Monday, May 17, 2010
Study: No link between brain tumors and cell phones The 10-year Interphone study of the health effects of mobile-phone use has found no increased risk of two types of brain tumors. But uncertainties around heavy usage and usage among children warrant more research. 
Monday, May 18, 2009
Ekahau unveils Wi-Fi interference detector tool The dual-band spectrum analyzer plugs into a USB port and plots signal strength of other wireless devices on a graph. The manufacturer says this helps detect Bluetooth devices, microwave ovens or other hardware giving off 2.4 GHz waves that could interfere with an 802.11 network
Monday, April 06, 2009
App cuts cellular costs, adds link to unified communications The Agito RoamAnywhere Mobility Router now works with Microsoft Office Communications Server and Avaya One-X Mobile. Find out how it offloads cellular traffic on to wireless LANs
Monday, March 02, 2009
Google’s Latitude: Not new, but worrisome At the most benign it will mean more pop-up ads for the Starbucks a block away from where you are. We will only find out about the other extreme over time
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Sony to slash 8,000 positions, close factories Five or six of Sony's 57 manufacturing plants will shut its doors as the global electronics firm restructures its core business
Monday, December 08, 2008
Enterprise remains skeptical of fixed-mobile convergence The idea of mobile devices that can easily switch between WiFi and cellular connections continues to be a challenge within the ill-defined realm of unified communications. Here are examples of how some organizations try to bridge the cell phone gap
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Rash decision over cell phone rash Take a hike BlackBerry thumb, a clever PR guy thinks it's time worry about mobile phone dermatitis.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
RCMP tackles cyber crime with tech training Canadian law enforcement officials, including the RCMP, have launched a partnership with Microsoft to receive training on the latest technologies and threats in order to tackle the increasingly sophisticated world of cyber crime. 
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
What's rude is rude, even in e-mail If they're fightin' words face to face, think about toning down the content of that message
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Russians victorious at Battle of the Brains University of Waterloo came in ninth at the Banff competition for tough coding problems
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Japanese carrier in early planning on Android-based cell phone Japan’s biggest mobile telecom carrier has started planning a cell phone on Google’s open-source Android platform, one of the first providers to commit resources to the technolgy.
Monday, January 07, 2008
How to hunt for an IT job the low-profile way You want to circulate your CV for the right opportunities, but how to do so in an online age without the boss finding out? Some helpeful tips
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Scientific Games unveils new technology for lotto retailers New York lottery ticket terminal supplier releases support system for lottery outlets
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Taiwan's IT sector forms partnership with Fujitsu The Nikkei newspaper reports the deal will see the two parties develop a WiMAX chip for use in PCs, cell phones and other digital devices
Thursday, January 04, 2007
VOIP cell phone saves money, but not hassle free New services promise the cost savings of VOIP on a standard cell phone -- but in our tests, they weren't always easy to use 
Monday, July 17, 2006
Why Wi-Fi may be injurious to your health Prompted by citizen concerns, the Toronto Board of Health is conducting a study of the potential health risks posed by Toronto Hydro Telecom's plans to blanket the downtown core with Wi-Fi access points.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Wi-Fi health risks: Waves of controversy First, children living near power lines were believed to be at risk for leukemia. Then, cell phones were going to fry our brains.
Monday, April 03, 2006
AOL intros browsing, lifts mobile services America Online Inc. (AOL) introduced new and enhanced mobile services, including new mobile browsing that adapts regular Web pages to mobile screens, as the provider of online services and content competes for wireless Internet users.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
First Moores Law, then Metcalfes Law, now McGuires Law Russ McGuire is a really smart guy, the type of guy who does not think outside the box but rather about what the box should look like to begin with. He was chief strategy officer for TeleChoice back when the industry could support a smart guy sitting around thinking about where the telecom market was going to go next. Some of our best thinking has come from discussions with Russ, who is now deep in Sprint/Nextel’s strategy organization.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Study sees tempered growth for IP telephony Carriers’ large-scale transition to VoIP may not begin in earnest until 2010, although spending on gear for the telephony technology will double over the next five years, according to research company Dell’Oro Group Inc. 
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Television to morph into new medium Television has come a long way since the simple, halcyon days of rabbit ears and a tiny three-channel universe. According to a new report from IBM, disruptions in the television industry today will lead to long-term upheavals as dramatic as the music industry's trials and tribulations. 
Sunday, February 12, 2006
NTT develops secure instant messaging system Engineers at NTT Communications Corp. have developed a secure instant-messaging system that supports logging and archiving of messages to satisfy compliance regulations and can interact with some third-party instant messaging networks. 
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Carriers can't ignore Wi-Fi Most mobile workers can’t live without their cell phones, but there are times when even the most cell-addicted road warrior is forced to go without. Many remote rural areas still lack solid cell coverage and even in the core of downtown Toronto, thick concrete walls and floors can cause signal strength bars to shrink or fade away altogether. 
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Cisco talks radio Cisco recently announced technology and a business unit focused on integrating two-way radio, cellular, VoIP and other communications methods into an IP backbone. 
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Yahoo working to bring presence A Yahoo official recently said the company has new services on tap with major traditional phone carriers that will blend its IP technology with the public switched telephone network.