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Scandal! Blogging Idol post has contestants fuming

A simple post on pay-per-click advertising turns into a come-from-behind triumph for a new contender in ComputerWorld Canada's social media contest. Was all that traffic legit?

Sun also rises, redux

It was the middle of a brutal recession, the IT industry was in upheaval and everyone was talking about Sun Microsystems. The only difference...

YouTube Fridays: Web 2.0 Expo 2009 in review

I'd never come across Amy Ziari before, but she's a freelance PR and marcom professional who works with emerging tech companies. Based on this...

Blogging Idol Week 2: Cardoso maintains his lead

The contestants of ComputerWorld Canada's competition opine on everything from the Windows 7 and the Palm Pre to the early IT-like behaviour of Charles Dickens. Oh, it's on, baby!

Video: Opera in the enterprise

When we cover the browser market we normally tend to focus on Internet Explorerand Firefox. Google Chrome was a notable exception last year, but...

Buy today, pay tomorrow! The idea of ‘pain sharing’ in IT

What the IT industry needs now is the equivalent of Leon’s Don’t Pay A Cent Event.Of all the ideas people have offered to help...

Questions about Conficker

Over the weekend I was interviewed by CBC’s Sunday evening news show about Conficker and the possibly grim outlook for PC users everywhere on...

YouTube Fridays: Pink Elephant’s ITIL extravaganza

I've never made it to this event, but it's one that interests me more than most. For the uninitiated, Pink Elephant is a Canadian...

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