Shane Schick

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Canadian student maps brain power to image search

University of Ottawa student Kris Woodbeck is combining the neural processes we use to understand image data with the features of graphics processors. Find out more about next year

Via Rail suffers snafus with online booking engine

The national passenger train service asks customers to make their ticket purchases in person after the Web-based system it has been using for years runs into IT problems. Call centre overload!

What’s in store for Google’s GDrive

Whatever Google offers with the GDrive – assuming it ever actually comes out with the GDrive – it’s got to be better than having...

12 steps to stellar software design

Usability is an always-neglected art, and some companies need to hit rock bottom before they take action. Microsoft Canada's latest evangelist teams up with a former colleague to offer strategies for a better application experience

Toronto’s Clarity Systems partners to ease SEC filing

The corporate performance management firm teams up with EDGARfilings to create an integrated product that will handle both the reporting and delivery chores around financial documents

An image for IT managers: Joggle all the way

Michal Kapral can teach IT professionals a lot about multi-tasking, and he doesn’t even need a computer or a phone to do it.By day,...

What IT needs to know about widgets

Creating micro-applications is getting easier, but some companies find the business case elusive. The Weather Network, Google Canada and a Toronto consultant offer advice on getting started

Tim Horton finds vendor for electronic loyalty card

The popular doughnut shop is bringing some e-commerce into the mix with a prepaid card that can be used in its chain of restaurants or by drive-through customers

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