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The worst service blackout in Research In Motion Ltd.’s history is finally over, but now the BlackBerry maker faces the daunting challenge of attempting to rebuild the shattered trust of millions of users.RIM founder and co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis issued a video apology Thursday to the millions of BlackBerry users affected by the service blackout, [...]

A second private school in Ontario has removed its Wi-Fi Internet system, citing health concerns, the latest go in a continuing public debate over the safety of wireless devices.A group called the Safe School Committee said Tuesday that Wayside Academy in Peterborough, Ont., has done away with its wireless Internet, citing a declaration from the [...]

About 2,500 people watched live as an Ontario woman scooped up her newborn son from the bottom of a tub after giving birth and watched him take his first breath.Nancy Salgueiro’s whole delivery was live-streamed on the Internet as viewers from as far away as Norway, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Afghanistan and Australia tuned in. “He [...]

NEW YORK – When rock stars die, any trinket connected to their history soars in value. And certainly, Steve Jobs was the tech equivalent of a John Lennon or Jimi Hendrix.

Yahoo Inc.’s new gaffer administrator is preparing a significant restructuring of the Cyberspace visitor, including layoffs that could cut thousands of employees from its payroll, according to a technology blog.

TOKYO — Sony said Wednesday it suspended 93,000 accounts on its online entertainment networks after a large number of unauthorised sign-in attempts, months after a huge breach forced it to halt some services.

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumour, according to the death certificate.

A man who was not the initial target of a police search of his house found himself squarely on their radar after they took a look at his confiscated cellphone.

Environmentalists have warned that the Dead Sea would not survive a significant period of drought after learning that it all but disappeared 120,000 years ago during high temperatures.

In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, the U.S. space agency said Monday the Kepler space telescope has confirmed its first planet in a habitable zone outside our solar system. Spinning around its star some 600 light years away, Kepler-22b is 2.4 times the size of the Earth, putting it in [...]