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Naked guy. Click. Naked guy.
Between the rude, the nude and the whack jobs also looking to chat online
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Apps We Love
An app that takes you back
The greatest library in the world means nothing without the card catalog to make sense of it all
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Controller Freak
Halo Legends premieres in San Francisco
Microsoft’s new collection of seven short anime films about the Halo Universe won’t be for everyone, but it does provide a few juicy morsels of mythology for hardcore fans
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Gaming
Bioshock 2: Brainy and moving, with exemplary action
The very first Big Daddy is back and is on a mission to exert his free will
Cybersecurity
Google's convoluted search
for China compromise
It’s been a month since the Internet giant took a stand, but they’re still censoring search results. Why?
Telus profit falls 45%
Earnings driven down partly by economy and partly by huge investments in network infrastructure
Nortel weighs sale of patents
Industry experts estimate the wireless assets could fetch as much as $1-billion if a bidding war is triggered
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Rock out: the reality of asteroid space missions
Washington has nixed plans to return to the moon, but many see a silver lining - one that just might help save life on Earth
Vancouver 2010
NBC's massive Olympic research effort
United States network that spent over $820-million on Winter Games now wants to learn more about audience viewing habits
UK prisoners use Facebook to taunt victims
British government asks social network to delete 30 inmates’ pages
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Hardware
Accessory makers, app developers have high hopes for Apple's iPad
Market created for iPod, iPhone add-ons now firmly focused on tablet device
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WonderQuest
Microwaving plastics 101
Do the recycle numbers assigned to plastic containers indicate if they are safe to use for heating food in a microwave oven?
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Gadgets
Demos with depth
Consumer electronics company hopes success of 3-D in theatres carries over into the home
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Live Better
How to break free and use data in the cloud
Our guide to your life: This week, four ways to take advantage of cloud-based computing for storing data
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Etiquette
The couple that tweets together, stays together
How some Web 2.0 couples make I Love Yous work in 140 characters or less
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Your Business
Apps mania mimics the dot-com boom
Executives, entrepreneurs and consumers know they are going to be big, and there is consensus that we've only scratched the surface
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Exer-gaming
Me and my (anatomically perfect) shadow
Your Shape game lets you and your avatar star alongside each other on your home TV
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Not your grandfather's braking system
The Prius's brakes use Airbus-style digital controls to stop your car
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R.M. Vaughan: Q&A
What would happen if Google knew everything?
Ted Remerowski’s new film wonders whether the search-engine powerhouse is living up to its motto
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Apps We Love
A Twitter app for nOObs
We also take a look at a search engine for Internet radio and a handy app that lets you compare two Photoshop files
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Dave McGinn's Mr. Miser
Why do phone companies not reward customer loyalty?
I figured I should be able to parlay my years of loyalty into a free iPhone. I was so wrong.
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RIM's smart-phone advantage
RIM's gambit early on to route traffic through its own servers was designed to enhance security, but it has also provided a big edge as smart-phone usage – and the bandwidth it requires – explodes
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