Investigators now believe that the recent attacks on Google and dozens of other companies came from a Chinese group specifically targeting corporate sites — not the US military or other government agencies.
The Green notebook covers Canada's Cleantech Summit, Green:Net 2010 in San Francisco, the Dot Eco domain name that may hail from Vancouver, a new data centre that demonstrates the impact of climate change, fibre through the Northwest Passage, Ontario's Samsung deal, the GHG Protocol Initiative, and a report that has tracked the effect of the economy on green investments.
At the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled a new version of its Windows Phone smartphone software; and Outlook Social Connector ramps up e-mail collaboration tools.
GoogleBuzz – which takes one part Facebook, one part Twitter, one part YouTube and one part Flickr as part of a social networking platform linked to Gmail – continues to make waves. We show some flaws, report on the blow-up with Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, and offer up a fix.
News from Canadian companies iseemedia and RedKnee, as well as market and trade updates from one of the the world's most exciting telco markets, Pay Pal's Indian banking headache, and the last breath of a Nortel outsourcer.
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced a version of its Enterprise Server aimed at cost-conscious businesses, an overhauled internet browser, and a call for a data economy.
Montreal-headquartered research firm Maravedis says that 4.73 million active BWA/WiMAX subscribers were reached by the end of Q3 2009, and for the first time, the number of mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) subscribers surpassed the number of fixed WiMAX (802.16-2004) subscribers worldwide.
Recent reports that Google is building a gigabit-a-second broadband network serving between 50,000 and 500,000 people hides the fact that, when it comes to the world of telecommunications, these are baby steps.
Motorola has confirmed that it intends to reorganize itself into two independent companies by the first quarter of 2011: the mobile handset business will be combined with the set-top box unit in preparation for a spin off into a publicly traded company.
Research firm Forrester says that information worker demand, combined with some employers’ willingness to cover mobile costs, is priming the pump for a surge in smartphone growth.
Vancouver-headquartered Intrinsyc Software International Inc., a developer of Google Android, Research in Motion BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile applications for the smartphone market, is planning on saving 8%, or $800,000, in annual expenses by cutting executive staff.
Market researcher ComScore has Apple Corp closing in on market leaders Motorola and Research In Motion, as mobile texting and social networking gain in popularity.
Chetan Sharma Consulting says that cost reduction strategies and new service revenue models for a “sustainable mobile data future” could bring down operators’ costs by 60%. Now, if we can only pass that on to the end-user.
The threat of a crippling attack on computer and telecommunications networks is growing, as legal defense spending spikes and data breach incident costs level off.
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.
