Kathleen Lau

Mimicking real life within a digital world and building objects at the molecular level were just some innovative ideas shared at the three-day conference in Toronto.

Burlington, Ottawa-Gatineau and Waterloo are among the 21 smartest communities in the world, says the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). Next week, the list will be whittled down to the Top Seven.

The phenomenal growth of e-mail communication over the past decade is something many companies did not anticipate, and were unable to prepare for. Experts attribute the absence of effective e-mail governance policies in many companies to this lack of preparation.

Media and entertainment visual effects tools have emerged partly in response to higher expectations from savvier movie goers. In addition, bigger and better effects need to be created on a conservative budget and time frame