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A video camera, a camera that focuses, voice activated dialing and a compass. On the surface, those are the only real hard and fast differences between iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, which was released today. Is it worth the upgrade? Read more...

Last year at the Montreal International Game Summit I had the privilege of meeting Donna Mei-Ling Park, the Co-Host of The Electric Playground. It was my first experience at a major international gaming event and I was a little nervous and very excited to meet Donna (she was great company!). Recently I had the rare opportunity to turn the mic around on Donna (she's so used to running interviews!) and ask her a few questions about her work at EP, as well as a bit about her personal life. It was a really fun interview to do and I'm sure everyone here at the Future Shop Tech Blog will enjoy it! Read more...

These days it's pretty common for people to set up a wireless router at home, even if you only have one laptop to connect to it, and while setting up routers is a lot easier that is was only a few years ago, there are still things you can do to get the most out of your WiFi at home. The best part is that most of these tips are very easy and take only a couple minutes to do. Let's get going then... Read more...

The new iPhone 3.0 software was released yesterday, and with it a promise of a more powerful performance for all, but not necessarily a faster speed - for that, you'll need the new iPhone 3GS which will be released tomorrow morning. The new iPhone 3.0 software does address some performance issues, so I thought a comparison experiment of new and old would be in order to see how impressive the software upgrade is. Read more...

I remember the moment like it was yesterday. It was about two weeks prior to E3 2006 when Nintendo's Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Perrin Kaplan, made an astonishing announcement regarding Nintendo's next-gen console, code named Revolution. Read more...

We all know that we should keep our software up to date, but sometimes it's hard to know when apps are updated. Sure Windows and Mac OS X let you know when they have updates, but what about the rest of your stuff? Easy, just check your email. Read more...

I am sure that if Sherlock Holmes (or Basil the Great Mouse Detective for that matter) was given the mystery of what is a good RAW conversion engine, he would come up with: "Elements, my Dear Watson". Elements as in Adobe Elements that is. Having already covered digital workflow I am just going to jump into the deep end of the pool. Read more...

There's less than a week til Father's Day it's time to pony up to the bar and get Dad what he really wants - a big ass tv. Read more...

Today you'll see a lot of buzz about a new version of the sturdy Opera browser. Only, the buzz isn't about the browser -- it's about the server. And the file-sharing framework. And chat. And an always-on internet-connected computer. With me so far? Read more...

Since I've had ESAC on the brain lately, I thought it would be interesting to discuss a press release the industry group issued earlier this month that reports on the major impact Canadian game development studios made at this year's E3 Expo. Read more...

Yes, I mangled the free software movement's handy, pocket-sized explanation Free, as in Beer but the title stays with my minor modification. Free, as in free eBooks are a very interesting medium. They're light on your mobile devices storage, they're very entertaining, and they save trees. What more could you want? A standardized reader? Piffle...you can't have everything, or can you-- well almost. Here's why. Read more...

Some people just want their phone to be a phone. Or a phone, with a camera, facebook and music. It's true: not everyone needs to have applications to access stocks, level photo frames and document accidents for insurance purposes. Sony Ericsson has some new models out in the past few weeks that slim down some features and beef up others. Instead of trying to be a little bit of everything, they take the task of being an expert in a few fields. They find a focus and superserve it. Read more...