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Friday, September 26, 2008

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Swiss man flies over Channel on jet wing

‘Fabulous stunt' across the Channel meant to trace the route of French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first person to cross in an airplane 99 years ago

Microsoft wins $1.5-billion reprieve

Panel of U.S. federal appeals judges rules in what may be the last word on a long-running digital music patent lawsuit

Cisco CEO gets $12.3-million

2008 pay package for Cisco Systems' John Chambers down 3.7 per cent from year before

Letterman rips McCain for cancelling

A video clip of the talk-show host lacing into the U.S. Republican presidential candidate has been making the rounds in the blogosphere

Google In Quotes carries binary thinking a little too far

Politically, stacking up comparable quotes is a great idea, but the American political filter simply assumes that there are two — and only two — sides to a political debate

Katy Perry sings in Simlish

The "I Kissed a Girl" crooner has created a machinima video using only Sims 2 footage while singing lyrics in the game's gibberish language


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Visa develops payment software for Google phone

Android users will be able to receive near real-time alerts about purchases via their mobile devices

Ted Rogers: A question of succession

'I would like to see the Rogers family keep control of this company that I worked so damned hard to build over 50 years'

RIM shares plunge on earnings

BlackBerry maker misses profit targets and lowers outlook

T-Mobile uncaps data plan for Google phone

Telco no longer claims the right to slow surfing to a crawl once a subscriber goes over a monthly usage limit

Judge grants new trial in music downloading case

Judge who convicted Minnesota woman of pirating music in the first U.S. file-sharing trial rules his jury instructions ‘substantially prejudiced' her rights

MySpace tries to strike new chord in digital music

Much-anticipated service will give roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world's largest recording labels

University virtual campus flounders

Still-hopeful University of Illinois wants to turn the school's Global Campus into an independent, accredited university to speed up development of degree programs

Cellphone popularity growing in Europe

One reason, European Commission says, is that monthly line rental for fixed phones costs more on average than a prepaid mobile phone package

IPTV subscriptions to grow this year

Internet-based television platforms on track to reach 19.6 million subscribers in 2008, a 64 per cent increase, analyst says

Sony Ericsson to roll out music service

Play Now Plus to compete with Nokia's Comes with Music service, will give users access to millions of songs

PERSONAL TECH

Minding your business

What do you really want to do with a cellphone? These six applications show how you can take better charge of your life than you ever dreamed

Prospects keep hand on stick, eyes on the screen

Meet the Phantom, which looks like a desk lamp connected to a computer. The NHL is very interested in it

Where the browsers are going

Today's browsers are no longer promoting their features, their makers are pitching them to developers, and Chrome's arrival shows the way they're all going

When will video games grow up? Wrong question, experts say

Gaming experts say that the industry has already matured more than it gets credit for

Sony's Xross Fade off to a good start

The Japanese electronic giant's DJ mix-station could stand to have a few more options, but the overall design is good

TQ@WORK

We've got your back

G4S Canada uses an arsenal of technology to make sure your employees stay safe

Coded for business

This could be the breakthrough year for XBRL, the programming language that will make sifting through business data a snap

Seven Wonders of the World (Wide Web)

There's no shortage of IT news on the Web. In fact, it can be hard to tell one tech site from the next. Here are seven that stand out

SCIENCE

Cemetery evokes green Sahara

Excavation finds tiny woman, two children buried on bed of flowers in desolate Tenere Desert region of Niger

Minor planet may help explain comets

Planet's elliptical orbit never gets it close enough to sun to create tail of gas and dust, astronomers say

Survivors of 1918 pandemic still protected

Discovery by influenza, immunity researchers of long-lasting antibodies suggests new ways to fight viruses

TECH POLL

U.S. cable TV operators will be testing a home digital video recorder that will let viewers record any show without a DVR, only a digital set-top box. The recording will be made at the cable company's site, and subscribers will see a new screen where they can choose programs to record and play using a new remote provided. Would you sign up for the service if it becomes available?

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