Dave Webb is a technology journalist with more than 15 years' experience. He has edited numerous technology publications including Network World Canada, ComputerWorld Canada, Computing Canada and eBusiness Journal. He now runs content development shop Dweeb Media.
SAN FRANCISCO -- While Autodesk is pushing “digital prototyping” – an engineering process that uses 3D modeling and reams of data to visualize and analyze designs without making physical prototypes – the company
Published on: February 14th, 2007
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
SAN FRANCISCO – Carl Bass, Autodesk CEO, recalls a conversation with a client who creates outsize – as in 20-foot-plus – granite statues. The client's been having his production done in China; when
Published on: February 13th, 2007
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
Lifehacker.com is one of the Top 20 blogs on the Internet, was named one of the 50 Coolest Web Sites by Time magazine and has been nominated for 12 Bloggies, the Weblog community’s
Published on: February 9th, 2007
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
The consumer and small business launch of Microsoft’slatest operating system will make IT managers take notice, but itwon’t accelerate migration plans in the enterprise, according to oneanalyst. Microsoft Canada held the consumer and
Published on: January 29th, 2007
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
Canada’s largest wedding registry service has wedded Wi-Fi and RFID technology so in-store shoppers can update their online wish lists in near-real time. William Ashley’s “Wish Pad” is a clipboard that holds a
Published on: January 17th, 2007
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
You're integrating the infrastructure of 12 municipalities - seven formal IT organizations and five outsourced IT arrangements, with staffs that vary widely in knowledge and responsibility - and you've only got a year
Published on: December 19th, 2006
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
Given the opportunities for cost-savings and process streamlining it represents, the shared services model of public sector IT service delivery has become something of a mantra. But the lines of accountability can become
Published on: December 19th, 2006
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
From a trunk-of-the-car computer business to the corner office of a $1-billion-a-year distributor, Jim Estill's 27 years in the channel have reflected and shaped the nature of the business in Canada. He's never
Published on: November 22nd, 2006
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
Mid-sized businesses suffer from middle-child syndrome, says Microsoft Corp.’s general manager of midmarket marketing, and the tech industry hasn’t done a good job catering to their needs. “Most of the IT industry, including
Published on: November 2nd, 2006
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
DUBLIN – Hewlett-Packard Canada wants users to know that if they cheap out by buying toner and ink cartridges, they’re getting what they paid for.At a factory tour here this week, company representatives
Published on: October 13th, 2006
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
REDMOND, Wash. - Eight and a half years in this game, and somehow I'd never had to make the trek out to the world's most famous suburb. This is, of course, home of
I have a favourite bookstore - BMV on Edward Street in Toronto, right next to The World's (Allegedly) Biggest Bookstore. It's packed to the ceiling with used and remaindered books.Last month, I picked
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TORONTO -- There is widespread interest in the notion of a "connected home" networked to distribute media, automate lighting and security, and even allow remote control of a home’s functions over the Internet,
Published on: February 21st, 2006
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity are pretty much a given, so anyone who wants a truly horrific aural experience can use a wireless headset. The applications hardly vary from platform to platform (and don't
Published on: November 21st, 2005
Dave Webb
@itbusinessca
