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360 Networks misses bond interest payment

Vancouver-based 360 networks announced Friday it will not make a US $10.9 million interest payment due on its 12.5 per cent senior notes.

Royal Canadian Mint coins a new site

The Royal Canadian Mint announced Thursday it has brought its new Website on-line to enhance customer service by synchronizing the internal client and order management systems of the Mint

JDS revises its economic outlook

Fibre-optic equipment communications maker JDS Uniphase Corporation revised its outlook for the current and forthcoming quarter on Thursday.

Recycled computers help students learn

Les Oliver, president of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) an association for information technology (IT) professionals, announced Thursday support of the federal government's Computers for Schools program that provides recycled computers to schools and libraries across Canada.

Survey: Web influences investors and analysts

The Internet has become a more influential source of investor information and chat room discussions can impact share price, according to a recent survey of more than 120 public companies.

Primus opens downtown Toronto data centre

Communications carrier Primus Canada launched an expanded data centre in the Toronto downtown core Wednesday to serve what the company calls its growing roster of managed hosting, shared, co-location and data and Internet customers.

JDS Uniphase undertakes the executive shuffle

Fibre-optic equipment communications maker JDS Uniphase Corporation announced Tuesday the retirement of Charles Abbe, its president and chief operating officer of the company's WDM (wave divisional multiplexing), switching and thin film business group.

Study of fonts reveals the real you

A new study entitled 'The Psychology of Fonts', commissioned by printing company Lexmark International and written by psychologist Dr. Aric Sigman, explains how computer typefaces can reveal secrets of your personality and influence what the reader thinks about you.

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