Tsunami garbage piling up on West Coast beaches – British Columbia – CBC News Debris from Japan's earthquake and tsunami is now littering the beach of Haida Gwaii, raising concerns about who is going to clean up the tonnes of garbage expected to wash ashore on the West [...]

Why You Should Watch and Record Video in 720p Instead of 1080i Despite the many technological advancements we've had over the past few years, interlaced video seems to have stuck around. Interlaced is the "i" in 1080i and the reason it's not quite as good as 720…

Sony Proves It's on the Rocks With a Record Annual Loss of $5.7 billion Things have been going wrong at Sony for a long old time. But if you need hard evidence of its downward trajectory, how about this: it just reported a record annual loss, of $5.7 [...]

Mozilla calls Windows RT a return to the 'digital dark ages' for limiting browser choice, Google nods in agreement Mozilla is waving red flags about Microsoft's forthcoming Windows RT (the variety designed to run on ARM processors). It's claiming that only the This was posted [...]

Obese Mothers Give Birth to Less Intelligent Children Not all people are born equal. In fact, new research suggests that if a child is born from an obese mother, it is likely to have significantly lower cognitive function compared to a child from a mothe…

Happy to see 'Touch' is getting renewed, surprised about 'Alcatraz' though. Fox Renews 'Touch'; Cancels 'Alcatraz,' 'The Finder' Fox has kicked off its renewals, giving a second season to Touch and canceling freshman dramas Alcatraz and Bones spinoff The Finder after one season.
From Heroes creator Tim [...]

GE's 27-watt LED replacement for 100-watt incandescent bulbs set to light up our lives next year As if you didn't already have enough reason to be pumped for this week's Lightfair trade show in Vegas — GE is talking This was posted on Google+…

Students can criticize prof on Facebook, court rules – Calgary – CBC News Alberta's highest court is siding with two University of Calgary students who say their charter rights were violated when the school punished them for criticizing a professor on Facebook. This was posted [...]

Angry Birds franchise hits one billion downloads, teases next game | MobileSyrup.com Angry Birds franchise hits one billion downloads, teases next game This was posted on Google+…

CloudOn Puts Microsoft Office on Android Tablets for Free Android: CloudOn, previously introduced for the iPad, gives Android tablet owners a fully-functioning version of Microsoft Office and saves your documents to Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box. This was posted on Google+…

The Damage to NYC in The Avengers Would Cost $160 Billion to Repair In their most recent outing, the Avengers protect Manhattan from complete devastation. But disaster experts claim that the damage would still set the city back more than Hurricane Katrina or even last…

Two young businessmen in Florida were sitting down for a break in their
soon-to-be new store in the shopping mall. As yet, the store wasn't
ready, with only a few shelves and display racks set up.
One said to the other, "I'll bet that any minute now some old person is
going to walk by, [...]

Mobile web surfing, can Canadians cut the cord? | MobileSyrup.com Mobile web surfing, can Canadians cut the cord? This was posted on Google+…

Flipboard for Android 'liberated' from Galaxy S III demo unit, available for all For many, one of the biggest causes of jealousy after the Samsung Galaxy S III launch event wasn't that 4.8-inch screen, or the This was posted on Google+…

How to Never Get Tricked By a Shortened Link Ever Again You might have some hilarious friends who still think rickrolling someone is funny or know people who toss around NSFW links while you're at work. You can't help yourself, you click, you shriek, you c…

Apple and Samsung finally agree… to drop a plethora of claims from their patent spat Last week, Judge Lucy Koh informed Apple and Samsung that they would have to reduce the number of patent claims at issue in This was posted on Google+…

I'm glad to hear that this has finally come to fruition CRTC orders TV ads to turn down the volume – Business – CBC News The CRTC published today its final set of regulations requiring television advertisers to tone down the loudness of their TV ads.

'TeleHuman' uses Kinect for 3D holographic chat, bumps up options for contacting Obi-Wan (video) Looks like virtual Tupac might have some company. With Kinect, you are the hologram. Besides logging in lots of quality time at a This was posted on Google+…

Two-year-old Abandons Parents, Sibling to be Devoured by T. Rex This is the most adorable thing you'll see today. Back in 2009, YouTuber tfoust1012 took their son to the Heard Natural History Museum's animatronic dinosaur exhibit. This was posted on Google+…

Supermoon: the perigee moon of 2012 The night sky on May 5 was animated by the once-a-year cosmic event of the perigee moon. Popularly known as the "Supermoon", the moon appears much larger above us when the elliptical orbit brings it … This was posted [...]