Get Ready For Amazing Northern Lights, No Signal

According to astronomers, a massive solar flare triggered on Jan 22nd is sending electromagnetic particles towards Earth… right about now. In fact, it’s the largest solar storm to hit our rock since 2005 and will smash into the planet around 9 a.m. EST.

Solar eruptions or Coronal Mass Ejections, as they’re called, affect everything from the aurora borealis to communications infrastructures and satellites. This particular geomagnetic storm that we’re about to experience is being rated as an M9-class disturbance, which put it on the medium-high scale for solar storms, just below an X-class flare. And you know by the ominous title… you don’t wanna be around no X-class sun storm.

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RIM’s Co-CEO’s Step Down

Longtime Co-CEO’s of Research in Motion Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis say it’s time to pass the baton, ushering a new face into the spotlight. Thorsten Heins, the company’s COO, has officially taken the reigns of the struggling company.

The change in leadership is effective immediately.

Thorsten told investors his first priority is to assign a new head to the company’s marketing unit, but he maintains drastic change isn’t needed for the company to revive itself.

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Untethered Jailbreak Arrives for iPhone 4S and iPad 2

The wait is finally over! After months of teasing we have now seen the first release of an untethered Jailbreak for not only the iPhone 4S but for the iPad 2 as well.

GreenPosion claims its team of hackers have been working on the exploit every since Apple’s A5 chip was unveiled last March. In fact, the website claims “thousands of hours” of behind the scenes work went into the release.

“I don’t know if any iOS hacker anticipated how much the A5 chip would completely change the game & up the stakes. The endless war we fight to jailbreak has become more & more difficult with each new device released, and our recent battle against A5 only proved this further.”

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Google Shutting Down Picnik

The Picnik is over! Google has announced it is shutting down the online photo editing site for good.

The site’s homepage explains Google plans to integrate the photo editing service into Google+, leaving those who aren’t part of the Google+ club out in the cold.

Google is trying to sugar-coat the news by giving everyone access to Picnik Premium for free. Of course that will come to an end once the site closes its doors for good on April 19th.

What do you think of the move?

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US Cellular Network Launches Exclusively for Canadians

Canadians have always had to bite the bullet when it comes to roaming rates in the US. While Canadian carriers advertise great deals on roaming, anyone who has traveled south of the border knows you pay a pretty penny when it comes to using data in the US. Now a Canadian company aims to solve the problem by launching a US network designed exclusively for Canadians.

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Resident Evil 6 Decapitating Consoles November 20

Word ran around the web pretty quickly today about the unannounced reveal that the latest in Capcom’s long-running Resident Evil franchise is dropping on Xbox 360 and PS3 just in time for holiday impalement this year with the PC version to follow.

Many outlets are reporting that the story will follow not just Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield, both of whom have partners to team up with, but a third unnamed playable character (not Ada Wong, but she’ll be in there playable later) and will be a globe-trotting experience not simply situated in one locale like many (many) of the games before it. All three player characters will be available from the outset and players can switch between storylines whenever they feel like it. Eventually, they all get together for a group hug, presumably.

Jump past the break for the official trailer featuring President Zombie!

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Is RIM Going “All In” on a Single New BlackBerry?

There’s no denying Research in Motion has seen better days. The company has struggled to keep up with the times and is quickly losing ground in the smartphone market. Now rumours are circulating the Canadian tech giant company is looking to fight its way back into our hearts with a new BlackBerry device.

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Top Pirated Games of 2011

What do Mario and Marcus Fenix have in common? They both happen to star in the top pirated console games of 2011.

According to Torrentfreak, 1,280,000 people downloaded Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii over the past year. In fact it’s a double whammy for Mario as the same title also took top spot in 2010 as well.

Xbox pirates appear to love Marcus Fenix and the Gears of War franchise. Gears of War 3 was downloaded more than 890,000 times.

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Google says “Let it Snow”

Need a break from all that online Christmas shopping? Google has added a neat little Easter egg just in time for the holiday season.

Type in “let it snow” into the search engine and sit back and watch as tiny flakes begin to gently fall from the top of your screen. After a few seconds your screen will begin to frost up making it difficult to see the pages. In order to clear your screen you can either hit a “defrost” button or scrape the snow away using your mouse.

Fun for about 30 seconds…

Google says ‘Merry Christmas’ with Free Calls

Google is getting into the holiday spirit! The Internet giant has just announced it is extending free domestic calls within Canada and the US through 2012 via Gmail. That means if you live in North America you can call loved one (and mistresses) for free as long as they liven within Canada or the US.

For those of you who want to call overseas Google says “Bah Humbug”! You’ll have to pay for those calls!

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