Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Feds to review CRTC’s 'metered Internet' ruling The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s decision to force independent ISPs to move to usage-based billing has been criticized by thousands of Canadians, including PM Stephen Harper. Why one online activist and Liberal MP Marc Garneau both say its too early to start the parade
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
RIM defying recession so far BlackBerry manufacturer scored net earnings of almost US$2 million, more evidence suggesting smartphone users won't give up their devices even in tough times
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Windows Mobile Marketplace dangles dollars at developers Microsoft's Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Marketplace, is offering 70 per cent of sales for applications they develop and sell at the Apple App store rival 
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
U.K. hopes to cut piracy by making it easier to find movies The idea is to give people legal ways to rent or buy flicks. However, only a small percentage of the 30,000 titles can be found online
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Chrome 'carpet bomb' bug patched by Google The months-old bug that tricks Chrome users into downloading and launching malicious code gets fix 'for the time being' 
Monday, October 06, 2008
Lotus Notes users get limited access over iPhone Concerned about the handheld's security, IBM will only let Notes users access the application through a browser so data isn't downloaded. An industry analyst says Apple should give the phone the ability to encrypt data
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Three things IT should consider about Chrome Google's entry into the Web browser market has caused as much controversy as excitement, but corporate technology professionals risk ignoring its lessons about user experience. Get past the hype
Thursday, May 01, 2008
White Paper Wisdom: Circuit-saving PDU secrets Choosing the right power distribution unit can mean a data centre that makes better use of energy and improves performance, but not all PDUs are created equal. Raritan outlines four areas to factor in 
Monday, April 07, 2008
Accenture CTO imagines IT changes in 2038 The consulting firm hosts its annual customer event where Don Rippert makes his best predictions about the future of technology, and the challenge firms face in striking a balance between usability and ubiquity
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Awed by the pod Is podcasting in your enterprise’s future? If so, it may be time for IT and marketing to get into the recording business together.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
SpeedBit offers Video Accelerator for YouTube Israeli developer Speedbit says its software product can increase the video download speed by 400 to 1,000 percent and that the technology even allows users to view films on YouTube without disruption while BitTorrent is downloading at full speed
Monday, April 24, 2006
ThinkFree Web app outshines Office It sounds too good to be true: free word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs that are compatible with their Microsoft Office counterparts and that work in a browser. That's the promise of ThinkFree, a Web service that offers all this, and more.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
academic program manager at Microsoft Canada A survey commissioned by Microsoft Canada in Mississauga, Ont., found that students are technology friendly. The survey found students also "misuse" technology quite a bit, with as many as 43 per cent admitting that they illegally download music. 
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Oracle debuts secure XE database Oracle Corp. made its low-end, free-of-charge Oracle Database 10g Express Edition database, also known as XE, generally available Tuesday. When the company initially released the beta version of the software in October of last year, Oracle expected to debut the first full release of XE by year-end.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Adware firm accused of 'duping' Net users A Washington, D.C., civil liberties and consumer group has filed two complaints against Web-based marketer 180solutions Inc., accusing the company of "duping" Internet users into downloading intrusive advertising software. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) filed the complaints Monday with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), accusing 180solutions of unfair and deceptive business practices. The CDT accuses 180solutions of tricking millions of Web users into downloading adware that can slow users' computers and deliver multiple pop-up ads.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
AOL buys MusicNow, aims for top spot Looking to boost its presence in the digital music market, America Online Inc. (AOL) has acquired music subscription provider MusicNow from Circuit City Stores Inc., AOL announced Thursday. The acquisition agreement was signed at the end of September and the deal, whose financial terms weren't disclosed, closed this week, AOL said.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Microsoft employee blasts 'fake' service pack A Microsoft Corp. employee has warned against downloading an unauthorized version of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that has surfaced on a popular Web site that provides software patches.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Enterprises eschew Service Pack 2: study Although Microsoft’s latest major upgrade for the XP operating system is supposed to help harden computers against Web-based attacks, less than 25 per cent of XP users have installed Service Pack 2 (SP2), according to a Canadian research firm. AssetMetrix, an Ottawa-based IT trend watcher, says it surveyed 251 corporations in North America about their SP2 situation. 
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Greetings from the most connected place on Earth When my wife and I arrived in Iksan, South Korea, last fall to teach English, we stepped into perhaps the most Internet-crazed country in the world. What tipped us off? Well, one example is that South Korea has a high school where students train in the game Starcraft like Texas high schoolers practice football. 
Monday, December 06, 2004
Thunderbird 1.0 takes on Outlook Express, Eudora Thunderbird 1.0 is aimed at advanced e-mail users and competes with products such as Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook Express and Qualcomm Inc.'s Eudora.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Microsoft offers more time to test XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft Corp. is giving users more time to prepare for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) by doubling the time a special registry key will prevent PCs from automatically downloading and installing the mammoth update.
Monday, February 23, 2004
Microsoft offers preview version for InfoPath Microsoft Corp. on Monday provided a preview version of updates that will be added to its InfoPath 2003 — a forms application product that is part of the Office suite. 
Thursday, January 24, 2002
IT industry at least partly to blame for piracy problem You have to wonder. There have been floods of reports over the past year about the dizzying spread of pirated software on the Web — and how it has caused a substantial drop in the sales of computer games and applications (as well as music CDs and even DVDs). But what is missing from those reports is any discussion of the industry’s own participation.
Monday, November 05, 2001
International I-mode specs released NTT DoCoMo Inc. will release, in English, the basic international specifications for its highly popular mobile Internet service I-mode, the Japanese company announced Monday.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
Trend Micro gets patent on AV Antivirus vendor Trend Micro Inc. has been granted a patent on a system designed to fight viruses and other malicious code sent through Java and ActiveX