Google breaches Canadian privacy laws,RIM's Balsillie deflects Jobs' reality distortion field

It's happened before and it is likely to happen again. While gathering photos and information for Google's Street View feature in its Google Maps application, the search giant has breached Canada's privacy laws by snagging people's emails and other private information. Canada's privacy commissioner has called Google out while revealing the findings of their investigation.

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Apple posts highest revenue and earnings ever behind strong iPhone and Mac sales

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

iPhone, iPad and even Mac sales have been so strong of late that Apple has hit its highest ever revenue and earnings this quarter. Apple Inc. posted a record revenue of $20.34 billion and sold 3.89 million Macs, 14.1 million iPhones and 4.1 million iPad tablet computers

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Breaking News: BlackBerry "PlayBook" Tablet launched at Developer Conference

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It is called the PlayBook and it is RIM's new 7-inch tablet which features a  1GHz dual-core processor and integrates with user's existing BlackBerry accounts. The PlayBook can handle Flash 10.1 as well as HTML5 web standards as well as Adobe Air integration. Powered by QNX OS which highlights security and stability, the PlayBook is expected to be available in 2011. Video  and photos after the break.

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Mobile browser face-off: Opera Mini vs Skyfire vs Safari vs Firefox vs Internet Explorer

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Ten years ago, the idea that we would be viewing complex webpages on our phones was preposterous. We didn’t have the screens, we didn’t have the broadband speeds and we didn’t have mobile browsers. Well, we didn’t have anything resembling a smartphone either.

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