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On March 25th Xbox Canada celebrated the launch of its newest gaming service for Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows, Game Room, with an unforgettable 80's throw back bash at Toronto's all-new Pop Nightclub (formerly known as Fluid Lounge). The Game Room service lets players download and compete in classic arcade and console games in their original forms. Game Room was officially launched on March 24, 2010. Read more...

The iPad arrived on American shelves today while Canadians will have to wait until the end of the month. These 3 weeks will be a great cooling off period for Canadian gadget heads that resisted the urge to cross the border to buy today. We will be afforded a period of sober second thought to determine if it's something worthy of all the drooling. Read more...

In which I compare Kick-Ass to my prom night, insult Michael Bay, and talk about my love of comic books. Read more...

April Fools day is pretty much over--and the bit where you're allowed to fool each other (before 12 p.m.) is well over. So, now is a perfect time to round-up all of the best video game related pranks pulled across the web! Read more...

I just got the inside scoop that Future Shop is upping the tech ante for B.C.'s schools with a new program to produce and the new iSlate tablet device for students. Working with one of the oldest tablet technologies available to give students a flexible, re-usable, and cost-effective table-based device. Read more...

The future of the web is about to shrink. No longer will we "surf" around to different sites, instead all we need will be on a few pages of bookmarks. Welcome to the new app world order. Read more...

As I said yesterday with 10.6.3 dropping and then rumors of iTunes 9.1 coming soon (closer to the iPad launch was conventional wisdom), we're all in pre-iPad launch day mode. I guess like the old "Think Different" campaigns, Apple broke with conventional wisdom and iTunes 9.1 dropped today. Read more...

Earlier this month I visited the Disney Interactive Studios HQ in downtown Toronto to check out U.K developer Black Rock's newest game Split/Second, the smash 'em, crash 'em action-arcade racing game. Leading me on my guided tour of the game was Jay Green of Black Rock Studios - creator of the 2008 hit quad-bike trick racer Pure -- and lead developer on this exciting new racing title. Read more...

Today I'm going to delve into a facet of social media or writing that's not often discussed or obvious, yet is a benefit to blog authors and owners, and often encountered by visitors to blogs. FYI: This article refers to an arrangement on my personal blog, and doesn't reflect my situation with Future Shop. I'm writing about it because I find it a very interesting facet of marketing and blogging, and I believe you too may be interested in. If so, then... Read more...

Cafe culture is about to change. If you're one who likes to get out of your dingy dungeon at home and check out a cafe to get some freelancing done in the afternoon, you just might find yourself evicted. Read more...

Okay, maybe the last two are over the top, but word on the street is the a new version of iTunes will be pushed out this weekend to go with the launch of the iPad (you want fries with that?). From MacRumors, Gizmodo, and MacLife there are improved Genius mixes and automatic encoding supposed to be in the works. Read more...

We've been seeing chatter about dev builds of 10.6.3 for over a month now. It almost seemed like this update wasn't ever going to drop. Thankfully the update dropped today and from the list of fixes and improvement, this is a good one: Read more...

Later this week the much ballyhooed (yes, I've been wanting to use that word in a post for a long time!) Apple iPad will make an appearance in the hands of an 'Early Adopter' near you. And, after taking a look at the cool new tech, you may consider acquiring one of your own. Read more...

Apple wins because of its esthetic. Or at least that's the reason it can charge more for it's hardware than other manufacturers - their devices are simply beautiful. Read more...

On the cusp of the iPad launch, you can bet there would be a lot of news and rumors about the upcoming launch. So, yes, I've touched (sorry) on it, but there was a bit of other news happening this week too... Read more...