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Schmidt says Google TV heading to Europe

Google TV will be launched in Europe early next year, despite its rocky start in the U.S., company Chairman Eric Schmidt told an audience in Edinburgh, Scotland, last night. Delivering the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International TV Festival, one of Britain’s premier...

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Do a better job protecting mobile privacy, Canadians told

Not enough Canadians are taking measures to protect the personal information stored on their mobile devices, the country’s privacy commissioner said Thursday. That assessment was based on a survey commissioned by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that found, among other things, that...

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Link to MTS releases the BlackBerry Torch 9810 for a whopping $624.99 no-term

MTS releases the BlackBerry Torch 9810 for a whopping $624.99 no-term

Here it is Canada – the most expensive no-term price for the new BlackBerry Torch 9810. This QWERTY touchscreen slider topped off at $599.99 at Bell, Rogers, TELUS and Virgin. SaskTel came in a bit cheaper at $574.99… but it’s regional carrier MTSthat takes home...

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Google to pay $500m over Canadian drug adverts

The settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is one of the biggest made by a single company but will allow Google to draw a line under a case that could have impacted its business. The DoJ took action against the web search giant...

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T-Mobile to get iPhone 5 as well

Just a day after a high-profile report that Sprint would be getting Apple’s next iPhone, a new report claims T-Mobile USA will be getting it as well. Citing “a contact within T-Mobile,” Apple tracking blog MacTrast says the U.S. carrier will be getting a version...

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Link to China takes knock-offs to a new level, copying entire stores

China takes knock-offs to a new level, copying entire stores

BEIJING — In millenniums past, China developed the compass, gunpowder and papermaking, among multiple inventions that have shaped world history. In recent years, it has grown infamous as counterfeit central, from fake films to bootleg bags, and from Disney characters to DuPont chemicals. Now some...

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RIM launches two new BlackBerry Torch phones

Research In Motion on Wednesday took the wraps off two more powerful versions of its touchscreen BlackBerry Torch, aiming to buy time until it can introduce a radically new software package in its smartphones. The new phones, along with a Bold upgrade unveiled earlier, are...

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Google Chrome becomes UK’s second most popular web browser

Google’s Chrome is Britain’s second most popular browser, a sign of the internet giant’s increasing grip on the UK search market. Three years after launch, Chrome last month captured 22% of UK users and marginally overtook Mozilla’s Firefox browser, according to the web metrics firm...

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