Wednesday, July 30, 2008
NYC to debate broadband project for low-income residents A NYC council spokesperson says access and resources are more important than wireless
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
SCO's comeuppance A court finally favours Novell in the suit that would have undermined the legal foundations of Linux. But why have four successive investment firms -- including RBC -- seen fit to invest in SCO?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
IP telephony without the infrastructure Jajah offers a hosted software PBX for companies that don't want to go through the trouble and expense of a rip-and-replace PBX project
Monday, December 17, 2007
Knicks statisticians showcase their gadgets IT plays a major role in capturing, editing, packaging and distributing content on basketball scores, plus stats on player and team performance, to sports fans around the world. Here's how
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
IBM solar panel announcement fits into green ambitions Big Blue’s home county said to have one of the best broadband infrastructures, which makes video conferencing viable
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
IBM draws solar energy by recycling silicon The imperfect wafers that never make it into enterprise IT equipment are usually headed for the scrap heap, but Big Blue thinks it has a way to optimize them for a more practical purpose
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
New York taxi strike 'nothing to talk about' - Bloomberg A taxi strike in New York City yesterday was having "limited impact, if any at all," according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, while strike organizers declared the protest over new GPS tracking and credit card technology in cabs a success. The strike, planned for yesterday and today, would not lead to talks with taxi drivers, Bloomberg added. "There's nothing to talk about," he said.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
GPS could spell New York taxi driver strike New York is known for its yellow taxis that seem to be everywhere in the city that never sleeps. Yet if GPS technology is installed as planned, those taxis may be hard to find. New York taxi drivers have promised to strike sometime in September if GPS technology is implemented in 13,000 cabs.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Lawmakers take aim at iPod oblivion A New York State senator hopes to introduce legislation that will make using an iPod on crosswalks illegal, according to news reports.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Vendor EHR networks get prime time debut Four vendors on Tuesday demonstrated electronic health records (EHR) and showed off their prototypes to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' American Health Information Community (AHIC) advisory board.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Get IT? - veteran recruiter on IT hiring trends Veteran IT recruiter Paul Taylor talks IT hiring trends in the field, the IT job market, and why "thanks" doesn't pay the rent.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
BI tools help expose Medicaid fraud Officials from a New York county compelled 100 Medicaid recipients to obtain documentation from their physicians to justify frequent narcotics prescriptions. They used business intelligence and analytics tools to identify patients whose prescription totals warranted investigation for attempting to commit fraud.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Ex-CA sales exec gets 7-year jail term The former head of worldwide sales at Computer Associates has been sentenced to seven years in jail after pleading guilty to financial fraud charges in April.
Monday, August 14, 2006
CA to axe 1,700 as income falls CA Inc. will cut about 1,700 jobs as it attempts to cut costs, after its net income fell 64 per cent in its 2007 first quarter, ended June 30.
Monday, May 22, 2006
New Vietnam lab aims at bridging digital divide Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. became the latest company to announce a PC center aimed at bridging the digital divide in developing countries with the opening of a lab in Vietnam on Thursday.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Japan gets high-def Super Bowl coverage via IP link NTT Communications Corp. has used its IP (Internet Protocol) backbone for high-definition transmission of a live sporting event from the U.S. to Japan for the first time, it said Wednesday. 
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Justice is served — for Ebbers and anyone hurt by WorldCom Twenty-five years is a long time. In 1980, TCP/IP had just been invented. Ma Bell still ruled the telecom universe. Cisco didn’t exist, and a tiny company called Microsoft had just bought Disk Operating System (DOS) software from Seattle Computer. 
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Infineon spins off software unit German chip maker Infineon Technologies AG has spun off a design software unit into a new company that will be majority owned by an international investment group. The Circuit Verification Environment (CVE) unit, which is responsible for testing circuits and plays a role in the design of new chips, will form the basis of a new company called OneSpin Solutions GmbH. OneSpin will begin operations with a staff of 25 in Munich.
Sunday, May 01, 2005
We’re now ready for anything…says York Region Chair If you fail to plan then plan to fail, says the old saw. The IT team at York Region, however, has its own take on that saying. An IT and infrastructure failure, for any significant length of time, is just not an option, the municipality has developed detailed plans on how to bounce back in case a failure – or disaster – does occur. 
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Organizers shun wireless for GOP convention network The IT planners began working 18 months ago, evaluating the buildings that would contain 4,800 delegates and twice as many journalists at this week's Republican National Convention in New York. From the start, they agreed on one major infrastructure issue: No wireless. 
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
IBM explores shifting jobs out of U.S. Several top IBM Corp. executives are discussing plans to move some U.S. positions to other countries with less expensive labour and infrastructure costs, according to officials at two organizations seeking to unionize IT workers.
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Corel to settle class action lawsuit Corel Corp. announced on Monday that it has reached an agreement to settle all claims in a class-action lawsuit against the software company and former Chief Executive Officer Michael Cowpland.
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Intel books Marriott to promote WLANs As part of a marketing campaign for its upcoming Centrino brand for mobile PCs, Intel Corp. will promote wireless Internet access at Marriott International Inc. hotels together with the hotelier, Intel and Marriott said Thursday.
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
UnitedLinux signs up IBM, AMD as partners Fresh off their agreement to collaborate on advanced chip-making techniques, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and IBM Corp. are teaming up with UnitedLinux to help determine what features wind up in forthcoming versions of the Linux operating system from the group, the companies said in a release.