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3-D TVs coming this week to U.S. (03/10/2010) |
| Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what manufacturers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room. Read |
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Climate panel to receive external review (03/10/2010) |
| The beleaguered panel investigating global climate change has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports. Read |
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CRTC probing Mobilicity ownership (03/09/2010) |
| The CRTC is reviewing the structure of Mobilicity, the fledgling cellphone provider formerly known as DAVE Wireless, to see whether it meets Canadian-ownership rules. Read |
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Seal pups beached in ice-free Gulf (03/10/2010) |
| An exceptional lack of sea ice on the Gulf of St. Lawrence this winter has left seal mothers with few places to bear their young or to feed their pups. Read |
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Orangutans have 'caller ID' (03/09/2010) |
| The calls of male orangutans contain information about the apes' identity and the context of the call, researchers say. Read |
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Cisco unveils faster internet gear (03/09/2010) |
| Cisco Systems, the world's largest supplier of internet backbone equipment, is tripling the capacity of its gear, a move it is hyping as one that will change the internet forever. Read |
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Canada to map central Arctic seabed (03/09/2010) |
| Federal scientists are set to map the ocean seabed in the central Arctic this month, as Canada continues to gather data to help claim more Arctic territory under an international treaty. Read |
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Disease, weather kill Vancouver Island bees (03/09/2010) |
| Vancouver Island beekeepers say 90 per cent of their hives have been wiped out by a lethal combination of disease and a long summer last year, threatening the future of dozens of producers. Read |
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Tailored diet may slow DNA damage (03/09/2010) |
| Mounting evidence on the effect of micronutrients on DNA damage calls for a re-evaluation of recommended dietary intake values, say researchers. Read |
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Late snow not enough to keep B.C. wet in summer (03/09/2010) |
| It's finally snowing on Vancouver's Cypress Mountain ski hill but not enough to ease concerns that the El Nino weather pattern B.C. is experiencing could lead to water shortages and forest fires this summer. Read |
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Sex.com goes on auction block (03/09/2010) |
| Sex.com, a popular domain name on the internet, will be auctioned off in New York this month after its owners defaulted on debt payments. Read |
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Centuries-old Baltic shipwrecks found (03/09/2010) |
| A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks have been discovered in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany, Swedish experts say. Read |
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Sony to start selling 3-D TVs in June (03/09/2010) |
| Sony says it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms. Read |
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Hackers take down Assassin's Creed (03/08/2010) |
| Gamers playing Assassin's Creed 2 on their computers were locked out after hackers attacked the servers on which some content is stored. Read |
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Developed countries outsource emissions: study (03/08/2010) |
| Developed countries are "outsourcing" more than a third of their carbon emissions associated with products and services to other countries, researchers say. Read |
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6th Year of Operations