Category: Business

Technology needs more Women

By Karen Bennet Many studies have shown a steep decline of girls entering the technology fields especially computer science and engineering at the university and college level. These studies have also identified that the main issues for retaining and interesting…

HP scales down enterprise tools, aiming at small businesses

Text and photos by Ted Kritsonis

Las Vegas – The desktop PC isn’t dead. That was part of the messaging behind HP’s Discover business-focused event, as it unveiled a number of tools and services made for enterprises, but also scaled down for small businesses.

Amazon’s Ubiquity – Why their eReader ecosystem works

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Ubiquity. By making its eBook reader software available across multiple devices and platforms has made Amazon’s Kindle reader ecosystem one of the most formidable examples of how to anticipate user’s needs.

New wireless code of conduct essentially ends 3-year phone contracts

By Ted Kritsonis

It took months of consultations, hearings and visceral consumer feedback, but the new wireless code of conduct released today by the CRTC has put an end to the carriers’ practice of sticking to three-year contracts and clarified some rules about unlocking and roaming. The new rules take effect on December 2.

Could the plasma TV market be dead in a few years?

By Ted Kritsonis

Flat-panel televisions used to fall under an “LCD vs. plasma” debate, where plasma had inherent advantages that made it the go-to option for home theatre setups. But as the years have worn on, LCD technology has usurped much of that and emerged as the most widely adopted TV technology today.

SlingSync feature opens up the Slingbox to media on phones, hard drives

By Ted Kritsonis

The Slingbox has always been a device with a singular purpose — to take a live TV signal from one location and place-shift it to another over the Internet. The Slingbox 500 now has the extra function of SlingSync, a feature that enables content stored on a smartphone or tablet to playback on the TV the box is connected to.