Ever wish Windows could remember more than just the last thing you copied to your clipboard? Me too, but there’s a way to cure that short-term memory problem.

A new app for iPad lets kids — and kids at heart — create ‘flip book’ animations on their touchscreen tablet.

New Windows PCs often gets a bad rap for something Microsoft can’t control: the software the companies that build them pre-install. But at Microsoft’s retail stores, they’re doing something about the problem of PC bloat.

There have been a lot of new features added to Windows 8, but there are some notable subtractions, too. But will you even notice they’re gone?

Plain’s pot sherd – in 3D!Devin Hill, an archaeologist using 3D imaging to analyze plains pottery, sent me an e-mail and photos last night.  I was puzzling over the problem of holes in my Autodesk 123D Catch models last fall.  Devin came…

If you need a few suggestions for hot digital diversions, the following are 10 sure-fire hits to boot up on your tab, each of which won’t cost you anything to play.

In this week’s Tech Talk radio show, we delve into the wild and wonderful world of Android. During the first half of the show we zoom in on Android smartphones with HTC’s Tom Harlin, while the last half focuses on Android tablets with Toshiba’s Mini Sa…

In this week’s Tech Talk radio show, we talk to Future Shop’s Elliott Chun about recommended gadgets for travellers, and then we swicth gears and catch up with Michael Carabash from DynamicLawyers.com about the online ‘Will-O-Matic’ product.

We’ve looked at a number of iPad apps that let you flex your imagination and creativity — such as the awesome Toontastic, GarageBand, Brushes and 123D Sculpt — and now there’s one to create your very own stop-motion animated movie.

Can books built for iPads be used for rich media journalism?
That’s the question my online journalism students in the MAJ program at the University of Western Ontario are tackling.
And, we’re working with rabble.ca and thetyee.ca to get a made-in-Canad…

Consider it the hottest mobile game since Angry Birds. OMGPOP’s Draw Something has taken the world by storm. Get the skinny on this international phenomenon.

I’m someone who likes to hang out in bars and talk about where to paddle a canoe. It doesn’t happen that often but I’m forever bringing maps along which is fine – because Tyvek is also beer resistant – but inevitably the q…

The CRTC has finalized
its anti-spam regulations,
retaining some notable new disclosure requirements for some software
installations. The requirements were opposed by the
Entertainment Software Association of Canada and Research in Motion,
who bo…

The classic board game gets a modern makeover. Here’s what you need to know about The Game of Life zAPPed Edition.

Microsoft’s latest technology learns your voice and translates it into any one of 26 other languages.

The big news in the tech world yesterday was the launch of Apple’s latest iteration of the iPad. For those of us suffering the quintessential first world problem of being stuck with the hardware of only an iPad2 this means we are left to hope for so…

The big news in the tech world yesterday was the launch of Apple’s latest iteration of the iPad. For those of us suffering the quintessential first world problem of being stuck with the hardware of only an iPad2 this means we are left to hope fo…

Can’t decide whether to capture a scene for posterity as a photo or a video clip? Why not turn it into a Microsoft Cliplet?

How do you breathe new life into one of the most popular video games of all time? If you’re like the guys at independent game studio Stabyourself, you take the protagonist and update his arsenal.

Canadians who file their taxes with TurboTax are often confused by the different product choices available. Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, sells the product in five different flavours: Basic, which retails for $19.99, Standard, which sells for $39.99, Premier ($69.99), Home & Business ($99.99) and TurboTax 20 ($129.99). Intuit’s website comparing the features available in [...]

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