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Since it’s weekend, let’s start with some good news we can all be happy about. The United Nations has declared internet access a human right, and has called upon all nations to not instate any laws that have the power to cut people off the internet, with France and the UK being singled out because they passed three strikes laws.

With its double-decker design and posh interior perks, this concept train from Australian firm Hassell could one day zip the denizens of the land down under across the outskirts of their island continent at hundreds of miles per hour. More »

Windows: If you manage photos, music, or even lots of documents, you know what its like to have copies of the same file in different folders. Duplicate Commander can scan those folders and remove the duplicates, but it can also take things a step further and replace the dupes with hard links, so you’ll never open a folder and wonder where the original document lives. More »

In this week’s app roundup: HDR Video, ported to the iPhone; iWork, shrunkified; Coca Cola, documented; Sports pictures, sent to your phone; 3G and Wi-Fi connection, checked; videos, time machined; ideas, connected; puzzles, hardest ever and much, much more. More »

A 21-year-old page loses her job after walking onto the Senate floor during the speech from the throne to protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

RIM has officially released a free app for users in Canada and the States called “BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing”. The app integrates with your calendar in your BlackBerry and lets easily schedule and join a conference call. A reminder notification will pop up when a conference is starting but if you loose the connection RIM has built in the ability to rejoin the call with one-click.

Get it here in the BlackBerry App World.

Related posts:

1. LinkedIn for BlackBerry now available for download
2. OS 6.0.0.534 for the MTS BlackBerry Bold 9780 now available for download
3. Twitter for BlackBerry now available to download

Ultraviolet rays that can cause sunburn and skin cancer are at unusually high levels in Canada this year, due to record ozone loss above the Arctic this past winter, Environment Canada warns.

Sony’s been hacked again, with over a million SonyPictures.com accounts lifted, containing vital personal information like home addresses. Is yours included? We’ve got an exclusive, easy database to check. Just enter your email address, and see if you’ve been compromised: More »

Default results for Google Search have been updated to show users more images up front when it appears that they’re actually looking for images. If a user types “pictures of monkeys,” “monkey photos,” “monkey imagery,” or something similar, a grid-layout block of Google Images results for monkeys will take the entire top section of the search results. [The Official Google Search Blog] More »

Nate Silver, stats wiz and predictor-extraordinaire, has set his mathematical mind on something a little sexier than the electoral college: sex. His findings? If you want to do that (sex), go out on a Wednesday. Why? Data explains! More »

Only about one in 10 plugged-in Canadians are viewing internet content on their televisions but the trend could soon
“grow rapidly” since it’s finally becoming easy to do, suggests a new report.

Windows only: If you like to keep your wallpaper changing all the time, Windows’ Aero Glass might look a little weird if its color doesn’t match your wallpapers. AeroWallpaperChanger is a simple app that cycles through your wallpapers and changes Aero’s color scheme to match. More »

If you work for Sony you might want go watch TV right now — there’s something on Discovery about ostriches and sand. Meanwhile, Microsoft just let us know that it’s sold 55 million Xbox 360s globally, which is very probably enough to maintain its lead over the PS3. Moreover, 360 sales in the US are still accelerating six years into its life-cycle, thanks largely to updates like Kinect — and Microsoft boasts that “no other console in history can make that claim.” Huzzah. Now, we’re not ones to snatch the pen from the victor’s hand, but remember: this claim is based on US stats, whereas the PS3 has generally been doing better in other regions. What’s more, neither the Wii nor the PS3 has yet reached its sixth birthday, so the story isn’t over. Nevertheless, the chart after the break does make Microsoft’s performance look damn impressive. Why is it that when you’re down, life just keeps on kicking?

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From the navel-gazing department of legitimacy: The Oxford Dictionaries Online has added the term “lifehack” to “the world’s most trusted dictionary” (along with other internet-y words like ZOMG, NSFW, and newb). Their definition: More »