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Steve Jobs fans irate over Apple founder Jobs look-alike promoting Android-based tablet in Taiwanese commercial

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:00 -0400

Steve Jobs look-alike shilling Android-operated tablet Action Pad, complete with halo and wings, in a Taiwanese ad has Apple fans fuming. Apple founder Jobs had vowed “thermonuclear war” on the product he considered an Apple ripoff.

RIM videos reveal how much torture a BlackBerry can take

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:16:00 -0400

Just how much punishment can a BlackBerry take? Quite a bit, actually.

Ontario green energy prices under review

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:00 -0400

Thousands of submissions about how much you should pay for renewable energy are being reviewed. here's what it means.

Energy giant Halliburton to hang up BlackBerrys, switch to Apple iPhones

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:18:00 -0400

In another blow to troubled Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion, energy drilling giant Halliburton Co. says it will replace its company-issued BlackBerrys with competitor Apple’s iPhone.

RIM too risky to invest in, Bill Ackman of Pershing Square decided after looking at the BlackBerry maker.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0400

BlackBerry-maker RIM too risky, like most tech firms, for $1.5 billion investment. Bill Ackman of hedge fund Pershing Square decided rail companies are safer.

RIM sales pitch partly misses as analyst downgrades BlackBerry maker

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:00 -0400

RIM licensing of BlackBerry operating system to iPhone, Android smartphones unlikely, analyst says after Toronto meeting with RIM CEO Thorsten Heins.

Google India, Facebook remove ‘offensive’ content

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:34:00 -0400

Censorship or responsible behaviour? Internet giants comply with India’s demands to remove material considered harmful to national integration.

Those embarrassing photos you deleted from Facebook? They’re still there

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:02:00 -0400

Facebook admits that some photos on the site “would remain accessible for an indefinite amount of time.” The company says a fix is still being worked on.

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says women burdened by ‘ambition gap.’ Is she right?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:02:00 -0400

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sanberg says a large "ambition gap" stifles women in the workplaces. She's influential, but is she right?

RIM BlackBerrys to be replaced by Apple iPhones at Halliburton, U.S. military experiments with Google’s Android

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:55:00 -0400

RIM’s corporate supremacy with BlackBerry questioned as Halliburton, U.S. military reportedly seek Apple, Samsung options instead.