Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Lotus on mobile devices needs consistency: IBM exec At IBM Lotusphere 2011, Big Blue commits to four major mobile platforms while acknowledging user device preferences and a fast-evolving device market. One Research In Motion exec explains the PlayBook has the foundational technology for Lotus apps
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Motorola uses 'freedom' theme from Apple's 1984 ad In its upcoming Super Bowl ad, Motorola contrasts its upcoming Xoom tablet with the Apple iPad by referencing 1984, the year. The company's tablet is expected to go on sale this month
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Sony cries foul over App Store rules The company claims Apple is cracking down on in-app purchases. According to Sony, all in-app purchases will have to go through Apple or the apps will be rejected
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
How iPhones came to a Toronto hospital Unsatisfied with the applications on the market for linking disparate information systems, a CIO chose to build a new front end so medical staff can access data with mobile devices
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tablet Wars: what piques developers’ interests According to a new survey, developers want to build their apps for the iPhone and iPad, but Android devices are still a close second. The dismal outlook for Research in Motion’s PlayBook and Microsoft’s Xoom
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Report: Apple working on new processor for iPhone 5 A new version of Apple's custom A4 could power devices such as the iPhone 5 and the iPad 2
Monday, January 17, 2011
Predictions: 2011 as we see it OPINION IT World Canada's editorial staff gaze into their crystal balls and call out what's going to be hot -- and what's not -- in the coming year
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Microsoft led-consortium filing is 'political': expert A consortium of companies including Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and EMC has withdrawn a filing to buy Novell patents, but one expert thinks it’s really about politics and nothing to do with patent law
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Microsoft fights Apple trademark on 'App Store' Microsoft is asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny Apple a trademark on the name "App Store," saying the term is generic and competitors should be able to use it
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Beware shortened URLs, geo-location in social media McAfee predicts 2011 will be the year when hackers up the ante on vicious attacks hidden in shortened URLs, and design targeted vectors based on your geo-location data
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Adobe offers top 10 list for Flash platform in 2010 The company lauded mobile and other enhancements to the Flash Player, but it also acknowledged adversity it faced in dispute with Apple. What made the list
Monday, January 03, 2011
Ballmer's CEO ranking plummets, Steve Jobs' climbs But Microsoft CEO's fall of 65 spots in a 'wealth creation' index released last month doesn't endanger his job, says analyst 
Monday, January 03, 2011
How Apple became a key enterprise provider Though the company dropped out of the server market in 2010, the popularity of the iPhone and iPad with users has made Apple an enterprise player
Friday, December 24, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: November 2010 This month saw Novell get bought by a relatively unknown tech firm from Seattle, Apple discontinuing its Xserve product line, and a slew of Toronto-based tech events. Plus, the Industry Minister gives an update on the Canada’s telecom foreign ownership rules
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Microsoft set to announce tablet version of Windows Rumors swirl around the company preparing a tablet version of Windows for the CES show, according to various reports
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: May 2010 Dell announces its Streak table, rivals AMD and Intel release new chips, Mozilla CEO John Lilly quits, Symantec buys VeriSign. The IT news highlights of May 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Enterprise 2.0, social Media coming to ERP A movement is taking place in the IT industry driven by major consumer technology vendors including Apple, Google and Facebook. How these three companies are starting to set the tone for what people expect from software apps
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
12 Tech Survey Topics That Should Die in 2011 The most insulting types of surveys are those undertaken, crafted and paid for by high-tech vendors who slice and dice the results not to uncover important market truisms but, rather, to validate their strategies and products 
Monday, December 20, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: January 2010 Fretting about Oracle, attacks on Google and Adobe and rumours of a mysterious device kicked off 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Apple slates Jan. 6 launch for Mac App Store The Mac maker will push the new software store as a free download via OS X updater
Friday, December 10, 2010
Don’t ignore smart phone e-mail encryption Think of e-mail encryption as protecting data on the move and secure it as you would a portable device in a data loss prevention strategy. Why one vendor thinks keeping encryption management separate from the actual device is the way to go
Monday, December 06, 2010
SAP StreamWork integrates with Novell, RIM, Google The goal of the new enterprise edition of the collaborative business process management software, following the cloud edition last March, is to help IT departments resolve the challenge of integrating apps across on-premise, on-demand and on-device. Plus, BlackBerry and iPhone support
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Expect iPad 2 from Apple next April, says analyst The front-facing camera for FaceTime is expected to be the biggest addition
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Apple smashes patch record with gigantic update The fix addresses 134 flaws with a Mac OS X update, including 55 in Flash alone
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Apple's mobile developer following is breakable Business application developers will be quick to embrace other mobile OS options to hedge their bets against Apple's consumer focus, analysts say