BlackBerry back in Orlando for annual event
ORLANDO, Fla. - BlackBerry will pull out all the stops this week as the company welcomes thousands of industry players for BlackBerry Live, its annual three-day conference which promises to offer some...
View ArticleBlackBerry to open BBM up to other devices
ORLANDO, Fla. - BlackBerry announced an expansion of its popular BlackBerry Messenger service to iPhones and Android devices this summer and a new smartphone aimed at emerging markets as it kicked off...
View ArticleBlackBerry exec: BBM can make money
ORLANDO, Fla. - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) says it will be able to make money off its BlackBerry Messenger service by opening it up to its rivals' smartphones.One of the Waterloo, Ont.-based company's top...
View ArticleUSSR’s old domain name attracts cybercriminals
MOSCOW - The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving. Security experts say the .su Internet suffix assigned to the USSR in 1990 has...
View ArticleITC rules for Samsung, bans iPhone 4 imports
NEW YORK - A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung...
View ArticleMusic service, mobile software expected from Apple
NEW YORK - Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads on Monday as the company opens its annual conference for software developers.Apple...
View ArticleApple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green "felt" of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update...
View ArticleeHealth CEO gets $406,000 severance package
TORONTO - Health Minister Deb Matthews admits she approved the contract to pay the outgoing CEO of eHealth Ontario a $406,000 severance package after barely three years on the job.The Opposition...
View ArticleChinese supercomputer named world’s fastest
BEIJING - A Chinese university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science...
View ArticleMicrosoft changes Xbox One policies
NEW YORK - Microsoft rolled back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and made clear that there will be no limitations on...
View ArticleBlackBerry takes a drubbing after Q1 results
TORONTO - Investors hoping for a fast turnaround at Blackberry instead received a first-quarter report on Friday bathed in red ink and diminished prospects for profits in the near future.The company's...
View ArticleInventor of computer mouse dies at age of 88
SAN FRANCISCO - Doug Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse and developer of early incarnations of email, word processing programs and the Internet, has died at the age of 88.The Computer...
View ArticleBlackBerry CEO says turnaround in stage two
WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins is encouraging shareholders to remain patient as the smartphone maker pushes ahead with a plan to become profitable again.Heins told the...
View ArticleWebsite owner charged over video granted bail
EDMONTON - The owner of a website that posted a grisly video at the centre of the Luka Magnotta murder case has been granted bail but won't be allowed to use the Internet.A judge ordered that Mark...
View ArticleRacking up points: Canada’s love of loyalty cards
TORONTO - Canadian retailers have spent years weaning shoppers onto the concept of loyalty cards, and what was once considered an added perk is now putting pressure on the companies that run the...
View ArticleFrom consoles to computers, game on for moms
TORONTO - Lesley Woodhouse has had a controller close at hand since first getting her video game fix at age 12, from the maze-traversing "Pac-Man" to the role-playing adventures of the "Final Fantasy"...
View ArticleDell’s founder boosts offer to buy the company
ROUND ROCK, Texas - Dell's founder is boosting his offer to buy the struggling PC maker by 10 cents to $13.75 per share in hopes of attracting more shareholder support.The move came just hours before...
View ArticleBlackBerry to lay off 250 workers: Report
TORONTO - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) in Waterloo, Ont., has laid off 250 workers in its new product testing facility, CTV News reported Wednesday night.The employees, who supported the company’s...
View ArticleBlackBerry privatization would be uphill battle
TORONTO - BlackBerry shareholders reacted strongly on Friday to rumours the smartphone maker's chief executive and board of directors could take the company private, but such a transition would prove...
View ArticleBlackBerry weighs option of a sale
Hopes of BlackBerry returning to its glory days have all but disappeared as the smartphone company delivered the most damning proof that its new phones are a sales flop by moving forward with a plan...
View Article
