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Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD TECHNOLOGY LAS VEGAS -- TECHNOLOGY REPORTER For a glimpse into the future of the world's biggest electronics show, look to a Canadian researcher who's building a [...]

Byline: SHANE DINGMAN, OMAR EL AKKAD TECHNOLOGY SAN JOSE, CALIF. and TORONTO -- Acknowledging there is no one-size-fits-all solution in the mobile industry, Apple Inc. is wading into a product [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY REPORTER With Apple Inc. dropping down a weight class and Microsoft Corp. entering the ring for the first time, this week marks the closest [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD REVIEW / THE NEW IPAD Sharper screen By far the biggest improvement in the new iPad is the screen. Whereas it's difficult to tell the iPad [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD PRODUCT REVIEW For almost a year, I've wanted to recommend the BlackBerry PlayBook as the best alternative to Apple's iPad. Now, I finally can. What has [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD AND IAIN MARLOW TORONTO and SAN FRANCISCO -- After a year of stumbles, Jim Balsillie is predicting a turnaround for Research In Motion Ltd. The BlackBerry [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD AND Kim Mackrael COVER STORY / TECHNOLOGY You might have missed it if you blinked, but there was a moment this month when, for perhaps the [...]

Byline: Omar El Akkad BUSINESS TICKER / NORTH AMERICA / TECHNOLOGY Research In Motion Ltd.'s PlayBook has become the first tablet to be certified for use by the U.S. federal [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD TABLET COMPUTERS TECHNOLOGY REPORTER Research In Motion Ltd. will sell its PlayBook tablet at almost exactly the same price as Apple's iPad 2 and in twice [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY REPORTER Less than one year since Apple single-handedly created a new consumer technology market with the iPad tablet, the company is set to unveil [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD and IAIN MARLOW TECHNOLOGY When the upscale Ritz-Carlton Hotel opens in Toronto next month, guests will be able to view the drinks menu at the hotel [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD TECHNOLOGY SAN FRANCISCO -- TECHNOLOGY REPORTER In the smart phone war, Research In Motion Ltd.had several years' head start on Apple. In the tablet war, RIM [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY REPORTER Research In Motion is working on a tablet computer - a device once thought to be mainly a vehicle for consumer entertainment, but [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY REPORTER They spent billions of dollars making the traditional cellphone obsolete. Now, just as the smart phone revolution takes hold, the world's biggest technology [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY REPORTER The iPad's rite of passage became complete when the first YouTube video surfaced showing someone smashing it to bits with a baseball bat. [...]

Byline: OMAR EL AKKAD THE APPLE IPAD TECHNOLOGY REPORTER The Apple spiderweb continues to grow. The lasting impact of yesterday's announcement of the company's much-anticipated tablet computer won't be the [...]