ComputerWorld Canada staff

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Meet Matthew Nagle, who became a quadriplegic after a knife attack in 2001. The 25-year-old from Weymouth, Mass., is able to turn his TV on and off, read his e-mail and play video games just by thinking about it.

Keeping those students in line

Principals and teachers now have a new software tool to call their own: one that tracks the frequency and the reasons behind student behavioural problems, as well as their subsequent punishments. The software, dubbed ezDiscipline, is a Windows XP/2000 application targeted at schools and universities.

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Gamers can now turn their interest in computer games into an academic pursuit. The Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., is offering an undergraduate program in software engineering that focuses on game design. Engineering courses include computer architecture and graphics processors, 4D modeling for virtual reality, real-time systems and control, real-time animation, and computer game interface design.

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Who needs a silly old CPU anyway?

This Canadian pilot fish recalls a time when a user called the help desk with an urgent plea: “Help, my computer is giving me...

Get your digital benediction

Job seekers looking for a leg up with their resumes might want to consider getting them blessed before e-mailing the documents to potential employers or recruiters.

Women make strides in IT

More women are graduating from computer science programs at Canadian universities, but only a small percentage of women who enroll actually complete the programs, and women make up only 25 per cent of the IT workforce, according to a survey of 10 universi

Love and sex infiltrate office inboxes: survey

Looking for a romantic encounter? Check your work inbox because people are e-mailing lovey-dovey, lusty and flirtatious messages in virtually all workplaces, according to a recent survey by human resources management students at Toronto

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