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 The great Valentine's Day gimmickWe like to say technology is sexy. Oooh, look at that sexy plasma TV! Yowza, that's a sexy tablet! Oh my goodness, is that a sleek, stylish and sexy smartphone in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?
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 Home theatre advantageWhen a buddy sent me a link to an online infomercial for something called the TV Hat, I watched it and laughed heartily.
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 Back to school tech toysTo this day, I have recurring nightmares in which I show up for a final exam at school and suddenly realize I’ve missed the entire term of classes and have no clue what’s going on. More often than not, I wake up in a cold sweat.
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 Cool gadgets for the classroomThe boom in education-focused technologies is making it easier for students to do their homework, study for tests and rule at school.
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 Android phones gaining on the competitionWith all due respect to Obi-Wan Kenobi, this may indeed be the Android you’re looking for.
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 iPhone 4 mesmerizes usYes, we’re a little late to the iPhone 4 party. But when the party has a line-up that extends down the street and around the block, and a pair of burly bouncers at the door who only let people in a handful at a time... well, a lot of folks are late to this party.
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 Magnetic electricityTo charge or not to charge – there is no question. Until they invent some radically tiny energy source, we’re stuck feeding our gadgets electricity like they were so many hungry baby birds.
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 Weightless wonderYou can’t really fault a company for improving its products and offering cool new innovations to its consumers. But man, keeping up with Apple can be exhausting.
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 Earphones with a bit of sparkleA good pair of earphones isn't something to be taken lightly. As anyone working in an open-office environment can attest, they're all but a necessity in today's workplace, and the right fit can make the difference between sweet songs all day or a nagging headache from the pressure on your earlobes.
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 BlackBerry generates buzz with TorchA hot BlackBerry? Is such a thing possible? Ontario-based Research In Motion, makers of the new BlackBerry Torch, certainly think so.
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 Will Netflix take hold in Canada?As if our media diet wasn’t already saturated, Canadians now have a new all-you-can-eat buffet of movies and TV on which to gorge.
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 Travelling with technologyWhoever said summer had to be spent entirely outdoors? Certainly not the good folks at ASUS, who have a number of great products to keep you happily on your tush, whether at home or the cottage.
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 Daring dimensionsTwo dimensions, you say? Just two? What is this, 2009? We demand 50% more dimensions in our personal computers these days.
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 High energyWith great power comes great responsibility, as Spider-Man’s uncle famously said. Yet we all crave power. We need it. And when we don’t have it, we tend to freak out.
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 Spic and SpanVacuum cleaner maker Dyson is a company that's built a reputation on sucking, and sucking hard.
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 All systems goHear that? That is the sound of hundreds of thousands – maybe millions – of video gamers breathing a sigh of relief. Or perhaps they’re actually gnashing their teeth in frustration.
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 Helping the ol' manIf your parents, like mine, are slowing down with age but still independent, you’re always keeping an eye out for ways to lighten their load. The current concern? Mowing the lawn. At 76, my father-in-law was ready to weed out the current crop of mid-range self-propelled lawnmowers.
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 Calling all klutzes!Worried about taking your fragile music player to your dirty job site or along on your next camping adventure?
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 Beyond the ties and cigarsNot all dads like football, beer, cars or tinkering around with the latest hi-tech toys. But c’mon, let’s play to the statistics here. Most of them do.
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 Acquired tasteI am not a fan of oysters. I know people who can gulp them down raw by the plateful and debate the subtle differences between mollusks from one region versus another.
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 Eyeing the iPadIt’s been a long wait for the Apple faithful here in the Great White North.
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 Sleek keyboardsIt's the part of your computer that you touch the most, and yet probably the one that you give the least amount of thought to.
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 Face firstSay hello to Opal, ladies.
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 Picks for pocketsMath nerds use pocket protectors. Digital road warriors use pocket projectors.
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 Kindle killer?Unless you’re referring to your significant other’s state of dress, “stripped down” tends to have pretty negative connotations.
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