Is Microsoft headed for disaster later this year when Windows 8 debuts on tablet devices some of which will not be able to run Windows 7 desktop apps, despite supporting an optional desktop
Randall Craig’s parenting instincts were awakened when his 18-year-old son shared with him his plan to take off to Montreal for the weekend with a booking at the cheapest hotel available. As the
Twitter often gets the credit for being the modern-day digital medium that captures disasters, protests as they unfold – 140 characters at a time. The micro-blogging service that was designed to be simple
It's been one week since Japan was hit by the twin disasters of a powerful earthquake rating 8.9 on the Richter scale and a tsunami that washed away entire villages. As concerns continue
Published on: March 18th, 2011
Harmeet Singh
@itbusinessca
It may be weeks before the full impact of the Japanese quake and resulting tsunamis is on the flow if ICT between the disaster-affected country and Australia is known, IDC has warned.According to
Published on: March 16th, 2011
Dan Nystedt and Tim Lohman
@itbusinessca
Have you ever noticed that insurance seems to operate on the Murphy's Law principle? If you have it, you never need it, but as soon as the insurance is gone a catastrophe strikes.
Published on: December 22nd, 2010
Tony Bradley
@itbusinessca
There will be blood.That's the credo of Steven Smith, the director of business continuity management for the Canadian Blood Services (CBS). Especially during a disaster, such as a pandemic, when the sick need
On a cold winter night in downtown Toronto last year, Sean Shannon received the e-mail that most managing directors would consider a nightmare scenario.“Your office is now closed, access is denied, please activate
Ben O'Brien -- aka Ben The Illustrator -- and design blog Thunder Chunky have come together to create The Renmen Project, which will sell artwork from leading illustrators and designers to raise money
Published on: February 5th, 2010
Digital Arts Staff
@itbusinessca
The worst earthquake to hit the Caribbean in 200 years struck Haiti on Tuesday. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Haitian Capital of Port-au-Prince, where it devastated the tiny nation, causing an
While Canadians today the option of using SMS and other social networking tools to deliver financial aid to tens of thousands of victims in the Haiti's worst earthquake ever, cybercrooks have lost no
Published on: January 18th, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
Frantic callers searching for information about their loved ones jam the remaining communications lines in quake-devastated Haiti.Meanwhile here in Canada, the major wireless carriers have set up a way for Canadians to grab
Published on: January 15th, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
The U.S. federal government is worried about the Swine Flu (official name: 2009 H1N1 influenza virus). There have been predictions by experts of two or three times the normal number of flu related
Published on: September 2nd, 2009
Scott Bradner
@itbusinessca
After a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage at two separate locations on the Virginia Tech campus on a Monday morning in April 2007, it took the school until the next evening
