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Farmville might be the de facto farming game on account of its popularity on Facebook, but both its browser and iPhone iterations are kinda ugly. Also, what if you hate farming, and love the click-and-wait style of gameplay? Play We City. More »

Xmarks—our favorite bookmark-syncing tool—closes its doors in January 2011. That’s horrible news for millions of loyal Xmarks users, but the world doesn’t have to end. Here’s how to continue using Xmarks by hosting your bookmarks on your own server. More »

Gmail updated today with a new option that allows users to turn off its trademark threaded conversation view for a more traditional email inbox. More »

The Fall 2010 Xbox 360 dashboard update brings some sports, some Zune integration and a fairly sizable UI change. Here’s how it works. More »

The country’s population, as of Canada Day 2010, stood at an estimated at 34,108,800, led by growth in Western Canada.

It was a feature missing from the “New” Google Docs, but now it’s back and probably better than it was. A comprehensive revision history is now included with each word document, with text coloring for each collaborator and a full timestamp for every revision. You can see the edits by choosing “See revision history” from Docs’ File menu. [Docs Blog] More »

That 7-inch tablet Michael Dell confirmed the other week? It’s launching in a matter of weeks, and an even larger one similar to the iPad’s size will trot out in 6 – 12 months’ time. More »

When we reviewed the $150 Kobo e-reader this summer we liked the value it offered, but didn’t particularly appreciate the poor performance nor the missing wireless connectivity. Now it’s back, a new version offering fixes to those two issues (the system works!) and selling for $10 cheaper to boot. The new Kobo Wireless eReader adds WiFi into the mix, enabling on-device book downloads whenever you’re in range of a suitably accommodating hotspot. There’s also a new processor to speed things up, but at this point we don’t know by how much. That question will be answered on November 1 when the thing starts shipping in your choice of three colors (black, silver, and lovely lavender), but as it’s currently up for pre-order now at Borders you’d better hurry and make with the clicking if you want yours by the holidays.

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New Kobo eReader gets wireless connection, faster processor, pretty colors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xmarks, the bookmark syncing service formerly known as Foxmarks, announced today it will close its doors and delete its users’ data on January 10, 2011. The always-free, cross-browser syncing service couldn’t find a business model, it seems, especially among newer auto-syncing browsers. More »

The iPad’s finally got some competition; in the past few weeks, the HP Slate made a brief appearance, the Samsung Galaxy Tab debuted, and just BlackBerry unveiled its business-minded PlayBook today. Here’s how they all measure up: More »

Rather than continuing to push its currently limited blogging platform, Spaces, Microsoft has partnered with Automattic to provide WordPress.com blogs to all Live Spaces users.

Craving expandability and better spam protection, the Live team chose WordPress as its ideal platform partner due to WordPress’ impressive track record. Powering 8.5% of the…

Today, ElcomSoft is integrating a wireless sniffer into Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor. The integrated sniffer turns Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor into a one-button, all-in-one solution ready to be used by corporate security officers without specific experience in information security.

Call us crazy, but if you’re a C-level security officer with no specific information security experience then maybe you shouldn’t be sniffing people’s data packets. Then again, we’re sure ElcomSoft will happily sell their $1,199 pro software or $399 standard edition to any hacker willing to pay, white hat or not.

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ElcomSoft turns your laptop into a one-touch WiFi cracking system originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Playing solitaire’s a nice way to pass the time. Playing solitaire in a gyroscope-controlled cosmos of twinkling stars is an even nicer way to pass the time. So download the gorgeous Awesome Solitaire app for iOS, free all weekend. [iTunes] More »

“Sesame Street” executive producer Carol-Lynne Parente was taken aback by the amount of complaints the PBS…

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Fittingly called Ultimate Speed 120, Videotron’s latest internet access service is raising Canadian heartbeats today. Starting out in Quebec City and eventually expanding to the whole province, this broadband package will give users access to a 120Mbps information superhighway, complete with 20Mbps upload lanes. There are monthly usage caps, of course, set at 170GB down and 30GB up, but you can break them so long as you’re willing to pay the surcharge. The broadband itself costs 160 Canadian bucks a month, though you can cut that down to C$150 by bundling it with a TV or telephony service. That’s not exactly a bad deal, but given the choice, we’d still rather go live in Chattanooga.

[Thanks, Gary]

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