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Enter search term:     Newest Oldest Closest Match                                                   Total Articles:  Date: 5/21/2013 Title:  Microsoft's Xbox revamp: Is the sun setting on game consoles? With the rise of mobile and social games, the revival of PC gaming and a general proliferation of options for both developers and players, some are wondering whether game consoles matter anymore, writes Peter Nowak. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Netflix and the rise of binge TV watching Netflix has been giving viewers the opportunity to watch entire new seasons of TV shows in one sitting and — for better or for worse — many have been doing just that. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Vancouver link to Hadfield's space guitar A Vancouver company says it will re-start production of a guitar that was used by Chris Hadfield in space, prompting thousands of dollars in new orders. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Xbox launch Tuesday highly anticipated Microsoft's next-generation Xbox expected to be revealed Tuesday, and anticipation for the entertainment console's latest evolution is running high. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Anteater's birth in female-only pen stumps zoo staff Confused Connecticut conservation officers are wondering how a female anteater, who has given birth at the centre, conceived without a male in the pen. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/20/2013 Title:  Yahoo buys Tumblr blogging site for $1.1B Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an internet icon that had fallen behind the times. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/19/2013 Title:  Astronaut Chris Hadfield adjusts to 'earthling' life Canada's space ambassador, Chris Hadfield, is still readapting to life on this planet after spending 146 days in zero gravity as commander of the International Space Station. For now, though, he's taking his homecoming one step at a time. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/18/2013 Title:  Bell Mobility to appeal ruling in 911 lawsuit Bell Mobility says the company plans to appeal a Northwest Territories Supreme Court ruling that says the company is liable for charging 911 fees to customers that aren't receiving the service. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  High Arctic research station saved by new funding Canada's northernmost research lab won't have to shut down after all and will be able to resume year-round operations, with the help of a new grant from the federal government. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  Why some Canadians want to die on Mars More than 80,000 people have applied for a Dutch non-profit organization's proposed one-way trip to Mars. Anna Maria Tremonti, host of The Current, spoke to four Canadians — two Mars one applicants, a member of the Mars One team, and astronaut Julie Payette — about whether it's a good idea. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  Is warp speed possible? Star Trek Into Darkness hit the big screen this week, taking moviegoers back to a science fiction universe where starships are capable of warp speed, crossing light years of interstellar space in minutes. But is that scientifically possible? And if so, how? View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  Fracking may jeopardize Gros Morne UNESCO status Gros Morne National Park's status as a world heritage site may be in jeopardy due to plans for controversial oil exploration on Newfoundland's west coast, CBC News has learned. UNESCO is looking for answers about the proposed fracking near the site. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  Chris Hadfield's translator: Q&A with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen While Chris Hadfield was returning from the International Space Station on Monday night, another Canadian astronaut was offering his own unique play-by-play of the action as the Soyuz capsule plunged to Earth. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  2 earthquakes felt in Ontario and Quebec Two earthquakes near the Ontario-Quebec border could be felt across both provinces this morning. View Article By line: No By line Available. Date: 5/17/2013 Title:  Google buys B.C. firm's quantum computer for NASA lab A quantum computer made by Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems has been purchased by Google and installed at a NASA lab to solve problems requiring 'creativity' — something that conventional computers aren't good at. View Article By line: No By line Available.