Info-Tech in the News

(12-Jan-10) PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada has purchased MTS Allstream Inc.’s non-telecom IT consulting business in a move aimed at rebuilding its IT consulting business. In addition to a slew of client contracts, the acquisition will bring PwC Canada 180 new employees from MTS Allstream’s...

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(9-Jan-10) Gadget pundits like to use biblical references when talking about Apple chief Steve Jobs, so when reports surfaced this week that the computing giant is preparing to release a new tablet device, talk of Moses coming down from Mount Sinai was inevitable. Rumoured to have an iPhone-li...

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(8-Jan-10) If the question “What do you want from me?” screams in your head throughout the day, it might be time to re-assess the relationship you have with the rest of your organization. One of the first things IT shops can do to improve their relationships with the rest of their organization...

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(6-Jan-10) Though no iPhone slayer, Nexus One – the Android OS-powered handset unveiled by Google Tuesday – will be a much sought after smartphone, say Canadian mobile market analysts. "I'll want one when it gets here," said Mark Tauschek, lead analyst at Info-Tech Research Group in London, On...

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(5-Jan-10) The B.C Coroners Services (BCCS) issued a safety bulletin last August about leaving laptop computers running on soft surfaces such as couches. The warning came in the wake of an investigation into a tragic incident with a Hewlett-Packard laptop. In B.C.’s first fatality attributed ...

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(4-Jan-10) This year will see phones organized around contact lists, an upsurge in video-on-demand, social networking as a primary means of communication, people tracking each other via GPS and smart phones as all-in-one entertainment hubs, according to Telus Corp.’s chief futurist. Phones w...

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