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.
Dressing Up Your iPad 2
April 4, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
With the new and improved iPad 2 hitting the Canadian market, it opens the doors to some real cool and innovative accessories. And whether your interests lay in fun, fashion or just good old solid protection, there’s nothing more important than keeping your new iPad 2 well-dressed for any occasion. READ MORE AT G4 Canada
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.
Read more… AT CANOE TECH BLOG
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
A Cure for Inflation? Apple has an “App for That”
March 25, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
TROY MEDIA, TORONTO, ON, Mar. 25, 2011/ Troy Media/- There seems to be no end in sight for rising commodity prices. With a barrel of oil once again skyrocketing north of $100 and gold setting new records on its way to $1500 per ounce, it won’t be long before we really start seeing significant price increases in the staples we buy every day.
So it’s nice to know that Apple has an “app for that”.
Review: iPad 2 – it delivers!
March 25, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Steve Jobs called 2011 the Year of the Tablet, but right now, it’s more like the Season of the Tablet. With the highly anticipated iPad 2 is finally hitting stores today in Canada and with the Motorola Xoom and the BlackBerry PlayBook right on its coattails, we’re going hands-on to see if the “totally redesigned” iPad 2 lives up to its expectations.
Read more… FULL ARTICLE AND REVIEW AT CANOE TECH BLOG
Spring has sprung tablet release announcements
March 22, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
While it’s now officially Spring – although you wouldn’t know it by the amount of snow on my front lawn, the fresh new season brings to Canada a new crop major announcements and a new breed of tablets that will soon be among us.
Read more… AT CANOE TECH BLOG
