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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

TOP STORIES

Rogers braced to weather the storm

The chief executive officer of Rogers Communications Inc. told the heads of his wireless, cable and media divisions to start raising capital before the well ran dry

Key advertising report downgrades global forecasts

ZenithOptimedia said spending on global advertising was expected to grow 4.3% in 2008, down from 6.6%

AMD to spin off factories

Venture with investors in the Persian Gulf state designed to cut costs

Google Mail wants to help

The Web giant's new feature tries to stop you from sending embarrassing emails late at night by making you do math problems

Finally, something for voters to laugh about

It's the season for off-beat pollsters to try to squeeze a few laughs from those of us who just dread going through an election

Another hardware Crysis

Crysis: Warhead is one of the most visually immersive games ever made—assuming you have a rig capable of running it on its highest graphics settings


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Judge orders RealNetworks to pull copying software

Six major movie studios claim RealDVD illegally bypasses the copyright protection built into DVDs

EBay cuts 1,000 jobs, to buy Bill Me Later

Company expects restructuring charges of about $70-million to $80-million as a result of the cuts, and buy Bill Me Later and two other sites

Internet stocks slide with market

Tech stocks hit hard as massive market sell-off sends the Dow skidding below 10,000

Brits value sex and in-laws, dating company finds

Being too tired for sex is less of a problem for married Britons than for U.S. or Australian couples, online dating company eHarmony says

Top U.S. court stays out of DVR patent fight

Court allows judgment against satellite broadcaster EchoStar, whom TiVo sued in 2004 for infringing on a patented technology that allows viewers to record one program while watching another

Ford feature to let parents set limits for teens

Auto maker will let parents control speed, speaker volume and a nagging reminder to fasten a safety belt

Gamers look to buck slowdown

Poised to cash in as consumers look for ways to get biggest bang for their entertainment buck in a deteriorating economy

Fraud plagues prepaid calling cards

Deceptive and fraudulent practices give consumers fewer minutes than they pay for and tack on all sorts of hidden and unfair junk fees

Rapping on physics: The nerds have co-opted cool

Katherine McAlpine's Large Hadron Rap has created a pop culture Big Bang

Semiconductor sales up 5.5 per cent from a year ago

Increase of 5.5 per cent in chip sales helped by sales of personal computers and cell phones

PERSONAL TECH

Adobe shakes the ground

Creative Suite 4 is the ultimate software for digital art, but its sheer heft and complexity rival, or even exceed, the introduction of an operating system

Highway to Hell is actually not bad

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

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

U.S. spacecraft to peek at Mercury next week

Area bigger than the land area of South America will be seen for the first time by our spacecraft

Astronaut's diary goes on display

Diary survived extreme heat in the Columbia explosion, extreme atmospheric cold, and then was attacked by microorganisms and insects

TECH POLL

A study says happiness for men is surfing the Internet, while for women it’s having meals and spending time together as a family. Assuming this confirms your own situation, are you likely to change to make your mate happier?

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