Dave Webb

Dave Webb is a freelance editor and writer. A veteran journalist of more than 20 years' experience (15 of them in technology), he has held senior editorial positions with a number of technology publications. He was honoured with an Andersen Consulting Award for Excellence in Business Journalism in 2000, and several Canadian Online Publishing Awards as part of the ComputerWorld Canada team.

Articles by Dave Webb

Google Instant resurrects a favourite search feature — sort of

I watched the demo online on Wednesday of Google's new Instant search feature. Instant not only offers autocompletion suggestions, which Google has offered for...

IT doesn’t handle aging well

The aging of the workforce is a fact of enterprise life, but IT doesn't always celebrate experience

3Par and ‘the fear of missing out’

BLOGOSPHERE What's behind the bidding war between HP and Dell over the low-profile SAN vendor? We troll the blogs for an explanation

Six iPhone killers that didn’t

SLIDE SHOW Many a phone has been positioned as "the iPhone killer," but Apple's iconic smart phone is still standing. A brief history in pictures

Why IT must oppose Tories on long-form census

OPINION You can't run a knowledge economy on dumbed-down data. Why IT has more to lose than most Canadian industries

I sleep well, too

If you've been around tech media for any length of time longer than, say, eight minutes, you become jaded about the word "leader." Every...

Microsoft down to final option in i4i case

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office upholds the validity of a Toronto firm's XML patent, setting the stage for a last-ditch appeal before the Supreme Court

Sea, sun and SQL

Database pros combine training and vacation on the SQL cruise. Why it's not as decadent as it sounds

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