Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Articles by Howard Solomon

Top nine ways to write safer software

Tips for application developers to ensure software has as few vulnerabilities as possible

Microsoft to finally get hands on Nokia

On Friday the software giant becomes a smart phone maker. One analyst says it should focus on the enterprise

Canadian ICT revenues up last year, despite BlackBerry

The smart phone maker's 40 per cent drop in revenue still left it number one in 2103 by revenue. But the rest of the industry grew nicely

Cisco offers managed security service

Solution is a combination of on-premise hardware and software, plus remote monitoring

Canadian outlets of crafts store not affected by breach

Michaels Stores estimates 300 credit and debit card numbers were swallowed by attack

Third time lucky for Telus?

Carrier will make another bid to buy financially-struggling Mobilicity

Rogers activates 700 MHz service

Subscribers with LTE devices will get better in-building coverage with the spectrum

Getting the most from gamification

A Gartner analyst's new book tries to explain how to get the most out of the technology

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