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Chinese government gains “black hat” status
Anthony Gabryluk

VeriSign fingers the Chinese Government as source of attack on Google, as the code goes public. Meanwhile, global black hats gain upper hand, Adobe says PDFs were not to blame, and security finds its way into green building designs.

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Company Spotlight, Geographic Markets, Security
Apple appeals to ITC in Nokia fight, navigates “Green” waters
David Anderson

Apple Corp has filed with the International Trade Commission (ITC) asking for a US import ban on Nokia products, and may be moving into the home energy business despite rejecting new environmental efforts.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus
All things iPhone
David Anderson

Mophie Marketplace app pushes into iPhone POS market; Apple and Google to duke it out in 2010; and the iPhone is Vodaphone’s new best friend.

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Company Spotlight, Geographic Markets
Canadian study points to strong mobile touchscreen demand in 2010
Anthony Gabryluk

The coming year will see a surge in mobile device sales in Canada, with the big winner being touchscreen vendors Apple, Motorola, Palm, Samsung and HTC.

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Company Spotlight, Geographic Markets, Industry Focus
Avaya and the Olympics
Sheila McGee-Smith

A number of news stories hit the internet in the last couple of days proclaiming that with just five weeks to go, Avaya had replaced Nortel as a sponsor of the Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus
PwC and MTS Allstream stick to their knitting with acquisition, alliance
Anthony Gabryluk

In a deal effective Feb. 1, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Canada has acquired the professional services consulting group of MTS Allstream, part of its long re-build after the 2002 sale of its global consulting unit to IBM.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus
Microsoft Outlook in eye of spear phishing attack
Tim Wilson

Red Condor, a vendor of e-mail security solutions, has issued a warning for an aggressive “spear phishing email campaign”. In the ruse, recipients are asked to "apply a new set of settings" to their mailboxes because of a recent "security upgrade" of their mailing service.

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Company Spotlight, Security
Redline Communications sacks COO, lowers guidance, retrenches in the Americas
Suzanne Gellhorn

Redline Communications Inc, a  provider of broadband wireless infrastructure and standards-based WiMAX products, has reduced its workforce globally by approximately 10%, including Chief Operating Officer Jim Dickerman.

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Company Spotlight, Geographic Markets, Industry Focus, People
Siemens’ deal with Shared Technologies boosts North American market access
Anthony Gabryluk


Siemens Enterprise Communications is set to announce a distribution agreement with Shared Technologies, the largest independent distributor of enterprise Nortel gear, and an Avaya partner.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus
Winter Olympics a tech showcase
David Anderson

CTV and Rogers Media Inc, leaders of Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, have chosen Cactus Commerce for e-commerce,  Ross Vision for production switchers, Isilon IQ for data storage and Hitachi for HD cameras, as Carleton University and Ottawa’s AMITA team for security and SAP has an Olympic “Snow Day” in Vancouver.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus
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