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Corel gets sweetened buyout offer of $4 per share from largest shareholder

Corel gets sweetened buyout offer of $4 per share

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Canadian media giant Canwest enters bankruptcy protection after restructuring its debt

Canada's Canwest enters bankruptcy protection

TORONTO — Canwest Global Communications Corp. entered bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after reaching a deal to restructure its debt with lenders.

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Canadian media giant Canwest to seek court protection while it restructures its debt

Canada's Canwest to seek court protection

TORONTO — Canwest Global Communications Corp. said Tuesday it will file for bankruptcy protection under a deal with a key group of lenders as Canada's biggest media company seeks court approval to restructure its debt after months of negotiations.

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Facebook agrees to give users more control, addresses Canadian privacy complaints

Facebook agrees with Canada on privacy controls

TORONTO — Facebook agreed Thursday to give users more control over the information they share with outside applications like games and quizzes in response to concerns raised by Canadian privacy officials.

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Boston gears up for new bike-sharing program that would be nation’s largest, with 2,500 bikes

Boston gears up for biggest bike-sharing program

BOSTON — The city is entering talks with a Montreal-based company to create what would be the nation's largest urban bike-sharing system.

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Canada’s privacy commissioner says Facebook violates privacy laws

Watchdog: Facebook violates Canadian privacy law

TORONTO — Canada's privacy commissioner accused Facebook on Thursday of breaching Canadian law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts.

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WolframAlpha review: Too specific and too technical - will it make us dumber?

wolframalphaWhen a free Web service called WolframAlpha launches in the coming days, the general public will get to try a "computational knowledge engine" that has had technology insiders buzzing because of its oracle-like ability to spit out answers and make calculations. Which has a bigger gross domestic product, Spain or Canada? What was New York City's population in 1900? When did the sun rise in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 1973? How far is the moon right now? If I eat an apple and an orange, how much protein would I get?

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Canadian researchers reveal how they cracked Chinese spy scam on Dalai Lama

TORONTO - A 34-year-old international relations student and part-time tech geek Meet at Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies tried everything to track down a piece of malicious software that had infected computers around the world, including those in the offices of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

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