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Sask. schools grapple with Facebook

With students across Saskatchewan returning to school, teachers are divided about whether popular social networks like Facebook have a place in the classroom.

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U.S. hunter's caribou may be record size

A Montana bow hunter may have claimed the largest recorded mountain caribou in the Northwest Territories, which could make it one of the largest in the world.

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Panasonic aiming for half of Europe's 3D TV market

Panasonic Corp is aiming to grab a 50 percent share of the European 3D television market this year as demand outstrips expectations and the technology wins converts worldwide, its head of Europe said on Thursday.

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Canada's astronauts

Nine Canadians have flown into space: eight trained astronauts and one civilian. Canadians have flown on 13 manned NASA missions and two Russian Soyuz missions.

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Samsung reveals tablet PC: The Galaxy Tab

Samsung unveiled on Thursday what the South Korean electronics giant hopes will be a major rival to Apple's highly successful iPad tablet PC.

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Apple TV a first step for more ambitious plans?

Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc's Web-to-TV plans -- a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing -- may just need to wait a bit longer.

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Storm forecast accuracy doubled in 20 years

Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard mathematics have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.

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Canadians in space

Nine Canadians have flown into space: eight trained astronauts and one civilian. Canadians have flown on 13 manned NASA missions and two Russian Soyuz missions.

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God unnecessary to create universe: Hawking

Physicist Stephen Hawking says God wasn't necessary for the creation of the universe.

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N.S. church to bless cellphones, computers

A Nova Scotia church is offering its congregation a chance to have members' cellphones, laptops and mobile technology blessed — but Rev. Lisa Vaughn isn't promising the power of God will rid the gadgets of viruses and other kinks.

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Oilsands water data worth examining: Stelmach

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said Wednesday his government will compare newly published data from the University of Alberta with research already done by government scientists on the impact of oilsands development on the Athabasca River.

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Alberta firm helps probe water in star

Astronomers are closer to figuring out how water ended up in an aging carbon star, thanks to a new space telescope and some help from an Alberta company.

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Apple makes play for TV market; unveils new iPods

Apple Inc unveiled an aggressive move into the Internet-television market on Wednesday, while also rolling out an overhauled lineup of its iPod devices.

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Apple takes wraps off new lineup of iPods

Apple Inc unveiled a snazzier line of its iPod on Wednesday, with new designs for every model of the popular media device in hopes of kick-starting holiday sales.

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Publishers mull last rites for Oxford dictionary

The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the word reference bible of the English language, may never appear in print and instead be accessible only online, its publisher said Tuesday.

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CRTC orders phone rebates

Canada's major telecom companies must rebate phone customers up to $90 each, while spending hundreds of millions of dollars more to expand broadband service into rural communities, the country's telecom regulator ordered Tuesday.

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3D TVs and tablets beckon at Berlin's IFA trade fair

Germans are not known to be a nation of spendthrifts but when it comes to consumer electronics they throw caution to the wind -- much to the delight of exhibitors at Berlin's IFA trade fair starting this week.

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Facebook CEO: Keep private life out of lawsuit

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says a lawsuit by a man who claims to own a huge chunk of the popular social networking website is seeking to uncover needless details about his private life.

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Verdict on genetically modified salmon pending

A final decision on genetically modified salmon raised on P.E.I. may only be weeks away.

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POV: Do you use a digital or print dictionary?

The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary thinks that the printed edition may soon become obsolete thanks to the internet. What kind of dictionary do you use most: paper or electronic?

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