Sunday, March 7, 2010

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 07/03/2010



Open Text invests CD$225 million in R&D
The enterprise content management vendor focuses on green IT, mobile apps and high-performance systems over the next five years across its Waterloo, Ottawa and Richmond Hill centres. Plus, 400 new jobs will be created
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OPINION: Microsoft CEO goes cloud crazy
The Redmond, Wash., giant is becoming a cloud computing company and according to CEO Steve Ballmer, about 90 per cent of Microsoft software developers will be working on cloud-based initiatives within one year. Find out why these numbers aren’t very useful
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Ready, set, blog: Our third Blogging Idol competition
Share your thoughts on issues affecting IT with our audience. This year: New judges, new prizes, new themes
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U.S. phone subsidies to go to broadband
The US$4.6 billion-a-year program that subsidizes telephone service to rural areas will go to broadband if a proposal from the federal regulator goes through. It's a move that's only just starting to be studied in Canada
Read More ...

Windows Phone 7 not backwards compatible
In a recent blog post, Microsoft Corp. confirmed Windows Phone 7 devices will not run applications written for the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system for wireless cellular devices. Analyst Mark Tauschek said Microsoft had no choice but to revamp its operating system for wireless devices to better compete with Google Android and the Apple iPhone
Read More ...

IBM, Eclipse focus on OSGi modularity
Big Blue looks to boost its WebSphere app server while Eclipse ponders framework based on the Java module system
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Open Text invests CD$225 million in R&D
The enterprise content management vendor focuses on green IT, mobile apps and high-performance systems over the next five years across its Waterloo, Ottawa and Richmond Hill centres. Plus, 400 new jobs will be created
Read More ...

OPINION: Microsoft CEO goes cloud crazy
The Redmond, Wash., giant is becoming a cloud computing company and according to CEO Steve Ballmer, about 90 per cent of Microsoft software developers will be working on cloud-based initiatives within one year. Find out why these numbers aren’t very useful
Read More ...

Ready, set, blog: Our third Blogging Idol competition
Share your thoughts on issues affecting IT with our audience. This year: New judges, new prizes, new themes
Read More ...

U.S. phone subsidies to go to broadband
The US$4.6 billion-a-year program that subsidizes telephone service to rural areas will go to broadband if a proposal from the federal regulator goes through. It's a move that's only just starting to be studied in Canada
Read More ...

Windows Phone 7 not backwards compatible
In a recent blog post, Microsoft Corp. confirmed Windows Phone 7 devices will not run applications written for the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system for wireless cellular devices. Analyst Mark Tauschek said Microsoft had no choice but to revamp its operating system for wireless devices to better compete with Google Android and the Apple iPhone
Read More ...

IBM, Eclipse focus on OSGi modularity
Big Blue looks to boost its WebSphere app server while Eclipse ponders framework based on the Java module system
Read More ...

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