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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Mastercard.com slammed again over WikiLeaks The company's main Web site was unavailable for a while on Tuesday as WikiLeaks gloated. A MasterCard spokeswoman in Belgium would not directly answer if the site's downtime was due to a DDOS attack
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Visa summit highlights future e-commerce tech The event, held Wednesday, featured Toronto-based SecureKey Technologies and its flagship technology that lets users tap their credit card against their laptop to authenticate themselves with online merchants. Find out more
Monday, October 25, 2010
IBM Cognos 10 sports ‘modern’ look to woo new users At IBM’s Information on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the vendor unveils the newest release of its business intelligence software, its DB2 database and InfoSphere server. Plus results from a live audience poll alongside customers Visa and CenterPoint Energy telling how they reap value from the data they must manage
Thursday, September 30, 2010
IT jobs: Foreign workers need not apply While American tech workers confront one of the worst job markets in the history of their profession, foreign workers face even greater challenges finding employment
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
U.S. pols want to make it easier for grad students to work in America No legislation has been drafted yet, but some Democrats want to U.S. government to offer permanent residency in the U.S. to any graduate student in science, technology, engineering or math who has a job offer. 
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
U.S. IT employment dips, H-1B visa demand sluggish Critics of the H-1B visa see it primarily as a tool to outsource IT jobs overseas and to displace U.S. workers with younger and lower paid visa workers
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
ICTC tool helps immigrants find IT jobs A new tool from ICTC helps foreign workers find employment in Canada. Kovasys reports temporary U.S. visa holders are moving north. Plus, employment tips for immigrants from Robert Half Technology
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Security breach cost Heartland US$12.6 million so far The payment processor is still tallying the damage from last winter’s breach and has distributed samples of malware to other companies. Read about the encryption system it is working on
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
MasterCard gets moving on mobile payments The credit card firm is planning a trial of near-field communications technology that will link cell phones with PayPass accounts for use in a variety of Canadian merchants. Key rivals: Visa and RBC
Sunday, December 02, 2007
TJX proposes US$40.1 million to Visa issuers Affected banks have until Dec 19 to accept an offer aimed to save millions in lawsuit damages. Financial institutions that agree to the terms will be compensated by month's end, the retailer said in a statement Friday 
Monday, September 03, 2007
Canadian retailers miss PCI-DSS deadline Visa and others want U.S. merchants compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard by Sept. 30, but most Canadian companies are still not ready, industry experts say
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Castro equates H-1B program with high-tech labour piracy Fidel Castro, Cuba's ailing leader, this week warned in a written commentary that the migration of skilled IT workers and other professionals to the U.S. and other nations will hurt developing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
PCI DSS Assessors Visa, Mastercard could withdraw service, analyst warns
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Smart card maker eyes Canuck boom German smart card manufacturer Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is banking on the Canadian market’s impending move towards chip-based payment card systems to boost its Canadian operations.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
France launches electronic passports France has begun issuing electronic passports that will allow its citizens to travel to the United States without a visa, according to Amsterdam-based Axalto. 
Thursday, December 02, 2004
E.U. moves closer to biometric passports The European Union (E.U.) is on track to begin including biometric identifiers in the passports issued by its member nations. The biometric data is also expected to include, by 2008, fingerprints, though E.U. officials are debating whether the fingerprint data should be made obligatory.
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
What's in a name? In the early 1990s, Mir Aimal Kansi, a known terrorist, was issued a visa and entered the United States. He purchased an AK-47, gunned down two CIA agents and wounded three others in front of the agency's headquarters. He then flew out of the country, dodging authorities until his capture in 1997. How did he accomplish all of this while avoiding getting caught? Easy: He dropped a single letter from his name. 
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Diversinet buys ID management company In a move to further its presence in the government and financial sectors, Toronto-based Diversinet Corp. has acquired identity management technology provider Caradas Inc., it announced on Tuesday.
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Break-in nets hackers record haul A credit card transaction processing company last month confirmed that millions of card numbers were stolen recently when someone hacked into its computers. But it defended itself by saying the culprits may not have obtained any useful information.
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Online shopping in line with holiday plans This year’s Canadian consumer is more likely than ever to sip egg nog in front of their computers than trudge through crowded shopping malls to purchase holiday gifts, according to a survey commissioned by Visa Canada.
Monday, November 26, 2001
Online shopping in line with holiday plans This year’s Canadian consumer is more likely than ever to sip egg nog in front of a computer than trudge through crowded shopping malls to purchase holiday gifts, according to a survey commissioned by Visa Canada.
Friday, August 31, 2001
webdoxs powers up its subscriber base e-route inc. announced in July that webdoxs, a Canadian electronic document presentment (EDP) service which allows consumers to receive and pay bills online at their financial institutions’ Web sites, has reached a subscriber base of 230,000 users and has signed service agreements with Toronto Hydro Electric-System Limited, Hydro Ottawa and Oshawa PUC Networks Inc. The announcement adds to the growing list of hydro companies including Enersource Hydro Mississauga, Welland Hydro-Electric System Corp., Cambridge and North Dumfries Hydro Inc., Greater Sudbury Hydro Inc, and Milton Hydro that are offering the webdoxs service to their customers.
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
The numbers so far Federal Industry Minister John Manley has pledged to make Canada the most wired nation on Earth by 2000.
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