March 28, 2024

Seismic upgrade approved for Granville Street bridge

Vancouver City Council has approved a 5-point-6 million dollar seismic upgrade of the Granville Bridge. Graham Construction and Engineering have the contract. A special council meeting the morning unanmously voted to award the contract a month early to that firm, giving the contractors more time to prepare for construction. The city says it will be … [Read more...]

Be careful how you upgrade your tech gear

An Alberta man updated his iPhone and lost all his text messages. Now, to get a copy of his messages, he's taking Telus before the BC Supreme Court. Sean Hall with Telus says the case is not out of the ordinary. Anyone who wants to get a copy of their text messages has to petition the Court, "We have a responsibility to protect the privacy of third … [Read more...]

Locals say dangerous road needs upgrade

Residents of Langley Township say it's a dangerous stretch of road that needs to be widened. Yesterday, 16th Avenue was the scene of yet another crash, this time near 208th Street. An elderly couple from Surrey was killed when their S-U-V collided head-on with a dump truck. Township Mayor Jack Froese says improving the busy east-west connector … [Read more...]

Microsoft launching Windows 8 on October 26th for new and upgrade customers

The title says it all, folks -- Microsoft's newest operating system will hit the masses starting on October 26th, nearly three years to the day after the launch of Windows 7. Just days after the company previewed Office 2013, we're now told that Steven Sinofsky has affirmed the date at MS's annual sales meeting, but it's not clear if that's a … [Read more...]

“Iron Man 3” Gets A $60 Mil Upgrade?

Latino Review reports that, following the success of Joss Whedon's "The Avengers", Marvel Studios has decided to bump up the budget of "Iron Man 3" from $ 140 million to $ 200 million. Marvel is notoriously cheap when it comes to their films, but the runaway success of "The Avengers" has apparently only fuelled the need for them to 'top … [Read more...]

Translink to upgrade ticket machines to fit new coins

Translink says ticket vending machines will undergo upgrades, in order to make them accept new one and two dollar coins. The new coins are lighter than previous versions, and aren't being accepted by current machines. Translink says new machines along the Canada Like require a software upgrade, while older machines on the Expo and Millenium lines … [Read more...]

Christie offers 4K upgrade kit for 2K projector that you couldn’t afford to begin with

For the eight millionaires who've been watching the pre-release of Killer Elite on their in-home Christie CP2230, we've got exemplary news for you: your already-amazing image quality is about to get even better. The same projector that was chosen to reside in the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City -- and the same one that … [Read more...]