Technology

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Welcome to flirting in the digital age.
In an era where social networking is increasingly omnipresent, tech-savvy individuals now can let their fingers do the talking when it comes to connecting with a prospective Mr. or Ms. Right.

The federal privacy watchdog is looking into a new complaint about Facebook, the popular social networking site.
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said yesterday the complaint focuses on a personal-settings tool introduced by Facebook last month.

Canadians should get a crack at Apple’s new iPad by March but some industry watchers warn that while the tablet computer is priced right, the ongoing cost of using it in Canada may be a major turnoff.

SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — People have walked to the altar dressed in it, protected their garden plants with it, even put it on display at highbrow art museums.
Mostly, they like the sound it makes when they destroy it, piece by piece, which largely explains the appeal of Bubble Wrap, the stress reducer disguised as package cushioning that maintains an inexplicable hold on pop culture.

TORONTO — A $7-billion investment in Ontario by Samsung and state-owned Korean Power Electric Corp. will help the province become a leader in manufacturing green energy technologies that it can export to the United States and elsewhere, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have always said they put their principles before profit, even to the point of using their control of the company to take a stand.

MONTREAL — Your dishwasher and dryer could soon be listening to the radio.
The CBC and Toronto-based e-Radio-Inc. have unveiled a new technology that harnesses the power of FM radio to activate household appliances at energy-saving times of the day.
The made-in-Canada technology uses a micro-chip receiver which is installed in a home appliance to receive FM signals.

This is supposedly the year 3-D television becomes the hot new thing.
Updated sets and disc players are coming out, and 3-D cable channels are in the works.
But it’s not clear the idea will reach out and grab mainstream viewers.
Besides having to spring for expensive new TVs, people would have to put on awkward special glasses to give the picture the illusion of depth.

LAS VEGAS — This is supposedly the year 3-D television becomes the hot new thing: Updated sets and disc players are coming out, and 3-D cable channels are in the works. But it’s not clear the idea will reach out and grab mainstream viewers.