Emerging Tech

The search for life in outer space hit a snag when the SETI@Home project ran into some ...

Fuzion Wireless Communications announced it has enabled the North York area in Ontario (formerly part of Metropolitan...

In an effort to keep pace with the United States and other countries that are opening their doors to foreign IT workers, Germany's main IT industry association used last year's CeBIT trade show to recommend radical changes in Germany's immigration policy aimed at attracting as many as 50,000 highly skilled IT workers from other countries.

The Telecom Italia Group has agreed to invest U.S.$2 million in the share capital of Virtual Self, an Israeli company that develops of knowledge management software for Internet and intranet networks, Telecom Italia SpA announced Thursday.

As part of its strategy for pulling out of the damaging U.S. economic slump, Hewlett-Packard Co. released a range of mobile computing products here Wednesday on the eve of the CeBIT trade show. Carly Fiorina, HP's CEO, chairman and president, spoke somberly about the company's recent slump while also outlining the company has a plan of action for future success.

Global One, a global provider of telecommunications services to large corporations, announced on Tuesday the opening of its first Internet hosting centre in Latin America. The centre will be located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and will provide a variety of services to companies interested in using the Internet for business.

Australia's 3G (third-generation) mobile spectrum auction closed Thursday with the six bidders agreeing to pay a total of A$1.17 billion (US$580 million) for 48 of the 58 lots on offer, the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) said in a statement. The figure falls well below the A$2.6 billion the government originally estimated it would gain from the auction.

Bell Canada and Nortel Networks announcement Tuesday of the installation of an IP Telephony Network at Lakehead University, in Thunder Bay, Ont., is part of the university