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Research In Motion lost 21 per cent on the TSX on Friday – plunging to the lowest level in five years – as investors responded to slower BlackBerry sales and analyst downgrades.

When did you last scan a QR code? Was it during last week’s Republican debate? Or maybe that ad for a free Coke at Wendy’s. It probably wasn’t on a coin. But the Dutch are changing that with QR-coded currency. More »

Picket lines are down and travel ease expectations are up as Air Canada customer service and sales staff return to work a day after a tentative agreement was reached three days into a walkout.

Locked-out Canadian postal workers hoped to win more public support across Canada Friday, but it looked like an uphill climb.

We’ve all heard it before: Too much stress will give you gray hair. But is that true?

The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency workers represented by the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union could be on strike as of midnight Friday, after SGEU issued a 48-hour strike notice.

The bloodbath continues today for RIM. After announcing disappointing financial results and declaring their upcoming devices will be delayed, the market is reacting and their share price is currently down over 20%, or $7.00/share. To make matters worse their 6th biggest shareholders with approximately 10.2 million shares has lost faith, selling over 50% of their stake in the company.

Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd had about $361 million tied up in RIM stock but Chairman Stephen Jarislowsky said “We are on the way out. The stake has been reduced by more than 50% or even more… They are resting on their laurels… Steve Jobs is a much better marketer than RIM”.

What do you think… will RIM make it back to the glory days?

Source: FP & Yahoo!

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The Samsung Galaxy S II has yet to make its US debut, but it looks like our neighbors to the north will be getting it as early as next month. Yesterday, Canada’s SaskTel announced via Twitter that it would launch the phone “within the next month,” making it the first North American carrier to confirm the S II. Earlier this month, it looked as if Verizon would be the first to bring the device to the New World, but our hopes were crushed when the carrier debunked rumors of a July launch. It remains to be seen whether Sasktel’s announcement will pave the way for a wider North American release, but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear more.

Galaxy S II coming to SaskTel next month, we embark on northward migration originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An astonishing one in seven computer users may have received phone calls from scammers posing as support engineers, Microsoft is warning.

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Well, it looks like Microsoft is taking those warnings about WebGL pretty seriously. The company has decided not to support the web-based 3D standard because it wouldn’t be able to pass security muster. Highest on the list of concerns is that WebGL opens up a direct line from the internet to a system’s GPU. To make matters worse, holes and bugs may crop up that are platform or video card specific, turning attempts to plug holes in its defense into a game of whack-a-mole — with many players of varying reliability. Lastly Microsoft, like security firm Context, has found current solutions for protecting against DoS attacks rather unsatisfying. Lack of support in Internet Explorer won’t necessarily kill WebGL and, as it matures, Microsoft may change its tune — but it’s still a pretty big blow for all us of hoping the next edition of Crysis would be browser-based.

Update: As is usually the case Apple and the Windows folks are on opposite sides of this one. In fact, the Cupertino crew plans to bring WebGL to iOS 5 with one very strange restriction — it will only be available to iAd developers. Now, chances are it will eventually be opened up in mobile Safari for everyone, but for the moment it seems browser-based 3D graphics will be limited to advertisements on the iPhone. Still, that’s another big name throwing its support behind the burgeoning standard.

[Thanks, Greg]

Microsoft decides to pass on WebGL over security concerns (Update: iOS 5 supports WebGL, sort of)) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RIM, the maker of BlackBerry, was absolutely destroyed yesterday in the stock market. But that’s just part of the story. RIM is screwed. More »

Riots following big sporting events have become predictable. But they are usually celebratory sports riots. What makes Vancouver stand out, both in 2011 and 1994, is that its street mayhem followed the home team losing the big game.

Despite the labour dispute, postal workers will be delivering two million public pension and government cheques across the country on Monday, June 20.