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Kia Motors Marks its 10th Year in Canada
Exchange Morning Post – MISSISSAUGA – Kia Canada Inc. marks its 10th year since first arriving in Canada in 1999. In that time, more than a quarter million vehicles have been sold across the country, and the company has grown to employ hundreds of Canadians through its dealer … Kia to introduce hot new MPV concept Kia marks ten years in Canada |
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Do you want Google tracking your every move?
CTV.ca – When The Police wrote the stalker-classic song "Every Breath you Take" they probably weren't thinking that a Google application for your cellphone would make their promise "I'll be watching you" so easy. Google Latitude – a free and fabulous tracking service if you aren … Is Google Latitude getting too much latitude? |
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Antarctic ice melt could shift Earth's rotation: Study
Canada.com – Scientists say the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would have such profound effects it would shift the planet's rotation, sending a bulge of water into the Northern Hemisphere. Sea levels would rise unevenly as ice sheet melts, study says North America at greater risk from Antarctic ice sheet melt: study |
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New licences virtually impossible to duplicate
Vancouver Sun – A new BC driver's licence will be introduced in March using facial-recognition technology that makes it virtually impossible to duplicate and provides protection against identity theft and fraud, Solicitor-General John van Dongen announced Friday. New high-tech BC driver's licences include facial recognition to … Enhanced driver's licence's out next month |
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2009 Mazda CX-7
Autonet – When Mazda first introduced the CX-7 crossover, it stood out like a beauty queen in an ugly contest, but now the styling of this curvaceous cutie isn’t unique anymore, although it’s still an eye-pleaser. CX-9 is sporty crossover Not much new but nothing really needed by Mazda CX-9 – Scott … |
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Bioware Announces New Release Date for Dragon Age: Origins PC
GamingExcellence – By News Staff, GamingExcellence Video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts, announced that the release of Dragon Age: Origins on PC has been rescheduled to the last half of 2009 from the previously announced early 2009 release date, … NYCC 09: Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Age: Origins |
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Preparing for the robot takeover 101
Toronto Star – AP FILE PHOTO This would include kudos from Bill Gates, who dubbed him "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence. New unconventional school to study ways to harness technology's power Google, Yahoo and NASA back Singularity University |
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How Darwin's ideas were twisted into 'social Darwinism'
AFP – PARIS (AFP) – Charles Darwin, born 200 years ago on Thursday, upended our conception of humanity's place in Nature but also unleashed a pernicious justification of social and racial inequality. The essence of Economic Darwinism |
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Alberta urged to halt oilpatch water use
Calgary Herald – A water-scarce future means Alberta should switch from coal-fired power to renewable energy, dismiss the idea of nuclear power, and dramatically reduce the oilpatch's water use by 2020, says a new Pembina Institute report. Pembina releases study on water use |
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Free to learn
Globe and Mail – Windsor, Ont. — In 2006, while shadowing my daughter, then a student at the University of Ottawa, I attended one of Denis Rancourt's classes (Professor Makes His Mark, But It Costs Him His Job – Feb. 6). The Two Languages of Academic Freedom |
