Motoring: Mini Countryman supersizes the Mini line

Living large: The Mini Countryman is the largest Mini and the first with four doors

We're finding the 2011 Mini Countryman strangely appealing. It is Mini's crossover and it comes with 4 doors, a larger interior and a 4-wheel drive variant. This can be the Mini that's both practical and fun with a variety of engine and accessory choices.

Mini head designer Gert Hilldebrand explained the idea of a larger Mini was something the automaker struggled with.

“But Mini customers — those with children or extra stuff to carry around or who can only afford one car — demanded we build this car,” Hilldebrand stated.

The 2011 Mini Countryman is available in Canada starting at $27,850.

Wind Mobile under siege, ownership and control challenged

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Wind Mobile was the first of the new entrants that shook up the Canadian telecoms industry a year ago. With over 250,000 subscribers,  Wind Mobile now finds itself beleaguered because its controlling company, Globalive (which is a subsidiary of Egyptian giant Orascom) failed to meet Canadian ownership and control requirements in the telecom sector. Could this be the end of Wind Mobile in Canada? What will happen to their susbscribers?

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Review: HP Photosmart eStation all-in-one C510 printer

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Who gets excited about printers? Printers, after all, are pretty straightforward and somewhat "dumb" devices, right? Even the all-in-one multifunction models focus on a handful of tasks. Print, copy, scan and fax, no biggie. Well, HP's Photosmart eStation C510 has our heart racing. This all-in-one , which comes with its very own (sorta kinda) Android tablet called the Zeen, is probably the smartest printer we've ever seen.

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A Sneak Peek at Google's upcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS

Launched recently at Google's headquarters the Android OS developed for tablets (said to work on smartphones, too) Android OS 3.0 Honeycomb seems to offer exciting functionality. If you have an hour or so to kill, you can view Google's launch event and presentation in its entirety after the break.

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