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Apple MacBooks get speedier with Intel technology

Apple on Thursday unveiled an updated line of MacBook Pro laptop computers featuring new Intel "Thunderbolt" technology for moving digital films and other data "blazingly fast."

 
 
 

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The Epson Workforce 840

Speed of this printer keeps you humming

Epson's new Workforce series of inkjet printers offer some of the most innovative ideas I've seen in inkjet all-in-ones in a while. I recently received their Workforce 840 All-in-One to review and I'm surprised at what I've found.


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Samsung 9 series notebook

Samsung launches ultra-slim notebook, targets Apple

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd launched an ultra-slim notebook on Thursday, seeking to bolster its presence in the high-end mobile computer segment dominated by Apple Inc.


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Apple iPad

Apple swats down rumour of delay in new iPad

Apple is expected to launch its new iPad on March 2, contrary to speculation of a delay of the latest version of the popular tablet computer.


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Talking on cellphone alters brain activity, U.S. study shows

Spending 50 minutes with a cellphone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna.


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iPad2 tablet delayed until June

The launch of Apple Inc's iPad2 tablet will be delayed to June from April as maker Hon Hai faces production bottlenecks due to the device's new design, Taiwanese brokerage Yuanta Securities said in a note.


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Adrian Hartog, chief  executive of Toronto-based mySpark, says college students are a  potentially huge market for tablets.

A textbook case for tablet makers

If Adrian Hartog has his way, college kids will be sporting tablet computers instead of backpacks loaded down with heavy textbooks.


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Good Neighbours: Gift provides snapshot of our naval heritage

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Jim Hume

Rail firm's quirky history ntwined with B.C.'s own

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Astroturf's big role in the blogosphere

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After the fall, rights for all -even women

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