Latest Article Posted 3:06 PM EDT 27/10/06
Wal-Mart TV tunes up targeted ads
In-store screens to show product ads that can be tailored to the clientele
Britain criticizes U.S. on-line gambling ban
Prepares to host international summit
Virginia man jailed for copyright infringement
Grant T. Stanley, 23, gets 5-months for role in BitTorrent site
BGM selling stake in Workopolis.com
Site one of largest job recruitment services
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User injured by spark from Sony-made battery
Fujitsu spokesman says spark caused minor burns on user's hand
Microsoft profit beats Wall Street expectations
Quarterly earnings rise 11% with profit of 35 cents per share
Newspapers are urged to reach out to Web
Panel of on-line journalists advise editors conference readers will not longer settle for replica of what is delivered on the doorstep
Squeamish judges blamed in child-porn cases
Refusing to view evidence, many deliver lax sentences, top Ontario prosecutor says
Mozilla releases Firefox 2.0
New version upgrades spam, phishing defences
‘DVD Jon' claims to have cracked iPod, iTunes restrictions
Effort could free users from some restrictions placed on digital music as well as pit the 22-year-old against Apple's lawyers
eBay Canada launches French site
Buyers can now search in French and English; sellers use 'Francais' toggle to add a free second-language subtitle
Microsoft plays Santa with Vista upgrade
Company promises low-cost or even free upgrades for operating system and Office 2007 to help boost Christmas sales
Google provides tools for tailor-made search engines
Free service allows other Web sites to limit range of material they want to include in search indexes; rank importance of specific pages
Sony apologizes for battery recall
Company says improvements in production, design and inspection have been made to prevent a recurrence
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RadioShack posts 3Q loss
Higher costs, lower sales reverses year-ago profit
ImClone appoints Carl Icahn as chairman
Interim CEO Joseph Fischer resigns
Google stock price rides wave of investor euphoria to new high
Company's market value briefly passes $150-billion
PERSONAL TECH
Features: Treasure hunt
Database lets Holocaust survivors, heirs look for looted treasures
Recording label asks aspiring pop stars to upload demos
Parlophone opening on-line portal to accept music files
Conventional TVs disappearing from shelves
as flat screens grab market share
Ye olde cathode-ray boob tube may soon be extinct
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Open Season
A tie-in that falls flat despite some positive potential
Desperate Housewives
Desperately boring until I started breaking into the neighbours' houses
SCIENCE
Thieves discover dentists' tombs in Egypt
Arrest of tomb robbers lead archeologists to graves of three royal dentists
Canadian astronaut chats with Bush
Steve MacLean and rest of the Atlantis crew meet discuss their shuttle mission with Bush
A sobering setback in stem-cell research
Researchers essentially cure rats of a Parkinson's-like disease but brain tumour grow in every animal treated