Chris Conrath

When the Internet and the World Wide Web caught on, well beyond a public curiosity and firmly entrenched as a wave of the future, there was all sorts of speculation about how all of our data would be stored out on the Web. Our documents and information would exist only in cyberspace and the ASP and thin client would rule.

At what resembled an old-fashion pep rally, Microsoft Canada president Frank Clegg told a packed audience of Canadian business leaders that although there is much work to be done, the economic direction of Canada is on the right track.

For a variety of reasons wireless technology has faced an uphill battle in North America. While Asia and Europe are embracing mobility with a passion, especially in the realm of instant messaging and voice where some areas approach 80 per cent market penetration, Canada and the United States are lagging behind.

With the addition of new domain name extensions, such as .name and .biz, the possibility for confusion has increased dramatically.

Attempting to predict the future is a uniquely human trait that

Aephraim Steinberg, a University of Toronto physicist, teamed with fellow researchers Kevin Resch and Jeff Lundeen, is working on a photon optical switch which could play a role in the future of quantum computing. But like all cutting-edge research, it could also amount to nothing.

Federal Minister of Industry Alan Rock, in a speech before the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, announced a four part strategy to help increase Canadian innovation to help meet the demands of the next decade.

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