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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
IT's top tier: Strong and steady leadership Each year, our U.S. sister publication's Premier 100 IT Leaders awards program shines a spotlight on 100 men and women who are driving positive change in their businesses through technology. Learn from them
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Cisco vulnerability could open LAN back door Armed with information broadcasted by Cisco's access points (AP), hackers could launch denial of service attacks on a network or "skyjack" the AP and get it to connect to a controller outside the enterprise, says security company AirMagnet...
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Canadian provider may finally have a way to sell its wireless spectrum Look Communications has been trying for years to sell its vision of mobile broadband around the spectrum it owns but the stars weren't aligned. Now, the company's controlling shareholder believes not only is the time right but also he has found a mechanism for selling the asset at a premium
Sunday, October 19, 2008
FCC supports conditional use of 'white spaces' FCC chair leans towards allowing carriers and other vendors to deploy devices on television spectrum known as white spaces
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Facebook's Beacon will continue to track users The social networking site may have admitted mistakes in launching its online ad service, but that doesn't mean it's prepared to scale back one of its most controversial features
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Facebook apologizes over Beacon, offers opt-out The social networking giant backtracks on its online ad system after a CA security researcher said it could compromise user privacy. A CEO admits: "We've made a lot of mistakes building this feature"
Monday, August 27, 2007
Some sobering reading for the news business A series of technological developments have had major impacts on the media industry. The Internet, the latest of the series, threatens to do a better job at disruption than any of the previous ones
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Mobile TV to alter viewing habits in Philippines TV watching in the Philippines is expected to experience a dramatic change in terms of prime time viewing and TV advertising with the launch of myTV -- the first commercial mobile TV service in the country
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Virginia Tech tragedy signals need for a pervasive emergency alert system I'm writing this column on the day of the Virginia Tech national tragedy. Aside from the natural emotions from this overwhelming, random act of violence, this event struck even closer to home because one of my daughters was recently accepted into Virginia Tech, and she and a sister were planning a road trip to the campus.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Lightening up with some new funny features Flipping through this issue of ComputerWorld Canada, you might notice a few changes — ones that will hopefully bring a smile to your face and help you, in some small way, deal with the pressures of managing all things IT.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Mobile viruses could score big at soccer World Cup Next year's FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in Germany could be fertile ground for mobile phone viruses if the World Athletics Championships in Finland, which ended Sunday, are any indication, security experts warn.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Asian broadband Internet satellite launched A satellite that promises to deliver broadband Internet access to all corners of the Asia Pacific was launched into orbit early Thursday from the European space port in French Guiana, South America. The Thai-owned IPStar satellite, also called Thaicom-4, was carried into space on top of an Ariane 5 rocket at 8:20 a.m. GMT. The launch had been due to take place about two hours earlier but was postponed after a problem on the launch pad. 
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Telco expert touts foreign investment Foreign ownership restrictions in telecommunications impede investment by limiting the pool of interested investors, according to a senior federal policy advisor. Industry Canada Director of Telecommunications Larry Shaw warns that when government precludes foreign investment, it impedes new capital, new technology, and the new services that investment would bring.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Canada needs foreign investment in telcos: Expert Foreign ownership restrictions in telecommunications impede investment by limiting the pool of interested investors, according to a senior fed policy advisor. Industry Canada Director of Telecommunications Larry Shaw warns that when government precludes foreign investment they restrict the new capital, new technology, and new services that investment would bring.
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Asian mobile broadcasting satellite launched A satellite built to deliver digital audio and video services to portable devices in Japan and South Korea was launched early Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida, satellite owner Mobile Broadcasting Co. (MBCO) said the same day. 
Monday, February 03, 2003
Tell the truth effectively Information technology leaders are often described as "ambassadors" for our profession. In the first part of the 17th century, the father of the British foreign service, Sir Henry Wotten, described the ambassadorial function this way: "An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country."
Sunday, February 02, 2003
Tell the truth effectively Information technology leaders are often described as "ambassadors" for our profession. In the first part of the 17th century, the father of the British foreign service, Sir Henry Wotten, described the ambassadorial function this way: "An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country."
Thursday, February 14, 2002
IOC tests online broadcasting of Olympic Games Internet users in Switzerland and South Korea are among the first in the world to be able to turn to the Internet for live coverage of the Olympic Games thanks to two services, one official and one not-so-official, that are pumping images from Salt Lake City into cyberspace.
Thursday, January 31, 2002
IT execs join assembly on global issues Many of the IT world's most visible leaders will be in New York for the next several days, participating in the World Economic Forum's annual gathering of several thousand executives, politicians, academics and gadflies.
Friday, September 28, 2001
Yahoo launches new corporate broadcast services Yahoo Inc. unveiled two new Internet broadcast services Thursday, predicting heightened demand for communication alternatives given recent corporate belt tightening and travel concerns
Sunday, April 30, 2000
Montreal Exchange Traders Get the Big Picture With today’s volatile stock market, being able to access the most up-to-date financial data quickly is vital to good stock trades.
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