Emerging Tech

IT professionals in Toronto should expect at least a 3.9 per cent increase in base salaries this year, but may have to pay the price of longer hours, according to a recent survey.

In anticipation of rolling out its data network coast-to-coast by the end of this year, Toronto

Napster Inc. was granted a slight reprieve Monday, albeit in the form of an injunction from U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel.

A new mass-mailing trojan worm called "NAKEDWIFE" is circulating and, if executed, can delete files that are necessary for everyday computer operation, several computer security companies confirmed Tuesday.

Palm Inc. has agreed to acquire Extended Systems Inc., a provider of infrastructure software that allows enterprise applications to be accessed from handheld computers, in a transaction valued at about US$264 million, Palm said in a statement issued Tuesday.

Providing broadband connectivity to everyone in North America could be the best thing ever done, but business and government have to work together to make it happen, John Chambers, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc. said Tuesday.

The judge who found Microsoft Corp. guilty of antitrust violations and ordered the company split in two was on trial as much as the software giant in last week's appeals hearings. As a result, many observers now believe Microsoft likely will win its appeal.

Microsoft Corp. announced Monday that it has released the final code of Office XP, the successor to Office 2000, to manufacturing.