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Microsoft still tinkering with Surface
News The company has taken its Surface prototypes on the road a lot in the past six months, showing them to thousands of people in places such as Boston, New York, Paris, Toronto and Zurich. Although Microsoft is still... [09 Nov 2007]
Will Apple's iPhone drive citywide wi-fi?
News For example, he noted the iPhone can connect at faster speeds over the wi-fi network in cities such Toronto much faster than other handsets can connect using a major carrier's 3G cellular network. Apple's iPhone and... [24 Oct 2007]
Microsoft to open Canadian development centre
News The software maker currently has just over 900 workers in Canada, most of whom are based in Toronto, where Microsoft has its local subsidiary as well as sales, marketing and some development staff. Amid challenges... [06 Jul 2007]
Net censorship on the rise
News Twenty-five out of 41 governments studied block or filter internet content, according to a survey carried out by OpenNet Initiative (ONI), which is made up of groups at Cambridge University, Harvard Law School, Oxford University and the... [18 May 2007]
US gambling ban challenged from within
News Those sites included ones like BetBug of Toronto; BetWWTS.com of Antigua; Bodog Sportsbook, and Casino and Poker of Costa Rica. Just six months after President Bush signed a law outlawing online gambling, a key... [27 Apr 2007]
For Ministry of Sound, IP telephony is massive
News The system will also connect employees based in Toronto and travelling around the world, giving savings on international calls. Lifestyle brand Ministry of Sound has signed a contract with NEC Philips Unified Solutions... [25 Apr 2007]
Aardman gets animated about its IT
News Animators can now transfer larger amounts of image data between the three Aardman production offices in Bristol, LA and Toronto. Aardman Animations is moving its IT and communications up a gear as it looks to make... [04 Jan 2007]
Microsoft launches book search beta
News Microsoft has restricted the beta release of Live Search Books to only include non-copyright books scanned from the collections of the British Library, the University of California and the University of Toronto. [06 Dec 2006]
Microsoft worming into Google's territory
News Cornell University Library has joined the British Library, University of California and University of Toronto in collaborating with Microsoft to get its public domain materials online. Microsoft has announced a deal with... [18 Oct 2006]
Tourist chiefs boost videoconferencing network
News VisitBritain has installed Polycom's group videoconferencing systems in 14 regional hub offices in cities around the world including Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Dubai, Johannesburg, New York, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo and... [23 Aug 2006]
Has US online gambling had its chips?
News Tuesday's vote on the bill, which most House Democrats opposed and nearly all Republicans endorsed, is designed to target offshore websites that go by names such as BetBug of Toronto; BetWWTS.com of Antigua; Bodog... [12 Jul 2006]
Loan company loses data on 1.3 million students
News Toronto-based Hummingbird said in a statement on Wednesday: "The data was protected through security measures, and given the technology that would be required to retrieve the data, Hummingbird believes that any misuse of... [02 Jun 2006]
Google 'death penalty' hits Ricoh but meets criticism
News While silicon.com reader Rajeev Dhiman from Toronto, Canada, expressed his support for the search giant's actions, others aren't convinced. A decision by Google to blacklist BMW's German website for allegedly boosting... [07 Feb 2006]
Microsoft offers $15k for NetWare switchers
News The Microsoft programme partly grew out of a discussion that Martin Taylor, the software behemoth's platform strategy general manager, had with Novell resellers at Microsoft's worldwide partner conference this summer in... [17 Nov 2004]
Two critical Windows vulnerabilities announced
News Corporate VP Mike Nash announced the tool for Download.Ject during a speech at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto. Microsoft has announced seven new security updates for Windows, including two that address... [14 Jul 2004]
