Googlighting: Microsoft's way of running for 'Office' By: Shane Schick (2/22/2012 8:55:00 PM)
You only had to watch the last federal election in Canada to see how effective attack ads can be. Prime Minister Stephen Harper successfully won a majority government after a barrage of commercials suggested to voters that then-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, who had lived outside the country for ...
Long-awaited RIM PlayBook software update released By: Howard Solomon (2/21/2012 12:56:00 AM)
It took almost a year, but Research In Motion has finally updated its PlayBook tablet with features it believes will appeal to business users looking for a 7-inch mobile device.
Early this morning the long-awaited version 2.0 of the tablet’s operating system was released to an immediate rush ...
How Cisco copes with the BYOD movement By: Howard Solomon (2/9/2012 11:50:00 PM)
Cisco Systems Inc. is one of the biggest IT companies in the world, with a disciplined organization.
But even after it standardized on Windows for its desktops earlier this decade, staff stubbornly brought in devices running other operating systems.
The lesson, attendees at a Toronto telecom conf ...
First Look: Cisco Cius By: Tom Henderson (2/13/2012 9:52:00 AM)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- We had a chance to see the Cius tablet at a Cisco Systems Inc. office in Boston, and while we weren't able to bring it back to our own lab and pound on it, we did get a pretty good feel for what the Cius is and what it isn't. First off, Cius is not a consumer tablet. I ...
IBM analytics breathes new life into data By: Grant Buckler (2/17/2012 1:35:00 PM)
The Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority had a problem collecting contributions from employers. Companies frequently closed and then re-opened under another name to escape debts. In a pilot project using IBM Corp.'s analytics software, the authority identified about 1,000 organizations know ...
Googlighting: Microsoft's way of running for 'Office' By: Shane Schick (2/22/2012 8:55:00 PM)
You only had to watch the last federal election in Canada to see how effective attack ads can be. Prime Minister Stephen Harper successfully won a majority government after a barrage of commercials suggested to voters that then-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, who had lived outside the country for ...
Standard could end hotspot sign-on hassles By: Stephen Lawson (2/22/2012 2:33:00 PM)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Wi-Fi Alliance hopes to simplify the use of Wi-Fi hotspots, making it easier for both users and mobile operators to get off strained cellular networks.
Users of smart phones, tablets, cameras and other Wi-Fi-equipped devices will be able to get onto hotspots without ente ...
UK wants ISPs, telcos to store subscriber data By: John E Dunn (2/22/2012 1:41:00 PM)
LONDON -- The U.K. government will require Internet service providers, phone and mobile companies to store details of all subscriber phone calls, emails, texts and websites visited for a year under plans designed to aid the police and intelligence services.According to a report in the Daily Tel ...
EC to send counterfeiting bill to court By: Jennifer Baker (2/22/2012 1:09:00 PM)
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has bowed to political pressure and has asked Europe's highest court to decide whether the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty is compatible with European Union law.It was evident from comments by Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht on We ...
Teradata partners with Hortonworks on Hadoop By: Jaikumar Vijayan (2/22/2012 12:48:00 PM)
FRAMINGHAM -- The growing enterprise interest in Big Data analytics is beginning to drive partnerships between vendors of traditional relational database management technologies and purveyors of the open source Apache Hadoop.
The latest example is Teradata, which on Tuesday announced that it w ...
How to attract and retain IT talent in 2012 By: Hamish Barwick (09 Feb 2012)
The tight Australian IT job market has been touted as a blessing for job seekers and a curse for employers. Hamish Barwick looks at strategies companies can use to stop valued staff jumping ship. With an economy the envy of the OECD and a long-running IT skills shortage showing little sign of ab ...
Telus takes big leap into LTE By: Howard Solomon (10 Feb 2012)
It's the last of the country's big three cellular carriers to LTE, but Telus Communications Corp. made sure it will make a splash today when it finally turns on its next-generation wireless network.
The company launched LTE service in 14 cities including Vancou ...
Why the phone rang at city hall and a strip club By: Howard Solomon (09 Feb 2012)
If your organization is like most, you probably scratch your head when the monthly telecommunication bill rolls in.
You thought things were nailed down in the contract with the provider, but there’s odd fees, unexplained long distance charges … and then the mobility bill comes in with ...
Graal project seeks superior Java compiler By: Paul Krill (13 Feb 2012)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Momentum is building for the Graal project, an implementation of a dynamic compiler in Java to produce excellent code quality without compromising compile time and memory usage in the Java Virtual Machine.Participants in the OpenJDK email-based discussion group, including representa ...
Technology News Gallery: Week of February 13, 2012 By: IT World Canada (13 Feb 2012)
Our weekly roundup of worldwide technology news in pictures, courtesy of IDG News Services. This week: RIM gets some good buzz, the Galaxy Note is ridiculed, a PC the size of a credit card gets geeks excited and more. Click here to view the slide show
