Monday, December 20, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: March 2010 Galanis steps in, Mulcahy steps down, and Gonzales gets time. The IT highlights of March 2010
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Sprint to launch more than US$4 billion in network upgrades The three- to five-year project will focus on consolidating equipment and phasing out cell sites, the company says
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Recycling electronics as easy as taking out the trash Ontarians have no excuse for tossing old iPods in the trash as a province-wide recycling program doubles its list of devices and drop-off locations. Torontonians get special curbside treatment and free e-waste bags for tired gadgets.
Monday, February 22, 2010
OnStar CIO's career success is no accident Jeff Liedel seems to be equally at home in a data center or on the floor of the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, where OnStar announced a mobile app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry Storm and Motorola Droid 
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Biggest mobile operators team up on app store plan Operators hope unity and openness will help them compete with proprietary stores such as Apple's or the Android market. Read more about the project
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Vancouver company building Android-based system for mystery mobile manufacturer Intrinsyc Software has been hired by an unknown Fortune 500 company to create a mobile device that runs Google's open source OS. An industry analyst notes that while handsets usually need a carrier behind them to get sold, Google's name carries a lot of weight
Sunday, March 01, 2009
CEBIT: Fujitsu Siemens rolls out 'zero-watt' green PC Plugged computers, like most electronics, consume energy even when switched off. The Esprimo 7935 from Fujitsu Siemens breaks new ground by consuming no energy when switched off 
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Future Electronics finds Internet success With the goal of setting itself apart from its often-old-fashioned competitors in the electronics distribution business, Future Electronics turned to Endeca to help e-commerce customers find what they were looking for.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Behind-the-scenes IT that ensures retail success Understanding the customer experience is critical for retailers looking to win and keep shoppers. How IT can help.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Ethernet moving from office to factory floor Robots, programmable logic controllers and temperature devices are starting to get IP addresses but network managers don’t always understand what’s happening on the factory floor. Find out what the Yankee Group and Fluke Networks have to say about Industrial networking
Monday, June 23, 2008
Nokia buys rest of Symbian, will open source code Symbian is being challenged by a number of new contenders, including the open-source operating system from the LiMo Foundation and Google's Android platform, which are challenging existing commercial models
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Voice over Wi-Fi for mines unveiled Active Control announced this week a middleware add-on to its ActiveMine product, which is designed to transmit voice and video over 802.11 networks in mines. Find out how this improves safety
Thursday, April 03, 2008
802.11n users left in limbo Though the specification is still a draft, equipment manufacturers are already releasing products -- which might not be compliant with the final standard
Thursday, March 06, 2008
EU antitrust hearing for Intel this week Europe's top antitrust authority claims it handed out "substantial rebates" to computer manufacturers for buying most of their x86 processors from Intel.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Certicom licenses cryptography technology to IdentiPHI IdentiPHI is using Certicom’s Elliptic Curve Cryptography to ensure its biometrics and smart card products comply with U.S. National Security Agency standards
Monday, September 24, 2007
Industry calls for national strategy on ICT skills shortage Canada is not alone in facing a dearth of technology talent. An Australian business association puts pressure on government to ensure companies can recruit the right people
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Toshiba, Hynix chip licensing pact does away with lawsuits Hynix Semiconductor and Toshiba have agreed to share licenses for using one another's semiconductor patents, putting an end to several lawsuits, Hynix said Tuesday. 
Monday, January 15, 2007
Siemens launches IT outsourcing and services group Siemens AG has launched its Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS) division, three months after announcing plans to bundle all of its worldwide IT services and software activities.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Flat panel display mart antitrust probe widens An investigation into possible anticompetitive behaviour in the flat-panel display market widened Tuesday, with four more big vendors saying they had been contacted by investigators.
Monday, September 11, 2006
NEC in talks to sell Packard Bell NEC Corp. executives are negotiating the sale of the company's Packard Bell division, reportedly to eMachines founder Lap Shun "John" Hui. The move would leave NEC without a consumer PC brand, while it continues to supply the European professional market with NEC-branded computers.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Toshiba launches first HD-DVD player Toshiba Corp. began selling the world's first HD-DVD player on Friday in Japan, moving the format battle between the world's largest consumer electronics makers from the floors of trade shows to retail stores. 
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Industry rallies to identify trusted lockdown standards The mobile phones being sold on the shelves during the 2006 holiday season should be a lot more secure than last year’s crop, thanks to a new mobile security specification that is expected to be released in the first half of 2006. 
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Germany to test broadcast mobile TV based on DMB Four companies have applied to test broadcast mobile TV services based on the DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) standard in the German state of Baden-Württemberg ahead of the world soccer tournament in the country this year. The pilot will serve to select a "platform operator" that will collaborate with the country's mobile phone companies to launch four commercial mobile TV channels and two radio channels in 2006.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Hydrogen fuel cells may mean better battery life Electronic devices like MP3 players and laptop computers may become dramatically more portable thanks to engineers from Purdue University, Indiana, who Monday unveiled a new method of using fuel cells, powered by hydrogen instead of methanol, to automatically recharge batteries.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Chinese currency move won't affect PC costs On Thursday, China dropped a decade-old peg to the U.S. dollar and said it will allow its renminbi currency to fluctuate more freely against a group of currencies. Initially, the change amounts to a 2 per cent rise to 8.11 renminbi per dollar. Before the revaluation, a dollar bought 8.28 renminbi. It may seem like a small change, but currency fluctuations can have a huge impact on product prices — and China makes more notebook computers, PCs and other finished electronics goods than anywhere else.