ComputerWorld Canada staff

Articles by ComputerWorld Canada staff

Product hits

Raritan products aimed at mid-market Somerset, N.J.-based Raritan has released two new products designed to assist in the remote management of data centres. Two...

Online buying to be merry

Consumers are expected to spend more time shopping online this holiday season than they did last year, according to industry analysts. In fact, more than half of the 1,000 shoppers surveyed by MyPoints.com, a Web site for frequent shoppers, said they plan to do at least 54 per cent of their shopping online this year.

Network switches to holographic storage

U.S. television network Turner Entertainment Networks has its lenses focused on holographic storage for the future of storing and retrieving its movies, cartoons and commercial spots. The network giant has completed a test of the cutting-edge storage technology, which it said will soon move the company away from tape

Product hits

Sign on the pixilated line Interlink Electronics of Camarillo, Calif. has released the ePad XL interactive signature terminal. Designed for deployment in banks,...

Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. detailed its strategy to intelligently gather and analyze business data by linking its Office applications and back-end servers while emphasizing future developments. Potential competitors say Microsoft is stretching things.

Quick Hits

‘Frankenstein’ rootkit hits AIM usersA potentially destructive new worm is targeting users of AOL’s AIM instant messaging (IM) service. Called W32/Sdbot-ADD by Facetime Security...

Sun updates its Java middleware

Sun Microsystems Inc. launched a host of announcements surrounding its Solaris 10 operating system late last month. The news includes the release of a new version of its Java Enterprise System (Java ES) subscription-based enterprise middleware.

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