New Google Bar

google take away the bar at the top of your screen to give you back some space with the brand new way to navigation google. i think all a lot better then it is the way now. but let us know what you think about it in the comments.

Just launch a new chatroom

We have just launch a chatroom that everyone can join and talk tech with us. But we want to help you with your tech as well as just talk tech and you can join the chat easily by going to irc.technewscanada.ca which will take you to a chat

Google+ Gets Two Its Own TV style Commercial

google seems to really want google+ to work now that were start to see google style tv Commercial or make there just going to run them as pre-roll on youtube

Censor the net

Google went a step further with it's censorship of search results.

Late last year, the search giant blocked instant search and auto-complete for torrent searches, now they will block them all together. Is it a coincidence, with SOPA, the bill introduced into the House of Representatives in late October, is close to being passed on to the Senate?

Is Google running scared, and trying to stay out of the line of fire, from angry SOPA supporters?

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the European High Court overturned a ruling of a Belgian court, ordering a Belgian ISP to filter "ALL" it's internet traffic to prohibit peer-2-peer file sharing, on the grounds of it violating fundamental rights of the customers that are protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU.

hmmm....

I like the European system better.

Wonder what our Canadian governments next move will be. Will Mr. Harper allow for such violation of fundamental rights to happen, and cozy up to the Canadian music and film industries, or protect the citizens of this country from harm.

This is obviously a very touchy subject for many, including myself. Time, and many letters and e-mails to your MLA's will tell.

Sources: The Verge, ARSTechnica

Canadian businesses are in the dark (cloud)

What is the cloud?

How do you as an IT professional explain this concept to your boss and his bosses. How do you convince them, that something they can't see or touch, is worth paying money for.

Microsoft Canada's recent survey painted a pretty clear picture on where Canadian business stands when it comes to cloud computing.

• 19% of companies that said they weren't using the cloud, actually were!
• 67% of those companies that weren't using the cloud, said they knew to little about it to make a proper decision at the time.

Cloud computing is reality today, but it might not be for everyone.

IT professionals and CEO's need to have an understanding on what cloud computing can do for their business and what risk factors it brings along with it.

Is it saving cost by putting your entire web site/email service in the cloud, or is data security of health records your main goal.

Don't just go with the cloud, 'cause it's the new thing everyone is talking about. Do your research, and understand where your priorities lie.

Source: Microsoft Canada

Day long strike in Chinese hardware factory

The human rights group China Labor Watch (CLW) has reported a day-long strike by 1000 workers at a Jingyuan Computer Group plant that supplies Apple, amongst other western technology companies, with components such as keyboards.

The strike ended up being dispursed by police and a riot squad.

The rioters protested the work conditions and the amount of overtime (up to 200 hours), amongst other things. The company now has agreed to cut mandatory overtime hours and allow workers to come into work on Saturdays, which by Chinese law are mandatory overtime days.

China's labor movement still has a long way to go to reach equality with western work standards, but I am glad to see the positive outcome of this strike.

Way to go my Chinese brothers and sisters. From one union brother to another! In solidarity!

Source: The Verge

Dollar Store aniac

I Almost didn't write this column as Richard recently covered this, but I'm going to anyway as some things are a bit different. Today I'm gonna cover neat stuff I also found at the Dollar Store.
In my first photo I show a nice case I got for $2. Inside the case I keep my Kindle and a handier stand (I find) that folds out large enough for the Kindle as well as an iPad.
This arrangement I find handy as I am constantly piling stuff on my tabletop and can better protect the screen. Dollar stores are a treasure trove and I have several items I can show in future that may delight and amaze you in future columns.

The Social Network 2 (Official Trailer)

Do i have some question about this trialer do you think this movie is a real thing that the movie company will make let us know in the comment? Also let us know if this is some you would see?

Tech News Canada Podcast Update Show

we are moving our podcast feed so to get new show and the new feed please goto podcast.technewscanada.ca

we have also just roll out a reddit for our podcast where you can submit story and vote them up and down for the podcast so we know what you like to hear about on the podcast you can get to it by going to reddit.technewscanada.ca

we like to have some story for the podcast that we will be recording later today
thank you

Game subscription app pulled from app store

Yesterday I reported on The BigFishGames subscription app debut on the app store.

For reasons unknown, even to BigFishGames, Apple pulled the app from the App store after only one day, according to a MacRumors article.

BigFish founder Paul Thelen seemed surprised as well, saying that Apple and BigFish Games had been working together for the past few weeks, making sure all the requirements would be met, which they were.

Apple declined to comment to Bloomberg, who did the story, and also had not reported back to BigFish Games on why the app was pulled.

Tom Anderson. You are the baby daddy!

I picked up this story from the fine folks at Gizmodo, and I damn near fell out of my chair laughing. There is not much of a tech connection, other than Tom Anderson (everyone's first friend on MySpace) being involved (well, kinda ...).
The Maury Povich Show, as most everyone will know, showcases the tragedies of today's single parenting and the denial of sexual contact by young males with young single mothers. (took me a while to come up with this G-rated version)

Back to the story:
This guy accuses Tom Anderson to be the father of his girlfriends child, because the infant has blue eyes and a fair complexion. I guess that covers a lot of people, but Tom Anderson was her first friend, and only white dude, on her MySpace friend list! That sealed it for this young fellow, and of they went to the Maury Show, for all of our entertainment.

The obvious punch line here is, that Tom Anderson is the first friend everyone has on MySpace. Hence, let's hope that cute little baby does not get his smarts from his daddy (unless it really was Tom).

Source: Gizmodo

EA gets hit with class action suit

The BC based gaming company, Electronic arts (EA), has been hit with a class action law suit over a broken promise to it customers (those using PS3's).

When EA opened up pre-orders for Battle Field 3, they promised a copy of Battle Field 1943 to their PS3 customers, along with the game. Playstation 3 uses Blu-Ray disks, which offer extra storage capacity to allow for these kind of extras for Sony console owners.

Later on, it was quietly decided to scrap the idea of including the extra game, without notifying the customers, especially those who pre-ordered and promised the extra game.

At one point EA announced it's decision with a single tweet, but not with a company press release, which it should have.

Needless to say, a class action suit was started against EA never mind all the angry basement gamers screwed out of their free game.

Source: Digital Trends

The Disney - YouTube Deal

Walt Disney Corp. and YouTube struck a deal, which will bring hundreds of movies to YouTube, according to this TechCrunch article.

Disney is the fourth major player to partner with YouTube, following Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers, who are already offering their movies through YouTube.

The rentals will start as low as $1.99 for older movies, while newer ones will run you $4.99. You will be able to watch them online, through Android phone or tablet, or Google TV (in the US and Canada only).

Sorkin to direct Steve Jobs movie?

Arron Sorkin has supposedly been asked by Sony Pictures to direct the rumored Steve Jobs movie.

Mr. Sorkin has written screenplays for many good shows, including 'The West Wing', 'A Few Good Men' and 'The Social Network'.

He said he is strongly considering the offer.

Netflix Kids section launches on Nintendo Wii

The Netflix 'Just for Kids' section launches today on the Nintendo Wii, according to this article on The Verge website.

The 'Just for Kids' section, so far only available on PC/Mac platforms, is aimed at kids aged 12 and under. The section offers targeted content as well as categories and simplified plot description.

Expect other platforms to offer this service as of next year.

Thumbs up from a concerned parent!

Game subscription on the App Store

Big Fish Games will offer a subscription for games on the App store, according to this article on the Bloomberg website.

The subscription model, which has only been used by news publications, will cost $4.99 to start. Next year, as more game titles become available, the price is set to go up to $6.99. A cost-free, ad supported model, will also be available, all though it will be limited to 30 minutes of game play per day.

Google Pushing Chromebooks

Now that the holiday are almost here I have notic that google has start a big push for chromebooks with a ad at the top of the chrome start page if you have the app/most visited website as you homepage for chrome.

New Podcast Info

Were now making it even easyer to subscibe to our podcast in your iTunes with a brand new Url to get to our itunes page. all you will need to do is goto iTunes.technewscanada.ca. so we hope that now we made it easy that hope to have you download all our podcast from the feed. also if you want to listen to our podcast on the web you can do that by click the podcast button on the top of this page or by going to Podcast.technewscanada.ca.

We Also invite you to e-mail in your comment and feedback on the podcast by just e-mailing Podcast@technewscanada.ca 

Developer creates proxy server for Siri, controls thermostat (video)

How-to: use Google Music from anywhere (yes, outside of the United States)

Now that Google Music has finally clawed its way out of the realm of beta-ware, anybody in the US can sign up to play without an invitation. Of course, that leaves many folks out of the equation, so we thought it a good time to point out at least one other route to let you get involved in the service, no matter where you live. See, the rub seems to be that Google checks your IP address on your first attempt to log in, and accept its terms of use -- only the first time, and yeah, you're definitely going to be ignoring that doc by following this guide.


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Source: engadget