Ernest DaSilva

The computer industry needs to fix hardware problems at source rather than issuing after-the-fact recalls, a Canadian analyst said today. Carmi Levy, senior analyst at London-Ont. based Info-Tech Research Group was commenting on computer maker Dell Inc.

Commendable, but contentious

In the patent case of the century, the day of the reckoning is today -- Friday, February 24. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rejection of one of five patents at the core of the court case and is expected to invalidate all of them.

In the patent case of the century, the day of the reckoning is today -- Friday, February 24. Depending on what a U.S. court decides, it could be a black Friday for either BlackBerry vendor, Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), or NTP Inc., in Arlington, Va.

Business Intelligence (BI) surpassed Security to be the top technology priority for CIOs, with licensing revenue for BI software market forecast to reach US$2.5 billion this year, a 6.2 per cent increase from 2005, Gartner Inc. said.