HP interrupts Apple tablet fervor with Slate preview By: Rafael Ruffolo (1/26/2010 3:56:00 PM)
Just hours before Apple Inc. is expected to unveil its highly anticipated tablet device, HP Co. gave a sneak preview of its own Slate device, promising both an “affordable” price tag and a 2010 release date.
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The 10 best IT jobs right now By: Denise Dubie (2/4/2010 8:55:00 AM)
IT professionals looking to find new employment or upgrade their current positions should investigate job opportunities that address growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing skills.20 most useful career sites for IT professionalsIndustry wa ...
Round Table: Our predictions for 2010 By: It World Canada Staff (1/29/2010 3:46:00 PM)
Jeff Jedras (Senior Writer, Computer Dealer News): The netbook market, which has been extremely hot this last year, I don’t see it having a strong future, especially with the continuing growth in the smart phone segment. I don’t think there’s enough differentiation between those tw ...
Motorola demands BlackBerry import ban By: Greg Meckbach (1/25/2010 10:04:00 AM)
Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) has alleged Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion Ltd. (TSE:RIM) is infringing on its patents and is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop RIM from selling certain BlackBerry products in the U.S.
A RIM spokesperson said the BlackBerry maker "typically dec ...
Apple patches critical flaws in iPhone, iPod Touch By: Gregg Keizer (2/3/2010 3:53:00 PM)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has patched five vulnerabilities in the iPhone's operating system, including one in a password-locking feature that's required attention before.
iPhone OS 3.1.3 , the first update since September 2009, addressed five bugs, three of which were tagged with the phrase "arbitra ...
X2 launches iTablet for Windows and Linux By: Rosemary Hattersley (2/8/2010 8:48:00 PM)
X2 Technology has capitalised on Apple's decision not to call its tablet the iTablet. Its X2 iTablet will run Windows or Linux and support Flash.Apple may have eschewed the obvious moniker for its new tablet PC and chosen instead to call it the iPad, but laptop maker X2 has been keen to seize the op ...
Windows 7 update makes PCs unstable, users report By: Gregg Keizer (2/8/2010 8:23:00 PM)
Some Windows 7 users have reported that their PCs started to freeze or randomly display the infamous "Blue screen of death" after applying a January update Microsoft Corp. billed as a stability and reliability fix.Microsoft today said it doesn't consider the problem a "major issue," but a ...
IBM’s Power7 is less about chip, more about system By: Rafael Ruffolo (2/8/2010 7:35:00 PM)
NEW YORK – With its eight-core
Power7 chip launch on Monday, IBM Corp. spent little time hyping its new
microprocessor, opting instead to highlight the server boxes the chip will run.
Big Blue rolled out
four new Power7 systems at the launch event, including the IBM Power 755
Expr ...
Business wireless service from Allstream by year-end By: Howard Solomon (2/8/2010 5:45:00 PM)
Manitoba’s phone company will increase its reach into business and government across the country from its home province this year with new wireless and wired broadband services.
MTS Allstream Inc. says that "towards the end of 2010" it will launch an Allstream-branded converged wireless / w ...
US gov't and mobile carriers launch health texting campaign By: Grant Gross (2/8/2010 5:12:00 PM)
The White House and major mobile carriers have launched a text-messaging campaign aimed at improving the health of babies in the U.S.
The Text4baby campaign, with support from health-care providers and several government agencies, will deliver health information to women from early pregnancy thro ...
ICTC tool helps immigrants find IT jobs By: Jennifer Kavur (02 Feb 2010)
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) recently launched a new online self-assessment tool that helps technology professionals from foreign countries determine whether or not they have what it takes to secure employment in Canada.
Unveiled at ICTC’s 2010 Immigration Init ...
CATA puts innovation debate on LinkedIn, Facebook By: Kathleen Lau (25 Jan 2010)
The Ottawa-based Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA Alliance) is using social networks to launch a discussion about the country’s innovation gap and amass feedback from the general public as to how to address it.
Taking a broad holistic approach to Canada’s state o ...
Oracle to hire more staff than it cuts from Sun By: Ted Samson (27 Jan 2010)
With Oracle's anticipated purchase of Sun drawing near, company CEO Larry Ellison disclosed plans to hire 2,000 engineering and sales employees - more workers than it's expected to cut from Sun's workforce, according a The Wall Street Journal report posted Tuesday.
Oracle's acquisition of S ...
Cavoukian’s order to encrypt health data not enough By: Kathleen Lau (03 Feb 2010)
Although the Durham Health Region was ordered by Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner to encrypt its data after an employee misplaced a USB key containing thousands of patient’s medical data, a security expert thinks that still won’t be enough.
In January, Durham Health aut ...
Developers go crazy over Apple tablet: survey By: Gregg Keizer (27 Jan 2010)
Application developers are eager to start building software for Apple's expected tablet, according to a just-published survey from Appcelerator, a maker of developer tools.
Nine out of 10 of the 550 developers surveyed by Appcelerator said they were "very interested" in creating an Apple ta ...
