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Researchers say a deer-sized, plant-eating dinosaur that roamed Saskatchewan 66 million years ago is a new species.

Pinches of salt at the ready, folks. According to the latest speculation, Microsoft's sequel to the Xbox 360 will actually be two models, a pared down set-top box for casual gamers and a heftier model for the hardcore. Either way, Xbox 720 / Xbox Loop's getting paired up with a revised version of the magnificent Kinect hardware. The digital grapevine's saying that Kinect 2 will be able to read your lips, track your fingers and sense the tone of your voice to determine if you've come over all …

Hide morning and night hours in Calendar. Posted by Oleksandr Kyreiev, Software Engineer How often do you have something scheduled at 3am? What about 10pm? If the answer is almost never, you might wan…

Carriers and manufacturers still often recommend the use of task killer apps on Android to speed up your phone and save battery life, but they can actually do more harm than good.

Some new vehicle owners are complaining their cars consistently use much more gas than Canadian figures led them to believe they would.

Have you been hoping to experience a Panasonic boom up close and personal, but found yourself in the wrong locale? The Japanese electronics giant wants to change all of that by expanding its Android lineup to Europe and North America, according to Nikkei. The company's said to be in talks with a "major telecommunications firm" in Europe to bring several devices to the continent as early as this spring, and is aspiring to eventually make it to North America and other Asian countries. This line…

If man evolved in Africa, where did man's best friend come from? Scientists thought the first dogs came from the Middle East, but a new study of dog genetics suggests they actually come from one small…

The Chevy Volt's lithium-ion battery may be great for a lot of things — like low gasoline-dependency, for instance — but when it comes to government regulated crash tests, it's proving to be a fiery problem. As the story goes, back in May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration put a Volt through standard side-impact crash testing, and in doing so, "the vehicle's battery was damaged and the coolant line was ruptured." The big issue? The car went up in flames multiple weeks later…

Game MVP Travis Lulay threw two second-half touchdown passes to lead the B.C. Lions to an exciting 34-23 Grey Cup win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday.

NASA's Mars-bound spacecraft lifted off Saturday morning, carrying a six-wheeled rover that will explore the red planet.

According to the European Court of Justice, ISPs can't be forced to institute wide filtering polices to try and curb piracy, since such a policy would be a violation of users' 'fundamental rights.' Read more…

Death doesn't need to stop you from doing all the things you enjoy, as long as the things you enjoy are pretty basic. Certain bodily functions continue for minutes, hours, days, and even weeks after …

The next big thing is already here. See why everyone is talking about the Samsung Galaxy S II.

A lot of you read Giz using Google Chrome — which means a good percentage of you should be interested in the news that Chrome will soon have plug-and-play gamepad support added.

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Looking for something fun to do with the family over the holiday weekend? Why not huddle up in front of the old laptop with some Pirates of the Caribbean? Or perhaps Alice in Wonderland and Pixar's Cars are more your speed? The Google-owned video streaming site announced today that movies from Walt Disney Studios have begun creeping their way into its rental selection. The selection of films is the first of hundreds from Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks.Disney films begin storming YouTube's magic…

A helicopter helping to install a Christmas tree on the Auckland, New Zealand, waterfront crashed dramatically Wednesday, but the pilot escaped serious injury.

We've already explained how many of the famous cases of "spontaneous combustion" may actually occur but that doesn't make this case any less strange. Last weekend, a man standing outside a record sto…