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A few Internet sites are bringing some humour the serious issue of usage-based billing in Canada. A new decision by the CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission)forces all ISP’s in Canadato charge customers for a pay-per-use Internet, and the legislation is truly laughable. CRTCrazy TheCRTCrazysite was created as joke to highlight the ridiculous usage-based rates in Canada. This site has now gone viral and the creator of the site tells us that CRTCrazy is now getting almost 1....

Pure joy often strikes you in the most unexpected places. Take this morning, for example. I woke after an awful night’s sleep, expecting a terrible day, and instead I was met with OCEARCH, a shark tracker app. Wonder what I’m talking about it? Well, OCEARCH is anorganization dedicated to supporting marine life. One of the things it does to try and achieve this is to track marine life across the globe....

The much anticipated all-electric IONIQ 5(you know, the one from Hyundai) willcome with an extra perk for the American drivers. Electrify Americaannounced yesterday an agreement with Hyundaito give owners two years of unlimited charging at the company’s stations. That is so long as the sessions don’t last more than 30 minutes a time. The two years of free charging will begin on the date of purchase and apply to both purchases and leases....

It’s official. Apple will begin taking online orders at 1 a.m. PT, 4 a.m. ET Friday for the iPad 2. The device will be also be available at 5 p.m. PT at all 236 Apple retail stores in the US. The iPad 2 will also be available beginning at 5 p.m. local time at AT&T, Best Buy, Target, Verizon Wireless, Walmart and select Apple Authorized Resellers. The new iPad, which is thinner than your iPhone 4, features a completely new design, dual webcams for built in FaceTime and a new version of iOS....

It wasn’t exactly among the first countriesannouncedby Apple to ship the iPad 2 but due to popular demand, the latest tablet from the Cupertino company is already seeing a supply shortage to the afterlife in Malaysia. During theQingming festival, also known as the tomb sweeping festival, Chinese communities in Asia honor their ancestors by burning fake money or replicas of luxury items. Chinese families in Malaysia, however, rush to buy paper replicas of the popular, new iPad 2 to burn for their dead relatives as part of an old rite....