Text and photo by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Canadians purchased more than 83 million IT products – eight per cent lower than the year before – at an average price of $56 per unit. The most popular among these items was the computer notebook, which came down 15 per cent in average price, fuelling a 31 per cent rise in the total units sold.

A Canadian e-Reading company says open standards will cause tectonic shifts in e-Book adoption, technology and compatibility.

By Lee Rickwood

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Mobilicity squeezes into a picture that’s got providers Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus, Virgin and Wind all competing for 3G customers and selling the latest batch of app phones and smartphones.

by Lee Rickwood

When I heard about this new netbook, it made me think that new life may be added to the concept.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Selling for $654.99, the Milestone, is the 3G GSM version of Motorola’s popular Android phone sporting the latest Android 2.0 OS. As of this writing, Expansys.ca had 61 one of these delectable droid devices available for Canadians.

by Lee Rickwood

Just in the nick of time – the deadline is Feb 1 – Canada’s wireless providers have better and more accurately ways to identify the location of emergency 911 callers. Even so, you should know your location, too, and how to best make an emergency call.

by Lee Rickwood

Online privacy and data security should be the default standard in technology and application development, says Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner, on International Data Privacy Day.

The Official press release from Apple Canada on the new iPad, with descriptions and U.S. pricing.

by Lee Rickwood

Hate being hassled by telemarketers? Fed up with calls from your former BFF? If so, if it’s worth three bucks a month not to be bothered, read on.

By Marc Saltzman

If you’ve been following all the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) coverage from the monstrous tech convention in Las Vegas, chances are you’ve read about 3DTV, wireless tablets, e-book readers and new gizmos for the car.

By Dilshan Kathriarachchi

Rogers to release the Android-powered Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 exclusively in Canada. Will the proprietary user interface on the device be a game changer?

by Lee Rickwood

RIM’s Presenter eliminates the need for pre-encoding of PowerPoint files, and its higher supported resolution makes for a prettier picture when compared to the current alternatives.