Wednesday February 22 2012
Keeping in touch with the Community

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and their partners at the Canadian Anti Fraud Center (CAFC) are warning that if someone calls you claiming to be able to protect your computer from viruses, your best bet is to just hang up the phone.

A Souvenir Elementary School student, whose academic future was compromised when kidney problems kept him from class while he underwent hemodialysis, is getting better grades thanks to some innovative teleconferencing technology.

A 10-year-old Laval boy, born with a serious back problem that might have stopped him from becoming an astronaut, may one day see his dream come true.


Humankind has stored more than 295 billion gigabytes (or 295 exabytes) of data since 1986, according to a new report based on research by scientists at the University of Southern California.

The stock clerk in the Canadian Tire store seemed quite certain, as a customer shopping in the electronics aisle reached for a $15 antenna.
“Forget about those,” said the clerk, pointing at the set of rabbit ears, a time-honoured gadget that more recently has at least kept budget-conscious people free from enslavement to cable.

End of an era

US $100 bill.

If you’re in charge of purchasing or leasing aircraft for a major airline, your options are pretty limited. You can go with America’s home team, the venerable and truly massive Boeing.

No competition from AMD so Intel fights itself
Probably the biggest, most influential story you will read this month is that Apple has signed up for Light Peak. At first sight you might think that it's nothing special but this news is something that has ramifications for the whole industry for years to come.

Seemingly taking his cue from a British scientist who claims that wireless networks in schools could cause genetic defects, a St. Catharines, Ont. university dramatic arts department head has issued a warning of his own, while denouncing government denials of the problem as “false and misleading statements.”

Health Canada: safe

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