infinity Ward bosses file suit against Activision

Recently terminated heads of the studio behind the blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games seek more than $36 million in damages from publisher

See more from the game guru

Event guests play with the new Apple iPad during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts January 27, 2010. Apple announced Friday, March 5 the device release dates.

Gadgets

Apple sets iPad launch date

Company announces device to hit stores April 3, in Canada later in April

Cybersecurity

FBI director warns of growing cyber threat

Foreign governments, terrorists pose threat by seeking to use the Internet for espionage, says Robert Mueller

BUSINESS

Amazon looks to boost literary presence

Proposed distribution centre could turn book industry on its head – and put pressure on a wide range of retailers

Innovation cash targeted at 'practical' research

In a plan bereft of major new spending, $200-million invested in productivity and research with profit potential

Technology

Canadian firm helps disable massive botnet

Three charged with running global Web ring that infected more than 15 million computers, including federal and banking systems

Wind Mobile's Chris Robbins leaves telecom start-up

Departure of No. 2 man at new entrant in Canadian market may signal difficulties in picking up subscribers, analyst says

Russell Smith

Russell Smith: On Cultures
A lament for the bookshelf

Adrian Johns

The Daily Review, Thu., Mar. 4
When copyright walked the plank
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Apps We Love
Meebo goes mobile

One of the early universal IM clients now has an iPhone app

Gadgets
Review: Aluratek Libre eBook Reader PRO

While it won’t win any awards, the Libre is a good (and cheap) starter e-reader

Product design
Apple's focus sparks renaissance

By putting good design at consumers' fingertips, the firm has raised the bar for other industries

Guests play with the new Apple iPad during an Apple special event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, in January, in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Globe on Tech
Rogers raises penalty for exceeding bandwidth cap

As the cost of using the Internet increases, what does that do to consumer habits?

Business Planning
Computer makers selling hype or help?

The past few years have seen small and medium-sized companies targeted with options marketed as unique to them

VITTORIO - February 8, 2010 - President of Idealogical Systems, Andre Vittorio, poses with some of the technology he and his staff use in their Markham offices. Vittorio suggests to his clients that they keep a consistent technological plan and update their systems every five years.
Technology
Apps maker functions as testing ground

Xtreme Labs is riding the smart phone revolution, helping to transform the Canadian software sector

Examples of apps created by Toronto's Xtreme Labs, shown on BlackBerrys and iPhones.
Viral
Goodbye trashy apps, hello Big Brother

iPhone drives Apple to new heights of control

News consumption sees mobile shift

26 per cent of Americans get news via phone: Pew survey

Road Work: Business Travel
Roam free on your cell – or at least on the cheap

New phone and Wi-Fi pricing is changing the game for Canadian business travellers

Social Networking
Heading out? New website lets everyone know it

PleaseRobMe.com puts Foursquare tweets into a long list of ‘Recent Empty Homes’

Vancouver Olympics
Games a harbinger for smart phone use

Bell has seen mobile viewership of live television soar almost 200 per cent during the Games, the result of a costly sponsorship deal that offered exclusivity for the telecom provider

Smartphone users in Canada are likely having a pretty good ride on new advanced, wireless networks surfing the Internet and downloading software apps.
Sociable
Google Buzz has the chance to be a new species

The Net has been a twitter with predictions of how the struggle with Facebook will pan out

Gaming
Heavy Rain: a dark masterpiece that challenges how games are designed

3.5 Stars

Nothing is certain in Quantic Dream’s wildly compelling PS3 thriller

Wired Child
Do your homework – or no DS tonight

Ubiquitous handheld gaming console are a gift for a quiet back seat and a brilliant carrot for getting the dishwasher emptied