By MATT HARTLEY, Toronto Globe and Mail

It was the size of a deck of cards, could store about 1,000 songs and no one knew what to make of it.
On Oct. 24, 2001, The New York Times published a story about a quirky new portable music player that was small enough to fit in a pants pocket. The story appeared on page 8 of the paper's business section. Not exactly prime real estate.

The heavyweights of the computer world are looking to go welterweight.

Research In Motion Ltd. RIM is stealing a page from rival Apple Inc.'s playbook as it prepares to write the latest chapter in the ongoing struggle between the two companies for control of the global smart phone market.

Hugues Gregoire spent the past 12 months of his life sworn to secrecy, meticulously combing over every detail of a special project, the specifics of which he was forbidden from discussing with family, friends and even colleagues at Bombardier Inc.

President Barack Obama was still standing on the steps of the Capitol Building when the clocks struck 12:01 p.m. in Washington Tuesday, ushering in his presidency. At that very moment, his administration took control of the White House and its official website, kicking off a new digital age for the U.S. government.

The Internet has proven it can handle television, but is TV prepared to handle the Internet?
For years, technology companies have tried in vain to bring the Internet onto the screen at the center of North American living rooms. Although TV shows have made the migration to the Web, to date, it has been a one-way road.

Punching "customer loyalty program" into Microsoft Corp.'s search engine yields about 12 million hits.
Now the company wants to add another one to the list -- its own Live Search service.

Internet users who noticed a decline in the amount of junk mail piling up in their e-mail inboxes this week should enjoy the respite while they can, because experts say it's unlikely the reprieve will last.

TORONTO -- It's unlikely there'll be a follow-up to the movie "Charlie Wilson's War," but a lawsuit one Canadian journalist has launched against the film's producers has already spawned a sequel.

LAS VEGAS -- Auto manufacturers aren't just crashing the party at the world's biggest technology convention, they're practically stealing the show.