Medical

Samsung gave ITBusiness.ca a tour of its Canada headquarters and a sneak peek at some of the commercial digital signage screens that will be brought to market in the coming months. Included in the lineup are the first commercial LED screens, an educational interactive touch screen, and a tough outdoors sign that you might see on vending machines soon enough.

For most of us, it makes sense to wait until some of the major kinks have been worked out of home 3-D display technology.

A firm that delivers Bollywood flicks to your mobile phone, and another that sends location based coupons to your cell, are among 10 innovative wireless firms IDC Canada says we should watch.

A fairly sizeable number of C-level executives are attempting to join the ranks of senators, governors, state attorneys general and other elected officials.

Foxconn, the world's largest contract maker of electronics devices, is offering workers more pay -- in the hope that a stable workforce will reduce the number of attempted suicides.

Telus is using Microsoft HealthVault to power Health Space, its patient-managed and Web-based electronic health records system. Users will be able to track their medical information and share it with doctors or family members.

Whether you're out on the road for weeks at a time meeting with clients, just popping into the city for a weekend conference or taking the family on a hard-earned vacation, a few well-chosen applications can turn your BlackBerry from a communications tool into a road warrior's productivity powerhouse.

With these apps you can track expenses, mileage and business calls; find perfect places to stay, eat and work - and do much more, all from the comfort of your BlackBerry's familiar screen.

An attacker could conceivably access your information on Google by hacking directly into its servers, or into your individual account. How do you protect yourself - and your privacy? Here were offer you some great strategies.

Physicians are quickly embracing telemedicine and social networking as a way to foster a more intimate relationship with patients and educate them about treatments prior to office visits.

University researchers discover thousands of documents containing sensitive patient information on popular peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.

I was a walking data breach waiting to happen -- and I didn't know it until I was asked to review Identity Finder.

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Ann Cavoukian, has issued her annual report. She is calling on businesses of all sizes to implement best practices for information management and is pointing out a problem with abandoned patient health care records in the province.

Wireless carriers will be trying to capture your imagination with cool new applications -- or better old ones -- that fully exploit the 10X speed increases promised by fourth-generation wireless networks.

A warning from a 3D TV manufacturer that its product may cause some health problems among children, pregnant women, elderly and those who've consumed alcohol suggest that 3D TV isn't yet ready for prime time.