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Fast-food workers to strike as robots loom 27 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Fast-food workers across the United States are being urged to strike on Thursday in an effort to drum up support for higher wages. The unrest has been simmering for some time now, with many employees ...
Next Microsoft CEO? Don Mattrick would have fit 26 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
There was hardly a murmur of surprise on Friday when Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer announced that he would be stepping down within the next 12 months, after a successor is found. Reviews of ...
Level wireless playing field? Not in Canada 23 Aug 2013 | 09:24 am
Over the course of this summer’s wireless war, the Big Three have thrown just about everything at the wall to see what would stick with the government and the public – threats of job losses, anti-Amer...
It’s not food that makes us fat, it’s the laziness too 22 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Poor McDonald’s. The fast-food megalith gets its share of warranted criticism – as is the case for low employee wages – but it also gets unfairly picked on for many social ills, with obesity being the...
Splinter Cell: Blacklist puts linear games on notice 21 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
It’s a big week for Ubisoft Toronto, the French video game company’s newest studio, as it’s releasing its first game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist. The game has been under development for more than three ...
Lessons from New Zealand on Crown telecom firms 20 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
I wasn’t being entirely serious last week when I suggested that a potential plan B for the Canadian government, in the event that Verizon opts not to expand its wireless operations north, might be to ...
Another year, another step toward insularity 16 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
It’s my birthday this weekend and, while I’ll certainly be celebrating with an adult beverage (or 20), I can’t help but get a little sad this time of year. As I creep toward that omni-present 40 – an ...
Lots of room for innovation in cameras 15 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
A couple readers took exception to a post I wrote last week in which I extolled the virtues of the Samsung Galaxy camera, a gadget notable for being a full camera that has cellular and wi-fi connectiv...
What happens if Verizon doesn’t come? 14 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
If there was any remaining doubt about where the federal government was coming down in the wireless war currently raging in Canada, Industry Minister James Moore put the issue to rest Tuesday evening ...
Why hasn’t Microsoft already bought BlackBerry? 13 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
BlackBerry made some waves Monday by announcing that it is officially looking at strategic options, including a sale of the company. You know they’re serious because director Prem Watsa, head of insur...
