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The legalities of unlocking your mobile phone
August 26, 2011 – 8:25 am
The legalities of unlocking your mobile phone

By Ted Kritsonis

Unlocking mobile phones has always been a confusing element to mobile phone ownership, but the demand for the freedom to use a handset anywhere, everywhere and with any provider will likely only grow further. And as it stands, there isn’t much of a legal precedent to stop it in Canada.

Videoconferencing Raises Visibility, Lowers Cost for Business, Academia, Home
August 19, 2011 – 2:07 pm
Videoconferencing Raises Visibility, Lowers Cost for Business, Academia, Home

By Lee Rickwood

New products and services make personal conferencing just as possible and practical as professional conferencing. You can hold a video conference in your bedroom as easily as your boardroom (should you so desire)!

Back to School Guide – Digital Cameras
August 10, 2011 – 10:09 am
Back to School Guide – Digital Cameras

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
The good news for photographers of all levels and persuasions is that there’s never been a better time to buy a new digital camera. Check out our guide.

Kobo’s Touch eReader innovates the ebook market
July 28, 2011 – 11:59 am
Kobo’s Touch eReader innovates the ebook market

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Toronto-based Kobo has released the Kobo Touch eReader. A diminutive, fast and well-priced eBook reader that doesn’t only meet its competition feature by feature but is the smallest yet most capable eReader device around.

Apple reportedly set to improve voice control on next iPhone
July 25, 2011 – 4:31 pm
Apple reportedly set to improve voice control on next iPhone

By Ted Kritsonis

There have been reports lately that Apple is working on a revamped voice control system that may debut in the upcoming iPhone, expected to be unveiled in September.

How to Find a Safer Cell Phone
July 23, 2011 – 12:24 pm
How to Find a Safer Cell Phone

By Lee Rickwood

Is there a ‘safer’ cell phone? And how can you tell, if so?

Tough cameras clicking with consumers
July 14, 2011 – 8:38 am
Tough cameras clicking with consumers

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

An emerging segment of sporty, water-resistant and tough video cameras is enticing users to look beyond basic specs and features and is opening up a new way to enjoy taking action videos.

HP TouchPad and webOS perform well, but can’t beat the iPad
July 1, 2011 – 12:32 pm
HP TouchPad and webOS perform well, but can’t beat the iPad

Featuring Ted Kritsonis

Being the latest tablet to enter the fray against the iPad, HP’s TouchPad is an intriguing player, largely because of webOS, the mobile operating system running the thing. The hardware, while unspectacular, is more than passable for a tablet that is portable and functional, but it’s webOS that is the real star here, and it shows real promise on what it can do long-term. For now though, the slick and intuitive design and interface is still not on par with where the iPad 2 sits.

Silver Generation Seeks to Demystify Technology at Ryerson University Silver Screens Arts Festival
June 29, 2011 – 10:25 am
Silver Generation Seeks to Demystify Technology at Ryerson University Silver Screens Arts Festival

by Lee Rickwood

These are pretty tech savvy seniors, and everyone in the room raised their hands as computer users and e-mailers, with maybe 60 or 70 per cent of them on Facebook, and about the same having used iPhones, digital cameras or video camcorders.

Pentax reveals smallest Interchangeable lens camera system
June 25, 2011 – 12:27 pm
Pentax reveals smallest Interchangeable lens camera system

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Small cameras with big sensors and a variety of lenses are quickly gaining ground and Pentax has just launched their new system that offers the smallest bodies in the interchangeable lens market.

Here comes the ‘world’s first’ foot-operated computer
June 23, 2011 – 9:55 am
Here comes the ‘world’s first’ foot-operated computer

By Ted Kritsonis

Computers have always been devices made for our hands, but what if feet could be brought into the equation, or if they could play the leading role in interacting with them? A nifty device in the U.S. called the SoftStep KeyWorx multi-touch foot controller, is available to anyone who needs the extra help from below.

Review: Acer’s Iconia Tab A500 plays nice, but not quite iconic
June 20, 2011 – 4:50 pm
Review: Acer’s Iconia Tab A500 plays nice, but not quite iconic

Video featuring Ted Kritsonis

Acer’s Iconia Tab A500 is the company’s opening salvo in the tablet race, and is among the first to be running on Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb mobile operating system. To set it apart from others, Acer has tried to design the A500 as a media-friendly tablet that anyone can use.