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Anxiety grows over flood threat in Newfoundland town
AOL Canada – 16 hours ago
Emergency personnel in central Newfoundland are keeping a round-the-clock watch on the Exploits River, where flooding once put a town into an icy grip.
Badger on Flood Watch VOCM
Badger under flood watch St. John’s Telegram
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Environment Blamed in Western Tree Deaths
New York Times – 4 hours ago
By MIREYA NAVARRO Rising temperatures and the resulting drought are causing trees in the West to die at more than twice the pace they did a few decades ago, a new study has found.
Climate shift 'killing US trees' BBC News
Study: Global warming decimating old-growth forests at stunning rate Globe and Mail
Reuters – Scientific American – Los Angeles Times – Washington Post
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CRTC reveals most Canadian ISPs filter P2P traffic
TechSpot – 21 Jan 2009
By Justin Mann, TechSpot.com ISP filtering isn't new and it isn't relegated to the US either. With the amount of attention being paid to Comcast recently, a lot of people around the world have begun to look at their ISPs and wonder exactly what happens …
All Major Canadian ISPs Slow Traffic G4 TV
Canadian ISP's Intentionally Make P2P Slow Tom’s Guide
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Samsung A836 phone designed for rugged environments
Digital Home – 21 Jan 2009
If you're the kind of person who works outdoors or under physically demanding conditions, then you may be interested in the new A836 rugged phone from Samsung.
Canada's Rogers adds two rugged phones to lineup Electronista
Rogers Adds to Rugged Lineup With the Samsung Rugby A836 and ZTE … IntoMobile
MobileWhack.com – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Unwired View – Boy Genius Report
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Flying flag in the Arctic could cost Forces 3 million a year …
The Canadian Press – 8 hours ago
OTTAWA – Flying the flag in the Arctic could cost the Canadian military as much as 3 million annually, says a series of internal Defence Department cost estimates.

Province Looks to Tame Out of Control Gambling
Saskatoonhomepage.ca – 7 hours ago
Saskatchewan gamers may be looking at a new way of playing VLT's in the future. The provincial government is looking into Smart Card Technology.
Drivers face 4.5-cent hike at the pumps CBC.ca
Canadian province considering trial use of smart cards to restrain … RecentPoker.com
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Researchers develop tool to bury racial bias, forge understanding
Times of India – 21 Jan 2009
WASHINGTON: One way of reducing racial bias could be to help people differentiate between faces of individuals of a different race, according to the latest study.
Racial Bias Decline With Ability To Identify Different Races MedIndia
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Elgato releases EyeTV 3.1 update, now with TV Guide support
Ars Technica – 20 Jan 2009
By Justin Berka | Published: January 20, 2009 – 09:29AM CT When Elgato released a new version of the EyeTV Hybrid tuner stick at Macworld Expo, the company also released a new version of the accompanying EyeTV software.
Elgato updates up EyeTV to 3.1 NetworkWorld.com
EyeTV Embraces TV Guide, Adds Season Passes Zatz Not Funny
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BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Bound for Telus Next Month?
Mobile Magazine – 8 hours ago
If history has taught us anything, it's that the CDMA world has a tendency to lag behind the GSM side of things when it comes to nabbing the latest handsets.
CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Coming to Telus This February IntoMobile
A CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip? Seems so, and Canada could get it in … Unwired View
Phones Review – Electronista
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Games vs Music, Music vs Games
p2pnet.net – 21 Jan 2009
p2pnet news view Music | Games:- Despite economic downturn, Canadian consumers spend big on video games. That was the headline to a Canadian Press story pulled by in M&M’s World headlines yesterday.
Retail PC Game Revenues Decline 14% in 2008 DailyTech
Recession, eh? Canadian game sales break records Ars Technica
Tom’s Hardware Guide
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