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What $600,000 buys across B.C.
A Vancouver School Board survey has found the high cost of housing is the major reason parents are pulling their kids out of the city’s schools. Few homes are priced at less than $600,000 in Vancouver. Here’s a comparison, looking at detached homes for less than $600,000 in Vancouver and in four other B.C. cities.
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Canmore has declared a state of emergency due to heavy rainfall and high water. Here's a look in photos.
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Europe continues to gang up on Google
France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users — or be fined.
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Google Reader lovers thrown a life saver with Feedly
The demise of world’s favourite RSS client has spawned a helpful replacement.
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Movie lovers can buy the movie they’re seeing with SuperTicket
Cineplex offers purchasers a digital download of film as well as a seat in the theatre
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Google’s Internet-beaming balloons to connect remote corners of earth (with video)
Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online.
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Cyber-crime devastates global economic growth, world economic powers told
G-20 economies have lost 2.5 million jobs to counterfeiting and piracy while governments and consumers lose $125 billion annually to cyber-attacks, former White House official warns.
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Google Glass at the forefront of wearable-technology trend (with video)
At first glance Phil Wu is just another guy wearing glasses. But take a second look and you realize there’s something missing — lenses.
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Netflix to hook more subscribers with the resurrection of 'Arrested Development' series
Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service.
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Shoot first, focus later: A camera lineup from idiot-proof to pro
Lytro Light Field Camera, from $399 US Shoot first, focus later. That’s the idea behind the Lytro light field camera that will soon be available in Canada. If you’re tired of blurry and out-of-focus shots, this is the camera for you. Debuting six months ago in the United States, the Lytro brings idiot-proof to new levels and is now expanding for Canadian and other international sales. It captures the entire light field when you take a photo, which means you can focus the photo after the fact. And rather than being static, the images are “living pictures,” so you can go back and refocus, zooming in on different parts of the photo. And other viewers can choose their focus on your photos. For example, if you want to highlight a person in the foreground, you can make the person the focus. Check the company’s website at lytro.com to see what you can do with the new Lytro camera and look for it in Canada online at Futureshop.ca starting Oct. 9. The camera will also be available at select Future Shop locations but Lytro doesn’t say which ones, so check with your local store if you want to check it out before you buy. Lytro’s “red-hot” model with 16GB is listed at $499, while 8GB versions in blue and grey are $399. www.lytro.com
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Telus cancels cancellation fees on wireless contracts
Telus announced changes to its cancellation policy Monday that could result in lower costs for customers who want to get out of their wireless contracts.
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Wi-Fi snooping tool drills gaping holes in security
Kris Constable, director of the Victoria-based PrivaSecTech, which specializes in information security and privacy technology, said the release of the Firefox extension Firesheep is both good and bad in that it draws attention to security issues, but also people could be using it to become online snoops.
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New website helps recreational players find a game
The newly launched hockey-community.com is a website that puts social media on skates and delivers everything from rink times to pickup games.
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Blackhawks able to find their groove
Remember that Tuukka Rask story, the one about the Boston goaltender's frighteningly good save percentage and goals-against average and Conn Smythe-in-the-mak-ing? No?
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Putting slumping Johnny on the spot
Team Canada's 2010 Olympic lineup was loaded with centres, but of them all, Jonathan Toews was No. 1, playing on the top line with Rick Nash and Mike Richards, himself a natural centre who had been moved to the wing.
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Mr. Perfect absent from Canucks' final four
If the Vancouver Canucks absolutely had to have as their coach any of the numerous candidates they've interviewed, chances are the National Hockey League team would have him hired by now.
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Pension perks add to labour shortage woes
The serious shortage of workers that is looming for B.C. and Canada as baby boomers head out to pasture is well understood to be one of the major challenges facing both governments and employers.
