Briony Smith

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MasterCard gets moving on mobile payments

The credit card firm is planning a trial of near-field communications technology that will link cell phones with PayPass accounts for use in a variety of Canadian merchants. Key rivals: Visa and RBC

HP Canada paints it green

New eco-friendly offerings include an enterprise assessment service, a global paper policy, a new inkjet printer made almost entirely of recycled materials, and a new "green" label

Adobe pops out three new betas

Dreamweaver beta includes new code navigator feature

CATA learns the Bedouin approach to office IT

The Canadian IT association releases a set of online videos that explain how to create a work- and customer-centric approach to business that isn

Open source skills: What companies need to know

As mainstream firms download freeware, they are either demanding the requisite expertise from employees or outsourcing them. Learn about the advantages and drawbacks for managers

Bluetooth bites 802.11, comes up empty

The head of the Bluetooth Special Interest group says the new combination spec has security features which have never been broken but the technology could be redundant with ultra-wide broadband, an ABI analyst says. Find out more about its security and interference characteristics

Recession? What recession?

IDC Canada predicts we will spend 5.5 per cent more on software in 2008, while expenditures on IT services will go up 4.3 per cent. Find out what the economy has in store for the IT industry in Canada

Symantec mouthpiece issues pro-IT compliance report

Firms with good IT governance, risk, and compliance practices have 17 per cent higher revenues, says report

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