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Telus releases the rugged Motorola DEFY Android phone

April 5, 2011April 5, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 2.2, canada, DEFY, launch, Motoblur, Motorola, phone, release, smartphone, Telus0 comment

Already available on T-Mobile in the US since November 2010, Motorola has decided to bring the rugged DEFY to Canada. This mid-range Android smartphone stands out from the competition in one major way – its durability. It has a scratch proof Gorilla Glass screen, is water-resistant, dust-proof, and can take a few more drops than your average smartphone. However keep in mind water-resistant doesn’t mean water-proof, so I wouldn’t suggest trying to duplicate the conditions of the image above! While the DEFY is certainly not a cutting edge Android phone,…

Bell and Virgin Mobile release the HTC Incredible S and Bell updates Mobile TV

April 4, 2011April 5, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 2.2, Android 2.3, Bell, canada, Gingerbread, hands-on, HTC, launch, Sense UI, smartphone, superphone, video, Virgin Mobile2 Comments

The HTC Incredible S is now available on both Bell and Virgin Mobile. This Android smartphone, the latest from HTC, was first shown at this year’s Mobile World Conference, on Feb 15th. It is incredible, then, that it came out in Canada so quickly. We usually have to wait at least 2 to 3 months for the latest phones to get here from the US and Europe.

The Commodore 64 lives again, sort of

April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 Doug Groves Amiga, C64, C64s, Commodore, Commodore USA, HTPC, ION2, nostalgia, Nvidia ION2 Comments

Remember the Commodore 64? In its heyday day, it was the best selling computer of all time, and over the years a number of case modders have managed to cram a fully functioning PC inside the case. Now Commodore USA hoping that nostalgia will help revive the form factor with modern internals on a more ‘official’ level.

Featured Science

Saturday Morning Science 009

April 2, 2011April 4, 2011 Pete Chapman future shock, grey goo, nanotech, paranoia, Saturday Morning Science, velociraptors5 Comments

Is Grey Goo the New Yellow Peril or Just Another Red Dawn?– Future, how I fear thee, let me count the ways. Long before one succumbs to future shock there is future anxiety. To the best of our knowledge we are the only species on the planet that builds fallout shelters, frets about asteroid collisions and establishes religions that posit an end to the world. If you are waiting for some ethologist to post “Apocalyptic Cultism Among Ring Tailed Lemurs” you are going to wait a long time and either…

Photoshop on the iPad: Does it change anything?

April 1, 2011April 2, 2011 Danny X Adobe, Apple, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, Photoshop for iPad, Photoshop Lite2 Comments

Am I getting an iPad? Well that’s a fairly loaded question, filled with doubts and questions as to the practicality of such a purchase. I mean, it’s not a phone, and it’s not a laptop, and given that my day job means I spend a lot of time in teh photoshopz, the iPad doesn’t really fill a productivity niche for me, short of the ability to present concepts and materials to a small group in a quiet room. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want one.

Acer Iconia Tab to arrive in May (Windows and Android)

April 1, 2011April 4, 2011 Doug Groves A500, Acer, Android, google, Honeycomb, Iconia, Iconia Tab, Microsoft, multitouch, pricing, W500, Windows2 Comments

As part of its Iconia line, Acer announced a pair of wi-fi multitouch tablets, the W500 and A500 (W for Windows, A for Android). Both tablets sport 10.1″ 1280×800 screens and the Windows will have optional USB keyboard/docks that allow it to be used in a more traditional laptop mode. We’ve received word from an Acer reseller that both tablets should be arriving in Canada sometime next month. The Tab A500 running Android 3.0 has a Tegra 2 under the hood, along with 16GB of storage and will be priced…

Level Up Student Game Showcase

March 31, 2011April 5, 2011 Doug Groves event, HandEye Society, Level Up, Lightbox, mobile gaming, PC gaming, TIFF Bell Lightbox, XNA0 comment

This coming Monday April 4th, OCADU’s game design students, along with the University of Toronto’s computer science crew will be showing off the results of their gaming collaboration at Level Up, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Acer Iconia Touchbook laptop up for pre-order

March 29, 2011March 31, 2011 Doug Groves 6120, Acer, Acer Iconia, Laptop, multitouch, Touchbook, Windows 71 Comment

The Acer Iconia Touchbook certainly raised some eyebrows when it first made an appearance at CES this year, gett. The 14″ multitouch laptop ditches a physical keyboard in favour of a second LCD panel with a full-screen keyboard application, as well as a whole suite of applications designed specifically with the form factor in mind.

Netflix Canada introduces user-controlled data rates and Paramount Pictures

March 29, 2011April 4, 2011 Doug Groves Netflix, Paramount, streaming video, video on demand, VOD0 comment

It’s been a busy week for Netflix, especially when it comes to the Canadian market. When they launched in Canada last fall with its streaming only service, some people were skeptical, as the inital library of titles was a little bit thin, especially without the support of physical media rentals. Since then, the company has continued to add both TV and film titles at a fairly brisk pace. Another concern for many was the restictive caps most Canadian internet users face from their providers.

Xperia Play and Arc hands on (video)

March 28, 2011March 29, 2011 Doug Groves hands-on, mobile gaming, Playstation, Playstation Phone, SCE, Sony Ericsson, video, Xperia Arc, Xperia Play4 Comments

After months of leaked prototypes and endless speculation on the name, Sony Ericsson finally unveiled their gaming smartphone earlier this year with the Xperia Play. Both the Play and the more traditional slate style Xperia Arc will be coming to Rogers this spring. The two devices, while sharing much in the way of innards, are definitely aimed at different mobile market segments.

Upcoming Raindance Canada Events

March 26, 2011April 4, 2011 kingpinlei event, raindance, Raindance Canada7 Comments

Live! Ammunition! Pitching Competition, follow by Boozin’ N’ Schmoozin’ Tuesday, March 29, 2010 at the Drake Hotel This is it! Your chance to pitch your movie idea directly to a panel of top Canadian film executives. These are the people who matter. They are the people who buy scripts – they are the people who decide what will be made and what won’t. Creating a Dynamic Cinematic Vision – April 9/10/16/17 at St. Paul’s Church Why is it that everyone wants to direct, but few take the time to learn…

Computing Featured Science

Saturday Morning Science 008

March 26, 2011March 28, 2011 Pete Chapman Darwin, Miller-Urey Experiments, Saturday Morning Science0 comment

“…a warm little pond” That simple image of a lukewarm puddle comes from a letter that Charles Darwin wrote to botanist Joseph Hooker in 1871, wherein he speculated on the possible, purely chemical origins of life. It is often said that all the conditions for the first production of a living organism are present, which could ever have been present. But if (and Oh! what a big if!) we could conceive in some warm little pond, with all sorts of ammonia and phosphoric salts, light, heat, electricity, etc., present, that…