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Rogers promises to end internet throttling
Rogers has promised to stop "throttling" internet traffic on its network by the end of this year, in response to an investigation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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Hubble images reveal galaxy similar to Milky Way
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a barred spiral galaxy — a galaxy similar to our own and expected to give astronomers a better insight into the Milky Way.
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Rogers promises to end internet throttling
Rogers has promised to stop "throttling" internet traffic on its network by the end of this year, in response to an investigation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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Hubble images reveal galaxy similar to Milky Way
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a barred spiral galaxy — a galaxy similar to our own and expected to give astronomers a better insight into the Milky Way.
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Life on Mars unlikely on dry surface
Mars has been arid for more than 600 million years, making the planet's surface too dry and hostile to support any life, according to new research based on soil analysis.
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Anonymous hacks police websites worldwide
Hackers have taken over the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.
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Social media users post ads for profit
PowerVoice, a peer-to-peer marketing platform, has been gaining popularity since its launch in December. The site allows social media users to get paid for recommending brands and products. What do you make of this concept?
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2 new Kepler planets with double suns discovered
A team of NASA scientists has discovered two new planets, each of which revolves around its own double suns.
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Ottawa Human Library
Human Library took place Jan. 28 at five different branches of the Ottawa Public Library and at the Canadian War Museum.
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Butterflies inspire bug-size flying robots
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are studying how butterflies flutter to help design bug-size airborne robots that can mimic these manoeuvres to carry out reconnaissance, search-and-rescue and environmental monitoring missions without risking human lives.
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NASA orbiter views far side of the moon
A camera aboard a NASA lunar spacecraft has beamed back its first images of the far side of the moon.
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Telesat to spend $40 million to expand broadband in Arctic
Satellite services company Telesat says it plans to spend $40 million to expand and modernize the broadband equipment and infrastructure serving Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Yukon.
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'Angelic' Steve Jobs impersonator promotes Android tablet
A Taiwanese tech company is being criticized for an advertisement featuring an actor dressed as an 'angelic' Steve Jobs.
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Hacked neo-Nazi websites reveal Canadian connections
Hackers intent on exposing groups that promote racial hatred have revealed the names of dozens of Canadians allegedly associated with white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizations, CBC News has learned.
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Groundhog Day prophecies mixed on spring's arrival
Nova Scotia groundhog Shubenacadie Sam and Ontario's Wiarton Willy are predicting an early spring after emerging from hibernation without seeing their shadows. But their American counterpart disagrees.
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$750 tortoise stolen in Saint John — again
An expensive tortoise has been stolen, again, from a Pets Unlimited store in east Saint John.
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New species of ancient crocodile discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of a prehistoric crocodile based on a fossilized partial skull specimen that was found in Morocco and held by the Royal Ontario Museum for several years.
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