items tagged with Canada
Ribarvirin shows promise in treating cancer patients
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-05-14 08:04:56
An important Canadian study has found that the common anti-viral drug ribarvirin may be effective in the treatment of around 30% of all cancers. Further studies hope to increase this percentage.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-05-14 08:04:56
An important Canadian study has found that the common anti-viral drug ribarvirin may be effective in the treatment of around 30% of all cancers. Further studies hope to increase this percentage.
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Microsoft boosting games team with Canadian acquisition
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-05-07 18:56:01
Microsoft Game Studios is set to acquire Vancouver-based BigPark.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-05-07 18:56:01
Microsoft Game Studios is set to acquire Vancouver-based BigPark.
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Improved compact fluorescent light bulb is dimmable
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2009-04-13 07:53:23
Canadian researchers in Queen’s University has found a way to make CFLs dimmable, along with even more efficient than before—and they were already 1,000 times more efficient that incandescent bulbs while consuming only one-third the power.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2009-04-13 07:53:23
Canadian researchers in Queen’s University has found a way to make CFLs dimmable, along with even more efficient than before—and they were already 1,000 times more efficient that incandescent bulbs while consuming only one-third the power.
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10-second PWN2OWN Safari crack based on a year-old bug
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-23 00:04:48
Much has been made about the supposed speed with which a Mac running Safari was pwned in the PWN2OWN competition at last week's CanSecWest security conference. But it turns out that the crack was over a year in the making.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-23 00:04:48
Much has been made about the supposed speed with which a Mac running Safari was pwned in the PWN2OWN competition at last week's CanSecWest security conference. But it turns out that the crack was over a year in the making.
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Ten year $2.5b military contract win for Verizon
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-15 03:29:13
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-15 03:29:13
Verizon Business will provide network and data services at U.S. Department of Defense installations around the world under a new contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
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Microsoft Surface spreads to Europe and Middle East
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-03-03 00:18:12
Microsoft's Surface table computer has broken out of North America and is now available in 12 countries in Europe and the Middle East.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-03-03 00:18:12
Microsoft's Surface table computer has broken out of North America and is now available in 12 countries in Europe and the Middle East.
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Study wonders: Do you understand racism?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-01-09 11:04:46
Canadian-U.S. psychologists suggest in a new study that a person’s reaction to an act of racism may not be what is predicted. They wonder if people really undertand their attitudes on racism and whether their actions are similar with their spoken words.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-01-09 11:04:46
Canadian-U.S. psychologists suggest in a new study that a person’s reaction to an act of racism may not be what is predicted. They wonder if people really undertand their attitudes on racism and whether their actions are similar with their spoken words.
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Women prefer deeper voices in their men
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-12-04 16:49:01
A U.S.-Canadian study shows that deeper voices in men show dominance and good genetics to women. However, breast-feeding women like higher pitched voices in men. Can you guess what type of voices men liked in their women?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-12-04 16:49:01
A U.S.-Canadian study shows that deeper voices in men show dominance and good genetics to women. However, breast-feeding women like higher pitched voices in men. Can you guess what type of voices men liked in their women?
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MYOB sells US business, leaves China
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-27 18:47:35
In a move that signals a return of MYOB to its core operations, the accounting software company has divested itself of its US business and pulled out of China after a fruitless three years. MYOB has sold its US operations including the development of its Mac accounting software to its local distributor, Acclivity.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-27 18:47:35
In a move that signals a return of MYOB to its core operations, the accounting software company has divested itself of its US business and pulled out of China after a fruitless three years. MYOB has sold its US operations including the development of its Mac accounting software to its local distributor, Acclivity.
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Adobe brings philanthropy in house
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-01 16:46:16
Bucking the outsourcing trend, software developer Adobe has set up its own philanthropic organisation - the Adobe Foundation - after years of corporate giving through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-01 16:46:16
Bucking the outsourcing trend, software developer Adobe has set up its own philanthropic organisation - the Adobe Foundation - after years of corporate giving through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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Astronomers (probably) take 1st direct pix of planet orbiting star
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-16 08:54:29
Canadian astronomers have discovered and photographed for the first time what they think is a normal sized exosolar planet (exoplanet) orbiting a star other than the Sun. However, if true it could change our theories of planet formation.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-16 08:54:29
Canadian astronomers have discovered and photographed for the first time what they think is a normal sized exosolar planet (exoplanet) orbiting a star other than the Sun. However, if true it could change our theories of planet formation.
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Former astronaut Steve MacLean new head of Canadian Space Agency
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-03 08:38:19
On Tuesday, September 2, 2008, Steven “Steve” Glenwood MacLean, a two-time space shuttle astronaut, was named as the new head of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-03 08:38:19
On Tuesday, September 2, 2008, Steven “Steve” Glenwood MacLean, a two-time space shuttle astronaut, was named as the new head of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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Canadians going crazy for shiny Apples?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-25 22:35:45
With all the fuss about iPhone 3G connectivity and MobileMe woes, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Apple's image has lost its shine. But a recent Canadian survey shows the opposite with 34 percent of respondents saying they plan to buy a MacBook or MacBook Pro in the next 90 days. Can this be true?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-25 22:35:45
With all the fuss about iPhone 3G connectivity and MobileMe woes, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Apple's image has lost its shine. But a recent Canadian survey shows the opposite with 34 percent of respondents saying they plan to buy a MacBook or MacBook Pro in the next 90 days. Can this be true?
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Need an aggressive man? Find one with a wide face!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-08-23 09:39:52
A Canadian study has shown that aggressive behavior, such as with computer-game and hockey players, can be predicted by the width of a man’s face, but not of a woman’s.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-08-23 09:39:52
A Canadian study has shown that aggressive behavior, such as with computer-game and hockey players, can be predicted by the width of a man’s face, but not of a woman’s.
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Green supercomputer heading to Canada
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-14 22:29:30
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-14 22:29:30
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Power company offers rebate for Mac energy-saving utility
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-05 01:33:13
Canadian utility BC Hydro is offering its business customers a $C6 rebate for every Macintosh running the third-party Power Manager utility. While Mac OS X's Energy Saver allows for one automatic start up or wake event and one shutdown or sleep per day, Power Manager is considerably more flexible.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-05 01:33:13
Canadian utility BC Hydro is offering its business customers a $C6 rebate for every Macintosh running the third-party Power Manager utility. While Mac OS X's Energy Saver allows for one automatic start up or wake event and one shutdown or sleep per day, Power Manager is considerably more flexible.
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Learn how to write your own malware
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-04 05:28:43
As if malware is not already a big enough problem with script-kiddies and a thriving underworld market in readymade malware exploit kits adding to the agony. One university is now actively teaching students how to write viruses properly...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-04 05:28:43
As if malware is not already a big enough problem with script-kiddies and a thriving underworld market in readymade malware exploit kits adding to the agony. One university is now actively teaching students how to write viruses properly...
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iPhone shortages ahead, get in line!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-07 17:15:57
If you haven't already got a confirmed place in line for an iPhone 3G, you might not get one when Apple's new phone goes on sale on Friday.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-07 17:15:57
If you haven't already got a confirmed place in line for an iPhone 3G, you might not get one when Apple's new phone goes on sale on Friday.
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Canada gets unlimited mobile browsing – but not for iPhone
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-04 06:10:50
Bell Canada, one of the competitors to dominant Canadian telco Rogers, isn’t also selling the iPhone – but has just introduced unlimited $10 mobile web browsing on the Samsung Instinct. Is it a clever ploy to attract serious interest in the wake of the iPhone or doomed to disinterest?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-04 06:10:50
Bell Canada, one of the competitors to dominant Canadian telco Rogers, isn’t also selling the iPhone – but has just introduced unlimited $10 mobile web browsing on the Samsung Instinct. Is it a clever ploy to attract serious interest in the wake of the iPhone or doomed to disinterest?
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Oh Canada! Rogers gives iPhone users an expensive rogering
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-29 03:32:32
Canada’s dominant telco, Rogers, has announced its voice and data plans for the upcoming iPhone 3G. For the love of Steve Jobs (and God), please don’t let anything like these plans surface in Australia!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-29 03:32:32
Canada’s dominant telco, Rogers, has announced its voice and data plans for the upcoming iPhone 3G. For the love of Steve Jobs (and God), please don’t let anything like these plans surface in Australia!
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