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The Globe and Mail - What's a QR Code? Consumers still aren't sure
The smartphone has taken the old-fashioned barcode to a new level. You may have seen them, even if you didn't know what they were. These new 鈥渜uick response codes鈥� look more like weird postage stamps, full of maze-like squares and lines. Once they're scanned or a picture is taken of them wi...
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Profit Magazine - Sew up your tech strategy
Few firms can get by these days without good information and communications technology (ICT). Thankfully, much of today鈥檚 tech is perfectly tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized enterprises; there are software programs, apps and communications platforms designed to improve the efficiency o...
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MacLeans Magazine - The mighty Amazon
(07-Apr-11) In the world of technology, there鈥檚 hardly anything as dangerous as missing the boat on the next big thing. Take Microsoft and Nokia. The two behemoths dominated the high-tech universe in the 1990s, but only two months ago they were dubbed 鈥渢wo unpopular kids in high school with rich ...
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Globe and Mail - Macs steal bigger bites of the business PC market
(6-Apr-11) After years as a bit player in the business computer market, Apple Inc.鈥檚 success with consumer products 鈥� particularly its iPhone and iPad tablet 鈥� is pushing the Cupertino, Calif., company鈥檚 Macintosh computer line through more businesses鈥� doors. But it鈥檚 a slow process, thanks t...
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CIO Magazine - Public Cloud Vs. Private Cloud: Why Not Both?
(3-Apr-11) As cloud computing moves from hype to reality, certain broad trends and best practices are emerging when it comes to the public cloud vs. private cloud deployment debate. Anecdotally and from surveys, it's becoming clear that most enterprises are first looking to the private cloud ...
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MSN.ca - Netflix challenging traditional TV providers
(30-Mar-11) MONTREAL - California-based Netflix is challenging Canadian cable, satellite, pay TV and traditional broadcasters by offering a growing amount of competitive online TV and movie content for consumers. "I am certain of one thing, and that is cable companies and pay-per-use broadcast...
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CIO Magazine - Can a Smartphone App Juice the Market for Electric Cars?
(25-Mar-11) Consumers have been slow to embrace electric vehicles, despite their cool factor. One obstacle to adoption is that the battery-powered cars can typically travel only about 100 miles before requiring a recharge. And there are just a few thousand public charging stations in the United S...
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Small Business Computing - 10 Cloud Computing Security Tips for Small Businesses
(8-Mar-11) Cloud computing can represent a net gain in data security and system reliability 鈥� especially for small businesses with aging computers and data stored on hard drives that rarely -- if ever -- experience a back up. But that doesn鈥檛 mean you can take security and reliability for gran...
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ITBusiness.ca - The return of Michael Capellas
(3-Mar-11) New Orleans, La. - The last time Michael Capellis was in the high tech spotlight he was trying to save MCI Worldcom. That did not go well for the 30-year veteran of the IT industry. Today, the last CEO of Compaq took the main stage at Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) Partner Summit, held he...
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