EBay not responsible for phoney merchandise, court rules
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | 9:24 AM ET Comments3Recommend11
The Associated Press
EBay Inc. has scored an important victory in court as a federal judge said companies such as jeweller Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.
'Brand owners have to be vigilant. That's the message.'—Anthony LoCicero, lawyer
Tiffany had sued eBay in 2004, arguing that most items listed for sale as genuine Tiffany products on eBay's sites were fakes.
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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/15/ebay-tiffany.html New Guns N' Roses song to debut on game sequel Rock Band 2
Upcoming game also to include Bob Dylan, AC/DC
Last Updated: Monday, July 14, 2008 | 4:53 PM ET Comments4Recommend13
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose, seen here performing in 2002, chose to debut a new track from his long-awaited album Chinese Democracy on the upcoming Rock Band 2 video game. (Beth Keiser/Associated Press)-->
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/14/rockband-gnr.html?ref=rss Intel rolls out new computer chips
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | 11:05 AM ET Comments2Recommend9
The Associated Press
Intel Corp. introduced a new batch of chips for laptops Monday that promise longer battery life and better graphics-rendering abilities, the company's latest salvo against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Both companies seek to capture the attention of computer buyers looking for crisper high-definition video playback on their laptops and less battery drain, a difficult balancing act.
The latest from Intel is its new Centrino 2 "platform" — a package that includes a processor, related chipset and wireless communications chip.
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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/15/intel-centrino2.html Government urged to spend spectrum proceeds on broadband
Last Updated: Monday, July 14, 2008 | 5:56 PM ET Comments17Recommend26
Liberal industry critic Scott Brison says broadband is as important as roads and railways. With the auction of cellphone airwaves having raised more than $4.2 billion and nearing its end, an increasing chorus of voices is calling on the government to invest in broadband internet access to prevent Canada from falling behind the rest of the world.
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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/14/tech-spectrum.html?ref=rssAstronomers warn northerners against sungazing during eclipseSkygazers are sending a strong message to northern Canadians keen on watching next month's solar eclipse: never look directly at it, or else risk permanent vision damage.
YouTube to keep user details away from ViacomViacom has backed off its demands to gain access to the viewing habits and personal data of YouTube users, information it had originally asked for in its copyright infrigement case against the video-sharing website.
Undersea volcanic rock could house greenhouse gases, scientists sayU.S. scientists say an ocean floor bed of volcanic rocks southwest of Vancouver Island could act as a natural storage facility for millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide gas.
Steven Page, lead singer of Barenaked Ladies, has reportedly been arrested on drug charges in New York. (CBC)
Panasonic's RP-HC500 noise-cancelling headphones. (Panasonic Canada) Solid state drives have no moving parts and use silicon chips to store information, making them more durable than a traditional hard drive. The thin black rectangles on the solid state drive circuitboard to the left side of the picture are the solid state drive's memory chips. (Courtesy Toshiba)
A traditional hard drive has a delicate read/write head on an arm that moves across a spinning platter, as seen in this cutaway view of a hard disk. (Courtesy Seagate)
