Thursday, February 03, 2011
Google bets $20K that Chrome can't be hacked The company adds prize money to this year's Pwn2Own browser hacking contest. The event will be held at next month's CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver
Monday, November 22, 2010
Intel says 1,000-core processor is possible A group of Intel researchers has pioneered a messaging system that would allow multiple cores to communicate
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Hackers target iPad owners with Windows malware The bogus update dupes Windows users into downloading a backdoor Trojan. The attack does not put Mac owners at risk
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Cell phones are new botnet spam targets Security researchers are warning that the next big spam threat might not be for PCs but rather for cell phones 
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Security consequences mean virtualization will cost you more, Black Hat speaker says Researchers detail rootkits for NIC cards and Cisco's IOS routers, how to hack OSX, and more at the annual security conference
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Inside the CIAs extreme technology makeover, part 1 An exclusive look inside the CIA's IT-driven transformation. Thomas Wailgum visits Langley headquarters to interview CIO Al Tarasiuk.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
A sneak peek at next-gen search and collaboration Microsoft is showcasing its nascent search technologies and announced a computer science operating system would be available free of charge. Find out how Salsa will add Web 2.0 capability to Outlook
Thursday, May 03, 2007
New tech invention moves us closer to quantum computer Researchers in Japan have developed new circuit technology touted to be the vital next step towards the realization of a practical quantum computer. 
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Ontario optical network extended by 1,500 km Ontario’s Optical Regional Advanced Network has finished installing optical networking equipment intended to boost the availability and coverage of its services to researchers across the province. 
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
DDR2 is most popular PC memory chip After a much longer than expected delay, DDR2 (double data rate, second generation) has finally taken over as the most popular memory chip used in PCs.
Monday, August 21, 2006
AOL fires CTO over search scandal AOL LLC has fired its chief technology officer (CTO) in the wake of a controversy in which the Web portal and Internet service provider released private search results of thousands of its subscribers, the Wall Street Journal Online reported.
Monday, August 07, 2006
Fatal flaw puts Xerox printers at risk Xerox Corp. is scrambling to update a security patch following the disclosure of a major security flaw in its WorkCenter multifunction printers. 
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Symantec squashes antivirus bug Symantec Corp. has patched a widely reported flaw in the English versions of its corporate antivirus software. The flaw, which affects recent versions of its Client Security and Antivirus Corporate Edition products is considered serious, and could be exploited by hackers to run unauthorized software on unpatched PCs.
Monday, May 22, 2006
IBM researcher slams UK ID card plan IBM researcher Michael Osborne, whose job is research into secure ID cards, slated the U.K. government's ID cards plan on the grounds of cost, over-centralization, and being the wrong tool for the job. 
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Web services risks ignored: Research In their rush to implement Web services, some companies may be exposing themselves to new security risks that they may not fully understand, a security researcher said at the CanSecWest/core06 conference in Vancouver this month. 
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Tape sale not BC ministry policy, says probe panel Investigators looking into the sale of 41 high-capacity tapes containing 77,000 personal medical files at a government auction in British Columbia earlier this month have been able to ascertain that it was not the B.C. Ministry of Employment and Investment's policy to sell tapes.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Exploits on the loose for latest Microsoft bugs Just days after the release of Microsoft Corp.'s latest security patches, security researchers have begun publishing software that could be used to seize control of unpatched Windows computers.
Monday, August 01, 2005
BLACK HAT: Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet One day after a security researcher and organizers of the Black Hat USA conference agreed not to post details of vulnerabilities in Cisco Systems Inc.'s router software, the information has been published on the Internet. 
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Sony creates ‘curious’ Aibos Sony Corp. has succeeded in giving selected Aibo pet robots curiosity, researchers at Sony Computer Science Laboratory (SCSL) in Paris said last month. Their research won’t lead to conscious robots soon, if ever, but it could help other fields such as child developmental psychology, they said.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Big Blue's big commitment to grid initiative WestGrid, one of Canada's most impressive supercomputing projects, just got a big shot in the arm. The $50 million initiative to create a collaborative computing infrastructure that's harnessed by institutions across western Canada now has the backing of IBM Canada.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Taiwan research center developing wearable gadget A government-funded Taiwanese research group plans to show off its prowess in flexible display technology by developing a wearable and flexible electronic device by the end of October, an official said Thursday. 
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Firefox pus dent in IE numbers Microsoft Corp.’s share of the browser market has continued to slide, according to a new study, indicating a continued momentum for users switching to Internet Explorer alternatives. 
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Study: Europe overtakes US in big outsourcing deals Europe has become the new hotspot for outsourcing contracts, exceeding the U.S. in terms of the value of major outsourcing deals awarded last year, global sourcing firm Technology Partners International Inc. (TPI) said Friday. 
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Male youth culture dominates IT workplace: book While many women who work in information technology say love their jobs, some of their experiences indicate that gender, pay and other inequities still exist in the field, according to one researcher. 
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
E.U.’s anti-spam laws in chaos A study by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam has revealed that the E.U.’s much-vaunted anti-spam legislation, Directive 58, is fast turning into a legislative disaster.