Thursday, June 6, 2013

IT News Head Lines (IT World Canada) 6/7/2013





Rural users lose when spectrum is hoarded: Experts
The amount of spectrum Bell and Rogers are sitting on is "obscene," according to Christine Prudham or Xplornet Communications

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Malware creators increasingly using P2P: Report
People used to worry about peer-to-peer communications being used to illegally download music and videos. But it also has a more sinister use

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Security in medical devices questioned
At an electronics design conference this week researchers said IT security for all sorts of medical equipment is disgraceful

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Toronto provider recovering from DDoS attack
easyDSN thought it knew what was coming, but the company was surprised when the international attack turned out to be something else

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IT can’t say ‘take it or leave it:' IBM's Fortin
If staff want to communicate through social media, IT departments will have to work with them, says the new head of IBM Canada

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Industry Minister turns down telecom conference
Christian Paradis' absence suggests Ottawa not ready yet to deal with issues in the cellular industry that will be discussed at week

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Pentium, Celeron chips to use Atom architecture
Shift signifies Intel's growing reliance on Atom architecture for entry-level computing

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SOCAN hits right note with Cisco UC solutions
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada replaces aging telephony infrastructure with unified communication system incorporating BYOD and CRM features

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Company Communities aims to spice up intranets
New product from Salesforce.com adds social networking and mobile capabilities to corporate intranets

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HP boosts performance of thin clients
Changes to the Velocity network performance management software means multimedia applications will now work better

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What you need to know about Windows 8.1
Microsoft unveils new Windows 8.1 features that enhance personalization, cloud connectivity and search functions

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Cisco, Sheridan College partner in STEM project
Cisco's conferencing and collaboration equipment will serve as a platform for a program that connects Canadian students with science and tech experts

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Computer scientists against Oracle in Java API suit
Well-known developers support a court brief filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation opposing an attempt to get licencing fees for the application programming interface

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Aussie government mulls ODF
The country's CTO proposes across the board support for the open XML-based format, saying it frees the government from the risk of a vendor eliminating support for a proprietary format

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