Sci-Tech

Canadians will have to wait for ‘magical’ iPad

Canadians will have to wait for 'magical' iPad

| More CUPERTINO, CA – Canadians will have to wait until the end of April before they see Apple’s revolutionary touch iPad in stores but Americans will be... (Continue reading)

Intel executive guilty in largest hedge fund scam in history

Intel executive guilty in largest hedge fund scam in history

| More NEW YORK – A former Intel Corp. executive has pleaded guilty in what the U.S. Department of Justice describes as the largest hedge fund insider trading... (Continue reading)

U.S. troops in Afghanistan get satellite internet

| More By Karen Mullins WARSAW, Poland – U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan are being offered an Internet service via satellite and the company that introduced the net connection... (Continue reading)

Facebook picks small Oregon town for first data centre

Facebook picks small Oregon town for first data centre

Karen Mullins PRINEVILLE, Oregon – A small city in central Oregon will be the home of Facebook’s first data centre. The city of Prineville, population around 9,000, offerered tax incentives to the social media giant to lure it to locate there. In... (Continue reading)

Thirsk – Canadian space record breaker home

Thirsk - Canadian space record breaker home

By Karen Mullins TORONTO – Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is  home after a six-month stay on the International Space Station. Thirsk – a Canadian space pioneer – has many firsts on his record. He is the first Canadian to stay on board the... (Continue reading)

NASA: First picture of sun reflecting from body of liquid outside earth

NASA: First picture of sun reflecting from body of liquid outside earth

TUCSON, Arizona – NASA has released a spectacular image of sunlight reflecting off a gigantic liquid lake on Saturn’s larges moon, Titan. This is the first time such a reflection of sunlight has been seen from a body of liquid outside... (Continue reading)

NASA Jumbo jet flew with massive door open

NASA Jumbo jet flew with massive door open

  EDWARDS, Calif. – A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane’s telescope were fully opened in flight, said a statement.   NASA said the... (Continue reading)

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner set to make first flight

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner set to make first flight

EVERETT, Wash.  – The world’s first commercial plane made from a one-piece fuselage and composite materials as opposed to metals is ready to make its maiden flight on Tuesday. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, designed to carry up to 300 passengers, completed... (Continue reading)

Digital Divide: Rich and poor don’t have equal access to internet

MEXICO city - Australia with a population of 21 million has more broadband internet subscribers than the continent of Africa with a population of 900 million.  While the “digital divide” between rich and poor countries may be shrinking overall, the gap is widening between the... (Continue reading)

Eight out Ten Canadians have net connection at home

Eight out of ten Canadians have Internet connection at home, says a new study. ... (Continue reading)