![]() Globe and Mail | Ellison Brings Hurd Into Oracle Forbes Fresh off his departure as Hewlett-Packard CEO, Mark Hurd has a new job at Oracle. Hurd, who was fired from HP last month amid a sexual harassment scandal, was also named to Oracle's board of directors. The company also announced that Charles Phillips, ... Oracle Hires Ex-HP CEO Hurd as President as Phillips Departs Oracle leads tech action after hiring Hurd Oracle hires HP's former chief Mark Hurd |
Take Athabasca science seriously Globe and Mail Dr. David Schindler found elevated levels of mercury, lead and other toxic elements in the Athabasca River, concluding that the “oil sands industry substantially increases loadings” of toxins into the river. From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on ... Stelmach to Pelosi: Shall we dance? Are Alberta's oilsands developments illegal? Canadian oil sands mining sites poison river downstream |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | What's Up With Google's Bouncy Ball Logo? PC World Google launched another Google Doodle guessing game Tuesday, with a new interactive Google logo that you can manipulate with your mouse. Google replaced its static logo with a set of dynamic colored balls that make up the Google logo. ... Google logo gets bouncy for birthday Google's fancy-pants doodle sucks up CPU Google logo mystery: coloured balls interactive doodle 'celebrating 12th birthday' |
![]() Charlottetown, The Guardian | Embedding: a severe form of self-injury seen in teens CTV.ca TORONTO — By any objective measure, the girl's upper arm was a mess. A painful, pus-filled swelling about the dimension of a paperback novel had brought the 16-year-old to hospital desperate for help. X-rays and other imaging scans discovered the ... Self-Harming Teenagers Spotted by Radiologists Doctors Recommend Ultrasounds To Identify Teen Self-Harm Teens self-mutilate, embed objects in skin |
![]() CBC.ca | Hookers and the Battle for Craigslist PC Magazine Craigslist has been the target of an on-going war against prostitution. It's all a mess of misdirected efforts. Craigslist was browbeaten into removing its adult services subcategory. It had already changed its "Erotic Services" under "Personals" to ... Craigslist 'Censorship' Sparks Free Speech Debate Craigslist Step Won't End Fight Is Craigslist bluffing over adult ads? |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Plants missing bees' buzz Ottawa Citizen Bees pollinate a vast array of plants, from tomatoes and berries to garden and wild flowers. OTTAWA — Common plants in eastern Ontario from blueberries to roses to apple trees are already in ... Bee decline already having dramatic effect on pollination of plants Climate Change affecting Bees Climate Change Affects Bee Pollination in Canada |
![]() CNET (blog) | First Drive: 2011 Hyundai Equus CanadianDriver Palo Alto, California – A $70000 Hyundai? Skeptics may snicker but it wasn't that long ago critics were poo-pooing the $50000 Genesis sedan, a sales success for Hyundai that was voted 2009 Canadian Car of the Year. The new Hyundai Equus full-size ... 2011 Hyundai Equus First Impressions 2011 Hyundai Equus: Playing in the big leagues Hyundai Aims for Happily Ever After With its Bigger, More Luxurious Sedan |
![]() The Guardian | Metroid: Other M: More Samus, less armor San Francisco Chronicle Metroid: Other M is the latest chapter - the 11th game in the series - featuring the armored heroine Samus, and, for the first time, her voice. Metroid: Other M: Action/adventure (Developer: Project M. Publisher: Nintendo. $49.99 for Nintendo Wii. ... Metroid: Other M--Samus speaks Metroid: Other M This week's new games |
students use Facebook to screen roommates Montreal Gazette OTTAWA - Megan Lane was looking for two qualities in a roommate: someone who is in her program and who wouldn't mind if she is loud from time to time. The 17-year-old from Minnedosa, Man., ... Facebook helps take the edge off move-in day Using Facebook to find roommates? Custom Companions |
![]() Reuters UK | Google to start TV service in US this autumn Reuters Google CEO Eric Schmidt delivers a speech at the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) consumer electronics fair in Berlin, September 7, 2010. BERLIN (Reuters) - Google will launch its new service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this ... Google to start TV service in US this autumn Google TV hits Europe in 2011 CEO Schmidt: Google TV service to start this fall |