Wednesday, March 07, 2012
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Microsoft signs cloud deals with California, NYC Deals help governments consolidate software used by hundreds of thousands staffers. New York's mayor claims it will save city US$50 million over five years
Thursday, August 06, 2009
What’s the enterprise risk of social network outages? Twitter and Facebook were taken down Thursday by DDoS attacks, inconveniencing users and businesses. One security expert says Twitter may be more dangerous up than down
Monday, January 19, 2009
Next up: A traffic report by your cell phone Rogers Wireless, Toronto's 680 News and Intellione roll out a system that turns traffic between handsets and towers into a picture of traffic on the roads
Friday, September 05, 2008
Vetoed data breach bill goes to Schwarzenegger again Retailers argue amended data security bill sides with banks and credit unions.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Firefox 3 'Download Day' cripples Mozilla site The makers of Firefox 3 had hoped to attract a record number of early adopters for the latest addition of the upstart browser, but the servers couldn't handle it. The tech support team is on it
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Checkout abandonment an online vendor pain: PayPal U.S. shoppers surveyed by PayPal cite surprise costs and unavailability of preferred payment method as reasons for ditching the shopping cart at the online checkout
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Canadian student maps brain power to image search University of Ottawa student Kris Woodbeck is combining the neural processes we use to understand image data with the features of graphics processors. Find out more about next year’s big startup
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Microsoft embroiled in suit over Office Live name Microsoft Corp. said it will seek to invalidate claims by a California company that has sued it for trademark infringement over the "Office Live" name. 
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Dunn pleads not guilty in HP case Patricia Dunn, the former chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) pleaded not guilty to four felony charges related to the HP board spying scandal. 
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
SAP is keeping a close eye on open source The entire concept of making code freely accessible for others to view, use and even modify would appear to clash totally with the commercial software strategy of SAP AG. So why is the world's largest vendor of business software so interested in open source? 
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
HP detectives plead not guilty in pretexting case The three private investigators charged in Hewlett-Packard Co.'s spying scandal have pleaded not guilty to felony charges in the affair.
Monday, September 18, 2006
DHS picks cybersecurity czar The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally named a leader for its cybersecurity efforts on Monday, fulfilling a promise made last July by an agency that has drawn poor marks for digital security. 
Monday, September 11, 2006
FBI joins probe into HP's spying allegations The U.S. Department of Justice is asking questions about conduct by Hewlett-Packard Co. that has embroiled the technology company in controversy. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco, Luke Macaulay, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation is joining the U. S. Attorney in "investigating the processes employed" by HP.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Tulsa times - Intel counts on new chip to recover lost ground Intel Corp. hopes its "Tulsa" chip for multiprocessor servers – to be launched on Aug. 29 - will stem the loss of market share to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Judge: US gov't wiretapping program illegal A U.S. judge has ruled that a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) program to wiretap telephone and Internet traffic of U.S. residents is illegal and must be stopped.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Halt illegal terrorist wiretapping plan, judge rules A U.S. judge has ruled that a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) program to wiretap telephone and Internet traffic of U.S. residents is illegal and must be stopped. 
Monday, July 17, 2006
DRAM makers face price fixing suit from 34 US states California and 33 other U.S. states plan to file a joint antitrust lawsuit against seven DRAM (dynamic RAM) makers over alleged price fixing, adding to industry woes amid an ongoing federal investigation that has already led to US$731 million in fines.
Monday, February 20, 2006
IBM breathes new life into chip-making technique IBM Corp. may have figured out a way to extend the life of a popular method for manufacturing semiconductor chips, potentially deferring for several years the costly transition to newer production methods, it said.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Google Earth gives Mac users flashy mapping apps Google Inc. has released a Mac OS version of Google Earth, extending to Apple Computer Inc. users the flashy mapping application that has been wowing Windows PC users since its launch last year, the Mountain View, California, company said Tuesday.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Three more US states add laws on data breaches Companies struggling to keep up with a patchwork of US state laws related to data privacy and information security have three more to contend with, as new security-breach notification laws went into effect in Illinois, Louisiana and New Jersey on Jan. 1. 
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Microsoft moves to digitize British Library The scanning race has started: Microsoft Corp. announced an agreement Friday to scan 25 million pages from the British Library's collection that will eventually be made available on its MSN Book Search site next year.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Collaboration at the speed of light Two teams of Carleton University students, thousands of kilometers apart, were linked recently via computer network “lightpaths” in a demonstration of the future of digital design in architecture, as part of the global iGrid 2005 showcase.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Rural India to get PCs that can run on car batteries Intel Corp. will introduce a PC in India later this year that can run off a car battery in a bid to serve the needs of the country's rural and farming communities, company executives said Thursday. The Community PC, as it is called, has been designed to provide Internet access to communities and villages in rural India, Amar Babu, Intel's director for sales and marketing in South Asia, told reporters Thursday at a press briefing at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Bangalore. 
Thursday, August 25, 2005
After theft, bank tightens security for online customers Just days after confirming that information on about 60,000 of its customers had been stolen by an identity-theft ring, Bank of America Corp. in late May announced plans to tighten security for its online banking customers.