There are plenty of sad stories in the tech world these days: RIM continuing to struggle along, sagging iPhone sales ahead of the new release, the declining number of subscribers to AOL's dial-up service…

Wait, what?

Apparently, there are still three million people in the U.S. who continue to pay for AOL's dial-up Internet service. As if that wasn't mind-boggling enough, those three million also generate about one-third of the company's revenue, according to SplatF. They also report that the subscriber losses for the company were less than half of what they were a year ago.

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Ten years ago, AOL was at the height of its glory with 25 million subscribers in the U.S., and while the numbers have dropped dramatically over the years, they seem so have plateaued somewhat in the last two:

Now before you start thinking that Canadians are so much more advanced and all get on the web through broadband or better, consider

REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniThe role of social media in this Olympics is unprecedented. Yet while it is offering lots of positive improvements to the coverage, there is one major drawback: All that Twitter usage is actually interfering with television broadcast coverage.

Mashable reports that spectators using Twitter managed to block the times of racers, which are sent via tiny GPS transmitters on the bikes. The BBC blamed the Olympic Broadcasting Service for not getting the information out, but IOC Communications Director Mark Adams says it was all the mobile data being sent that stopped them from getting the necessary information and sending it to the broadcaster.

"From my understanding, One network was oversubscribed, and OBS are trying to spread the load to other providers," said Adams to The Guardian. "We don't want to stop people engaging in this by social media but perhaps they might consider only sending urgent updates."

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They appeared to have us all fooled, including the New York Times' very own tech columnist, Nick Bilton. But shortly after an opinion piece penned under the name of Bill Keller, former Times executive editor, had been dubbed a fake, the infamous whistle blowers at WikiLeaks have claimed responsibility.

"Yes. We admit it. WikiLeaks (Assange & co) and our great supporters where [sic] behind the successful NYTimes banking blockade hoax on @nytkeller," shared WikiLeaks via Twitter.

The confusion began late Saturday night when the Times' appeared to publish an intriguing piece from Keller entitled 'WikiLeaks, A Post Postscript'. The "op-ed" was then tweeted by an account that appeared to be Keller's, and before long the story had reached several influential journalists.

"Important piece by @nytkeIler defending @WikiLeaks and a plea to protect the First Amendment: http://t.co/LO5SBA3G," tweeted Bilton, who has since deleted the tweet, to his more than 120,000 followers.

The story quickly

If you thought we must be getting close to an official Apple announcement as the rumour mill ramps up, chances are, you're right: various tech blogs are reporting that Apple will be announcing its iPhone 5 and iPad Mini on September 12.

According to an iMore blog post, the tentatively-named iPhone 5 will be unveiled in the early fall, and Apple fans can expect to get in line less than two weeks later for a reported September 21 launch. iMore also reports the long-rumoured iPad Mini, as well as a new iPod Nano, will be unveiled on the same day.

[ Related: Apple's iPhone 5 connector to shrink ]

This report backs up the repeated mention of a "fall event" by Apple during a call with analysts last week, Mashable reports.

It also supports a report from App4Phone.fr,  a French website that pointed last week to a September 21 release date for the iPhone 5.

While CNET mentions that this is still in the rumours stage, it's beginning to look like the rumours are indeed true as more and more

Google has officially announced it is bringing a high-speed fibre-optic network to Kansas City, Missouri, as a pilot of its Google Fiber project.

Google Fiber is Google's first foray into the world of Internet providers. It will offer a fibre-optic broadband network service, providing 'gigabit' speeds, or 1000 mbps. The Associated Press reports that it would be about 100 times faster than a basic cable modem.

Local news stations were on hand to catch all the details at Google's big announcement:

In order to take full advantage of the incredibly fast speeds, users will need to get wired networks, NewScientist reports. Even top-end WiFi networks can only reach about 300 megabits, far from the full speed being offered by Google.

That will only be a problem for people

Need to follow the Olympics on the go? There are apps for that

With the London 2012 Olympics kicking off in grand style today, we begin three weeks of gold-medal wins, shocking underdog stories and heartbreaking losses that we'll remember for years to come. And while not everyone is interested in the world's biggest sporting event (don't worry, I hear there's still other stuff on TV), those of us watching eagerly are looking for a way to get all the latest Olympic updates.

There are plenty of apps out there that can help you follow along with the latest Olympic news when you're away from your television or computer. Whether you're using iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Windows 7, we've got you covered:

London 2012: Official Results AppLondon 2012: Official Results App for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Here it is, the official app of this year's Olympic Games. This colourful and highly-graphic interface gives you access to live and calendar schedules, medal counts and detailed information on sports and athletes. You can

While walking past one of those mobile phone carrier kiosks at a local shopping mall, I overheard a sales associate tell a customer the only phone that synchronizes music with iTunes — the popular and free software for PCs and Macs — is an Apple iPhone.

This simply isn't true.

There are a few different — and easy -- ways to sync all your music (and podcasts and audio books) with other smartphones, such as Android.

The simplest way on a PC is to use Microsoft's Windows Media Player which is included in all versions of the Windows operating system.

Simply connect your Android smartphone or tablet to your computer via a USB cable and a small window should pop up with a number of options. Double-click the one that says "Sync digital media files to this device," which has a Windows Media Player icon beside it.

If the Music tab on the left of Windows Media Player isn't already highlighted, click Music and you'll see a list of all the music on your computer. Or you can select a particular

THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-L.G. Patterson, FileLife without the Internet isn't something that many of us are acquainted with nowadays. Almost every aspect of our lives depend on online interaction in some way. One technology writer has decided to temporarily pull himself out of the World Wide Web, and hopes to find out what it looks like from the outside.

Paul Miller, Senior Editor at The Verge announced three months ago that as of May 1, he'd be going without the Internet for one year.

While it may sound like a near-impossible feat, considering Miller's line of work, he says that his job actually makes it easier. Miller has the support of his colleagues and his superiors, and he's writing about his experiences for The Verge. As Miller explains in the video, he writes his posts and hands them off to a co-worker to put up on the website, so he doesn't actually have to go online at all. That doesn't mean his experiment is an easy one, though.

"Who could ever have a real job at this point [without the Internet]?" said Miller in an