HP interrupts Apple tablet fervor with Slate preview By: Rafael Ruffolo (1/26/2010 3:56:00 PM)
Just hours before Apple Inc. is expected to unveil its highly anticipated tablet device, HP Co. gave a sneak preview of its own Slate device, promising both an “affordable” price tag and a 2010 release date.
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How dead is Nortel? By: Jim Duffy (1/21/2010 12:13:00 PM)
Analysts are mixed on whether Toronto-based Nortel Networks Corp. will survive in some form or die off, becoming a distant memory of a bygone era and century.
Nortel has sold off the majority of its assets since entering bankruptcy protection a year ago. Its $800 million carrier VoIP business is c ...
Motorola demands BlackBerry import ban By: Greg Meckbach (1/25/2010 10:04:00 AM)
Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) has alleged Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion Ltd. (TSE:RIM) is infringing on its patents and is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop RIM from selling certain BlackBerry products in the U.S.
A RIM spokesperson said the BlackBerry maker "typically dec ...
Deloitte’s 10 Canadian TMT predictions for 2010 By: Jennifer Kavur (1/20/2010 4:22:00 PM)
The Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Group presented its ninth annual TMT predictions at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto Wednesday.
This year’s theme for Canada, according to Deloitte, is that consumers and enterprises wanting to acce ...
Round Table: Our predictions for 2010 By: It World Canada Staff (1/29/2010 3:46:00 PM)
Jeff Jedras (Senior Writer, Computer Dealer News): The netbook market, which has been extremely hot this last year, I don’t see it having a strong future, especially with the continuing growth in the smart phone segment. I don’t think there’s enough differentiation between those tw ...
Cavoukian’s order to encrypt health data not enough By: Kathleen Lau (2/3/2010 4:30:00 PM)
Although the Durham Health Region was ordered by Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner to encrypt its data after an employee misplaced a USB key containing thousands of patient’s medical data, a security expert thinks that still won’t be enough.
In January, Durham Health aut ...
OPINION: iPad is the only game in town for tablets By: Rafael Ruffolo (2/3/2010 4:13:00 PM)
Info-Tech Research Group Ltd. analyst Mark Tauschek thinks iPad adoption in the enterprise is “almost a certainty” and is calling on IT departments to start preparing their support strategy.
This is actually a pretty bold claim by Tauschek and one that goes against what most IT ...
Apple patches critical flaws in iPhone, iPod Touch By: Gregg Keizer (2/3/2010 3:53:00 PM)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has patched five vulnerabilities in the iPhone's operating system, including one in a password-locking feature that's required attention before.
iPhone OS 3.1.3 , the first update since September 2009, addressed five bugs, three of which were tagged with the phrase "arbitra ...
Customer intolerance for slow Web sites grows By: Juan Carlos Perez (2/3/2010 2:12:00 PM)
Consumers have very little patience for online stores, e-banks and travel sites that slow down, act erratically or crash during busy transaction seasons, according to a new study from Gomez, a provider of Web performance optimization tools and services.
As the intolerance with clunky Web sites ri ...
Why Watching 'Lost' Is Like Managing ERP By: Thomas Wailgum (2/3/2010 2:00:00 PM)
Since the fall of 2004, I've invested a lot of time, given way too much thought to, and probably annoyed plenty of people over all things Lost . Like a crazy, unpredictable friend in your life, the show has consumed me, frustrated me, surprised me, exasperated me and kept me on m ...
ICTC tool helps immigrants find IT jobs By: Jennifer Kavur (02 Feb 2010)
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) recently launched a new online self-assessment tool that helps technology professionals from foreign countries determine whether or not they have what it takes to secure employment in Canada.
Unveiled at ICTC’s 2010 Immigration Init ...
Career Watch: The disabled as IT workers By: Jamie Eckle (21 Jan 2010)
In what ways are people with disabilities superior employees? I would not say people with disabilities are superior employees. I would say that there are aspects of having a disability that result in many people with disabilities being great employees. In my experience -- and I have helped to place ...
Java’s future still uncertain in Oracle’s clutches By: Joab Jackson (22 Jan 2010)
Would the Java community thrive as well under Oracle's control as it did under Sun Microsystems? Vendors of Java products seem split about the question.
Mark Little, who is Red Hat's chief technologist for middleware and a member of the Java Community Process (JCP) executive committee, ...
CATA puts innovation debate on LinkedIn, Facebook By: Kathleen Lau (25 Jan 2010)
The Ottawa-based Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA Alliance) is using social networks to launch a discussion about the country’s innovation gap and amass feedback from the general public as to how to address it.
Taking a broad holistic approach to Canada’s state o ...
Oracle to hire more staff than it cuts from Sun By: Ted Samson (27 Jan 2010)
With Oracle's anticipated purchase of Sun drawing near, company CEO Larry Ellison disclosed plans to hire 2,000 engineering and sales employees - more workers than it's expected to cut from Sun's workforce, according a The Wall Street Journal report posted Tuesday.
Oracle's acquisition of S ...
