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Nortel: Alberta boom? What Alberta boom?

Rising oil prices are turning Calgary into an economic juggernaut, but that's not good enough for Nortel Networks, which announced it would be pulling...

Pointy-headed Premier McGuinty longs for luddite motorists

Having successfully made the lives of thousands of Ontario smokers absolutely miserable, Dalton McGuinty is considering a ban on the many technology devices and...

Self-confessed online dating addict scores a book deal

Because we all know unpopular people have nothing to do but read (no offence, readers), Jane Coloccia has decided to make the most of...

Indiana Jones and the Magical, Lazy Approach to Filmmaking

If you sit through a viewing of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and feel the whole thing looks a little,...

Don’t egg Steve Ballmer on, he’ll just stick around longer

Microsoft president and fatboy Steve Ballmer made a visit at a Hungarian University this week where he was pelted with three eggs by a...

Mobile phone-based coupons offer even greater opportunity for cheapskateness

Tired of fishing through their wallets for wrinkly, smudged (and, more often than not, expired) coupons, telecom providers in South Korea are offering retail...

My broadband stinks

Ever the innovators, the English have gone where no broadband provider has gone before. H2O is installing fibre in Bournemouth, U.K., that will deliver...

“Iron Man” IT

"Iron Man" did big-time boffo box office business this weekend, but also showcased some top-notch IT instances.In the olden days, characters that needed to...

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