Friday, July 17, 2009

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 17/07/2009



Is GPS alone the answer for better E911?
Polaris Wireless CTO Marty Feuerstein outlines what he thinks the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to update Canada’s wireless 911 policy
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Waterloo researchers bring Web access to developing regions
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario released a beta version of an open source technology designed to give developing regions access to the Web for e-mail and for information on agricultural best practices and health care. How this could facilitate rural business process outsourcing
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Ex-Nortel exec leads rescue bidder's advisory team
Former Nortel president Dion Joannou says MatlinPatterson’s bid for Nortel assets will be better for customers and employees than Nokia Siemens Networks $650 million offer. But Forrester Research analyst Brownlee Thomas is not so sure
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Ottawa missing in action on cyber-warfare, says anti-Net censorship group
A Canadian Internet research group credited with blowing the lid off a Chinese computer spy network believed to be eavesdropping various foreign governments and organizations says the Canadian government is dropping the ball when it comes to cybercrime
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Cisco said to have laid off hundreds in San Jose
Published reports said the cuts are part of a plan to eliminate up to 2,000 positions, including 27 in Canada.
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Sun shareholders OK Oracle merger
Merger still needs clearance from regulators in the U.S. and Europe, although most observers expect the deal to pass unchallenged
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