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Boeing took a huge — both literally and figuratively — step in the development of the largest commercial jet in its history when the 747-8 took to the skies for the first time. Granted, the airframe’s cargo version has already logged over 1,600 hour…

If you thought the Airbus A380 was huge, you were right up until yesterday, when Boeing unveiled the brand new 747-8 Intercontinental, a near-supersonic massive commercial airliner that can fly at speeds of up to Mach 0.98, or 7 knots shy of breaking t…

It’s the plane so nice, they unveiled it twice. Boeing once again presented its long-awaited and much-delayed 787 Dreamliner to client All Nippon Airways, but this time the goods were officially delivered. After taking the wraps off the airliner ear…

The federal government is serving notice that it is willing to legislate an end to the Air Canada strike as early as Thursday if the airline and its customer service and sales staff fail to reach an agreement.

The union representing customer service and sales staff at Air Canada has given the airline a 72-hour strike notice.

Air Canada customers are speaking out about the airline’s practice of intentionally removing checked baggage from smaller aircraft – to avoid exceeding weight limits – but not telling the departing passengers.

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On April 13th, 2006 we released Google Calendar to the world. What started as an experimental project by several Googlers has grown to become a service that millions of people rely on every day. From photog…

Imagine printing an important email from your Chrome notebook on your train ride to work, then finding the completed printout in the printer tray when you reach the office. Or printing your airline boarding pass from your smartphone to your home printe…

United and Continental Airlines will merge to form the world’s largest airline, the two companies said Monday.

We’re not quite sure why HP didn’t bother setting one of these up at CES, but the company’s so-called “wall of touch” is apparently already in use by a handful of companies in prototype form, and HP has now shown it off to The Wall Street Journal. Interestingly, while you’re welcome to touch the wall all you want, you don’t actually have to, as it makes use of a camera-based system and a magnetic strip to detect where you’re pointing and when you near the wall. Of course, HP is mostly pitching this one towards companies intending to use these in public spaces (Continental Airlines has one of the first at the Houston Airport), but HP does say that if there’s enough interest it will turn it into a “mainstream product” — albeit a mainstream product that costs anywhere from “a couple thousand dollars” to $100,000 for something with more advanced features like HD video conferencing. Head on past the break for a quick video overview.

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