Microsoft has been rebuffed again in its software code patent dispute with Toronto’s i4i: a U.S. court has rejected the software giant’s request that a full panel of judges hear its appeal. In December, a Texas jury affirmed the decision in i4i's favour, which included a permanent injunction against future sales of Word.
LinkedIn Corp has been working closely with Research In Motion, and the result is a robust social networking tool for active professionals. It took a while, but rather than throwing apps on a wall to see what sticks, RIM now has a secure system for linking business people.
XM Canada, a provider of audio entertainment and information services, has announced plans to launch the XM online+ App for BlackBerry smartphones, a further indication that Research in Motion means more than business.
Allstream (an MTS Allstream company) has announced that it is deploying multicast technology on its national Multiprotocol Label Switching ("MPLS") network.
More than half of the internationally educated professionals (IEPs) who plan to work in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector settle in Ontario, most often Toronto. The provincial government is stepping up efforts to integrate this talent into the workforce.
The University of Winnipeg, Concordia University in Montreal, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology all use technology from Cisco Systems, whether for videoconferencing, call centers, or Wi-Fi.
Globalive's WIND Mobile has officially opened its doors in Ottawa, expanding its network to a fourth city. The company is extending a $150 porting credit to encourage Canadians to make the switch.
BC is a leader in cleantech, which is outpacing other sectors; the smart grid appliance market is on a growth path as ENMAX and Cisco collaborate in Calgary, and Accenture and Capgemini get serious; soundwaves reduce power consumption; Enbridge sees green....and: low energy servers, Intel's green side, Fujitsu's 'Carbon Trust Standard', a new power management design guide, and Microsoft's Joulemeter solution.
Canada’s universities have to deliver advanced information and communication infrastructures to a constantly changing user base. For a university, having a dynamic technology environment can be part of its appeal to students and research dollars. The challenge is to deliver quality service to a distributed, demanding, and constantly changing user base.
Regulation and policy news stories from this month: CRTC denies Bell request; foreign ownership rules under review; Harvard academic takes shots at Canada; CRTC not interested in wireless "power grab"; Canyon TV takes on Telus; CRTC wants more documentation from carriers, looks at DAVE Wireless; the British fight for Nortel assets; and digital economy discussion paper in the works.
Cisco System's VPN client for smartphones, Microsoft wards off attacks, Websense and Juniper get together, EMC expands security consulting, Canadian firm Defence Intelligence helps dismantle botnet, McAffee grows its SaaS base, Blue Coat and IBM team up, and...Do you know the most dangerous words on the web?
When the Broadcasting Act received royal assent on February 1st, 1991, the World Wide Web did not exist. Although Tim Berners-Lee had previously developed the requisite software at CERN in Geneva, the Web didn’t go public until August 1991. Yet the first four-machine, peer-to-peer network that eventually became the Internet was operating over two decades earlier, in December 1969 – coincidentally, the year after the 1968 Broadcasting Act was introduced.
Wind Mobile lands second retail distribution deal, the Apple iPhone 4 is confirmed to come to Canada on July 30th, and Telus is set to launch Android-powered Motorola i1 this autumn.
Apple Inc.’s CEO Steve Jobs, after repeating that the company “wasn’t perfect”, has offered free cases and refunds for customers unhappy about the iPhone 4’s performance.
In a submission for Industry Canada’s digital economy consultation, the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has said that the CRTC could be reduced from 12 commissioners to 5, and that Canada’s four biggest cable companies should contribute 10% of their revenues to cultural funds such as the Canada Media Fund (CMF).
In this business the two most difficult companies for the media to get a hold of are Apple Corp and Research in Motion. So, when Apple said Wednesday that it will hold a news conference Friday concerning its iPhone 4, that’s news.
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry tablet will be a 7" device, with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, a slide-out keyboard with a 1GHz processor, two cameras for video conferencing, and...Flash 10.1.
Research In Motion's BlackBerry 6 OS, set for release this summer, boasts a revised interface and new features like multi-touch support, “kinetic scrolling”, a new home screen, and social media feeds, but it is still playing catch-up to the iPhone.
As poor iPhone 4 product reviews buffet Apple Corp – specifically a seemingly inevitable recall to solve reception problems – the company is feeling the heat from Google’s Android platform, which is set to shine where Apple dominates: music and media.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees of the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference that Microsoft is committed to bringing new tablets and smartphones to the market. But is it too little, too late?
The new App Inventor for Android, a Google Labs program for Windows, OS X, and Linux, should make building Android programs as easy as snapping together a Lego toy.
Only weeks after launching its Kin One and Kin Two with Verizon Wireless, and days after Verizon halved prices, Microsoft has cancelled further development of the devices.
At Cisco Live on June 29, Cisco Systems unwrapped “Cius”, a "mobile collaboration business tablet” that offers HD video capabilities - and Microsoft was nowhere to be seen.
Shipments of Wi-Fi enterprise access points topped 800,000 in the first quarter of 2010, according to the latest market data from ABI Research. The firm estimates that enterprise-class wireless access point shipments should achieve 11.6 million units by the end of 2015.
Bruce Hyer, the MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, tabled Bill C-560, the Cellphone Freedom Act, which would force cellphone carriers to unlock all the devices they sell.
Independent retailers have traditionally been technology laggards, but this slow adoption of new technology has provided hidden benefits. Economies of scale are achieved at larger retail stores, and the new technologies become available to independent retailers at much lower costs. Today, independent retailers have access to point-of-sale systems with features comparable to large competitors. The costs of these systems are often hundreds of times less than the investment made by the large retail chains.
