Saturday | 10 January, 2009

Stories by: Shane Schick

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    IBM tries to get information on corporate agendas 03/09/2008 12:15:00

    IBM on Tuesday said it will offer corporate customers consulting services and software that will help business units and IT departments in distinct vertical markets understand how to manage information more effectively.
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    10 changes Steve Ballmer should make at Microsoft 03/07/2008 07:49:02

    When I appeared on CBC Newsworld last week to talk about Bill Gates' departure from Microsoft, they asked me whether I thought the company can survive without him. I tried not to roll my eyes.
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    Unleash your inner artist: Creativity and comp-sci 03/07/2008 10:40:29

    It took a 19th-century English poet to convince Robin Hunicke that her future lay in computer science.
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    Some retail sales guys know how to treat an IT user 26/06/2008 12:27:56

    There's nothing wrong with working at Future Shop, but I think Ben has more potential than that.
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    Websense to take fear out of Facebook, Web 2.0 18/06/2008 09:11:04

    Websense used the InfoSecurity Canada show to introduce a software-based gateway product aimed at protecting enterprise customers from the dangers of social networking sites and other advanced online services.
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    Facebook offers a primer in effective site redesign planning 27/05/2008 10:20:14

    Drop-down menus. Tabbed browsing. A content management tool. Come on, people: it's not like Facebook is reinventing the wheel here.
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    Nearly half of IT projects are killed off early 26/05/2008 08:48:10

    Nearly half of all IT projects get killed off before they're even completed, according to a survey conducted by the Information Systems Audit Control Association.
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    Gross! A computer cleaner dishes the dirt 23/05/2008 08:41:50

    When a British study recently showed the average computer keyboard is dirtier than a toilet seat, Jacqueline Miller's worst suspicions were confirmed.
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    Barack Obama is the iPhone of politicians 12/05/2008 10:56:23

    I don't know why it took me so long to make the connection. Even for a political figure, Barack Obama generates an extraordinary level of attention, and probably hundreds of news articles a day. He represents (for many people, at least), hope for an enormous change, almost a transformative revolution. And, like Apple's most famous product, you won't find him in Canada.
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    Fifteen years of the Web 02/05/2008 08:37:20

    Without Tim Berners-Lee, we might all be slaves to Gopher by now.
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    AMD offers breathing room with Business Class PC 02/05/2008 11:21:41

    AMD's decision to move into the business PC market this week reminds me of the first line of Shopgirl, a novella by Steve Martin, which points out that working in the glove department at a large retail store means "you are selling things that nobody buys anymore."
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