Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category

The CRTC has asked Rogers to “address and resolve” a problem that may result in online video games being unintentionally slowed down on its network.

Canada's ozone tracking in jeopardy

Posted: September 16, 2011 in Tech
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International scientists are expressing concern that cuts at Environment Canada could hobble a program monitoring ozone, a component of the atmosphere that protects living things from the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

RIM shares tumble on weaker earnings

Posted: September 16, 2011 in Tech
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Shares of Research In Motion fell sharply Friday, a day after the company reported disappointing financial results.

The federal government formally announced $ 67.3 million for research on Arctic climate change Thursday, though the funding has already been flowing for months.

Shares of Waterloo, Ont.-based Research In Motion plummeted Thursday after it reported that net profit plunged by more than half in its second quarter.

A second major scientific body has said Arctic sea ice is about as low as it’s ever been since satellites began monitoring it.

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three returning astronauts from the International Space Station has touched down safely in the central steppes of Kazakhstan, but not without rattling nerves after a breakdown in communications.

Planet with 2 suns discovered

Posted: September 15, 2011 in Tech
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A planet that orbits two suns at the same time — just like Tatooine in Star Wars — has been found for the first time.

A fishing industry council is recommending that up to 70,000 grey seals should be killed to test the hypothesis that the mammals are preventing the recovery of cod stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Feathers believed to be from dinosaurs have been found beautifully preserved in Alberta amber.