While fun, suspense, excitement and challenge as well as awesome graphics and animation, is all part of a great gaming experience, one other important element of a great game is the sound. And the more you’re immersed in it the better it is. But not everyone has the luxury of having a huge surround-sound home theatre system to crank up and even if you do, the last thing you want are your kids, your spouse and your neighbours hearing gunshots in the wee hours of the morning.
Epsilon hacked! Am I still being phished?
April 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
So I received an email, supposedly from BestBuy.ca, an excerpt shown above, alerting me to the fact that my name and e-mail address have been exposed by “unauthorized entry” into their system. It’s not Best Buy’s system, but rather Epsilon’s, a company who sends out e-mail on Best Buy’s behalf.
CASA forces local Mac society name change
April 1, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Edmonton – With the threat of legal action from the Coalition Against Substance Abuse (CASA), The Mac Owners and Users Society of Edmonton (MOUSE) is being coerced into a name change. The small, humble society never thought it would be a pawn in a political battle brought on by a disgruntled society member.
Apple turns 35 today
April 1, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Apple turns 35 today. Yes, only 35 and that’s no April fools joke. The incredible and continuing journey began on April 1st, 1976 in of all places, Steve Jobs’ garage in Cupertino California. The actual corporation we know today as Apple Inc., was officially incorporated back in 1977 as Apple Computer Inc.
Apple’s WWDC 2011 Rock-Star event sold out
March 29, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Each year, 5000+ Apple developers make the pilgrimage to the five-day Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West in San Francisco. It’s a true geek-week, filled with over 100 technical sessions many digging deep down right to the code level. But you’d think that this event was a rock concert with the $1,599 US tickets for the June 6-10 event, open only to registered Apple developers, selling out in less than a day.
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iPad 2 Vigil 2011, Southgate Centre Edmonton
March 27, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
People, it seems, have gone gaga over the Apple iPad. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs first brought it into this world, there was a line-up for that. And when it finally hit the Canadian market on May 28, 2010, there was a line-up for that, too!Read more… AT CANOE TECH BLOG
Mariner Releases Paperless 2, Adds 65 New Features
March 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Back in December we introduced you to Paperless by Mariner software, an application that really allows you to get all those bits of paper on your desk, in your pocket, glove box, briefcase and purse into a useful electronic format.
iTunes app ratings may vary by country
March 17, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
If you’re like most people, before you download or buy an app from the iTunes or Mac App Store, chances are you’ve likely checked out the ratings of the current version, previous versions, if applicable and read a number of the user reviews. But what you might not know is that if you looked at the same App from the store in a different country, you may get a whole different story which may or may not affect your decision to hit the buy button.
Olympus LS-7 Linear PCM Recorder
February 16, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
The death of audio has once again been exaggerated. Olympus Canada Inc. has added yet another model, the Olympus LS-7 Linear PCM Recorder to its line of sleek shiny metal Linear PCM recorders that give users the ability to get better than CD quality sound in a pocket-sized hand-held device.
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Verizon iPhone 4 good for Canada?
January 11, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
While you can buy an iPhone through any of Canada’s major carriers, Telus Bell and Rogers (Fido too), in the US, your choices are limited to one – AT&T. But that’s going to change. At an announcement made in the Big Apple earlier this morning, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook and Dan Mead, Verizon’s CEO announced that the iPhone 4 will be available through Verizon starting February 10th. READ FULL ARTICLE AT CANOE TECH
