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* Garber Rant: How to lose customers through sheer stupidity *
Here's an idea: We'll advance our customer base by offering existing clients something wonderful for 'almost free,' and then when it doesn't work, we'll make it really difficult for the consumer to cancel the product they didn't really want in the first place.
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* Garber Rant: The future of World Communications *
The connections -- and common ground -- out here in Cascadia (Western BC, Coastal Washington and Oregon) have everything to do with transportation and communication.
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* Shaw Digital Phone: Buyer Beware (Keyes Commentary) *
Western Canada's Shaw Communications fails to deliver on its television ad promise -- and our intrepid columnist John T.D. Keyes has a few comments for Shaw's Powers-that-Be. It's a BOMB!
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*Social networking hottest Net trend *
Get ready for social networking, the hottest Internet hit since the dot-com crash. If you haven't heard of Friendster, Tickle or Tribe Networks, you're out of touch with the Net generation. And if you don't know about LinkedIn or Spoke, you're not hip to the new alchemy for turning business relationships from dross to gold.
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64 per cent of Canadians used Internet over one-month period: poll *
About two-thirds of Canadians surfed the Internet at least once during a one-month period earlier this year, an opinion poll suggests.
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A Message from Bill Cobb . . . *
. . . from eBay Live! in Las Vegas
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Advertisers should adjust 2006 holiday budgets: Performics *
Performics, the performance-based marketing division of DoubleClick Digital Advertising Solutions, today issued a recap of its initial holiday e-commerce study.
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AdVoyager: Inexpensive online advertising packages *
Here's a new way to promote your product for fewer than five cents per click.
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All that you leave behind *
On-line stores and downloading may be the future of music retailing, but don't throw away that CD player yet.
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Amazon Grocery Marketplace . . . *
So what can we order from Amazon.com? Here's the pitch . . .
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Amazon.com second quarter net profit falls, but gross profit soars *
Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings sagged 32 per cent from a year ago despite brisk sales at home and abroad, but higher operating profits sent the stock surging in after-hours trading.
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Another technical glitch slows Yahoo! *
Some Yahoo! Inc. websites and services stumbled for the second time in less than a week Thursday as the Internet giant worked to resolve a hardware problem.
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Apple announces long-awaited iPhone *
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday made the company's long-awaited jump into the mobile phone business and renamed the company to simply "Apple Inc.," reflecting its increasing focus on consumer electronics.
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AT&T Wireless buys U.S. Cellular market *
AT&T Wireless will pay $95-million (U.S.) to acquire United States Cellular Corp.'s 74,000 South Texas subscribers, the companies said Tuesday.
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Atlantic Canadians spend more than average on Christmas: survey *
Visa's annual Christmas survey has found the average spending per person in Atlantic Canada will be about $920 - $120 more than the national average.
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Bell Canada expanding in West with 360net deal *
Strikes deal to buy Canadian assets...
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Best Downtown Vancouver Cafés with free WiFi *
According to Roland Tanglao at vaneats.com, here are the best downtown Vancouver Cafés that feature free WiFi. . .
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Big whooping deal: Telus gives $10-million to name music conservatory in Tee-Zero. *
...And what about the West, where you built your business, Mr. Entwhistle? Na-da, of course.
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Billions at stake in CRTC Internet phone decision *
Big telcos want limits on them lifted, but CRTC ruling likely to help upstarts, independents.
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Broadband finally taking over *
More people around the world connect to the Internet via a broadband connection than by telephone dial-up, a new survey says.
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Bumpy road ahead en route to mainstream *
Backing by three tech heavyweights may speed acceptance of Linux, writes JACK KAPICA, but it still has a way to go.
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Businesses getting worldly on the Web *
The business of globalizing Web sites for e-commerce is becoming an art and a science unto itself -- and a profitable one at that for some entrepreneurial-minded Canadian businesses.
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Call-Net's ring sounds like a buy *
Most readers of the business pages know by now that the Canadian telecom marketplace is consolidating. Manitoba Telecom Services just bought "alternative provider" Allstream, the former AT&T Canada. Telus, having purchased wireless operator Clearnet a few years ago, now seems intent on adding Microcell, best known for its Fido brand.
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Canada regulator -- CRTC -- expected to limit big telcos on VoIP *
Canada's telecom regulator will likely rule this week that the country's biggest phone companies won't be free to set their own prices for phone service that uses the same technology as the Internet, analysts said on Monday.
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Canadian consumers fall off online shopping radar *
When it comes to snapping up a kettle or a cardigan, Canadians have been slow to embrace virtual shopping.
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Canadian file-swapping case on hold *
The Canadian Recording Industry Association's bid to force Internet producers to reveal some of the identities of their customers who share music over the Internet is on hold.
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Canadian record companies seek names in piracy battle *
Shaw to fight legal action that would force disclosure of information about customers.
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Cell phone users: No love lost between 'em *
Like the clichéd joke "I wouldn't belong to a club that would have someone like me as a member," cell phone users can't stand OTHER cell phone users' behaviour.
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Cingular to buy AT&T Wireless *
Atlanta-based Cingular has won the bidding war to buy AT&T Wireless in a deal that would create the biggest U.S. cellphone company after raising its bid price to $41-billion (U.S.).
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Companies overlook IT at their own peril *
Information technology managers should get ready to run for cover.
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CRTC sets deadline on phone numbers game *
The federal telecommunications regulator set a March 14, 2007 deadline on Tuesday for Canada's wireless operators to let most Canadian customers keep their phone numbers when they change carriers.
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Dell aiming for regional dominance *
World's No. 1 computer firm taking direct-to-customer strategy abroad.
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Dell to ship Skype with mobile entertainment PCs *
Users will get Skype software in the audio-video communication package in the M1210 and M2010 desktops.
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Did RBC stock analyst cross the line? *
Royal Bank's RBC Dominion Securities unit is lucky to have Telus as a client. Telus is the second-biggest phone company and it's on the move, with a $1.1-billion bid for Microcell. RBC is Telus's adviser and is providing it with a $500-million line of credit. That means fees galore for RBC, all the more so if the hostile offer succeeds.
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Enfantrepreneurs: All grown up *
The tech boom spawned its fair share of characters, among them the teenage overachievers who ran their own companies and occasionally ran themselves into the ground. Those days are over. But the "enfantrepreneur" pushes on.
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Entertainment world wary of Microsoft *
CinemaNow Inc., the Internet-based movie service, is a rarity in Hollywood — a company that eagerly embraces Microsoft Corp. technology and relies on it exclusively to transmit, protect and display the movies it rents to customers.
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Firm turns to eBay for Tube parts *
One of the firms maintaining the London Underground is having to buy spare parts on eBay because the equipment is so old!
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firstSTREET Online *
firstSTREET features over 300 products that represent some of the ways today's innovations can make people's lives a little easier -- or at least a little more fun.
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Garber on Small Business: How to be SEEN on the internet *
Only last week, a definitive study was released that basically concluded that advertisers should be moving their budgets to the internet.
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Gates eyes ad sales *
The chairman of Microsoft Corp. has seen the gargantuan profits rolling in to Google Inc.'s on-line ad machine and he wants to get in on the action.
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Gates' e-post idea gets stamp of disapproval *
Bill Gates may have his detractors in the Internet community, but he united the world's e-mail users last month with a pledge to end the scourge of spam -- or junk e-mail -- by the year 2006.
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Giant-killers take on Rogers over billing and security policies *
Lawyer Susan Drummond and her husband Harry Gefen -- a technology journalist -- have become unwitting experts on how Canadian consumers can take on corporate giants.
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GoDaddy dot com *****
GoDaddy.com is the world’s #1 ICANN-accredited domain name registrar! Best prices by far, too.
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Google expected to go public in 2004 *
Google, the world's most popular Internet search engine, is widely expected to make its stock market debut during the first half of 2004, creating a level of excitement rarely seen since the dot-com gold rush.
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Google guys find their way on to Forbes *
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and the founders of the Google search engine have landed on Forbes magazine's annual list of billionaires after a year when rallying stocks and a strong euro swelled the list to the longest it's ever been.
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Google launches beta version of Google TALK *
Google Talk is a simple and free way to talk with and send instant messages to your friends.
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Google Phone concept gets Good Reception *
Rather than unveil a Google phone as many expected, Google unwrapped a wide-reaching software initiative that aims to make cell phones much more powerful and easy to use -- and maybe open up better options for consumers.
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Google protests Microsoft Web search 'grab' *
With a $10 billion advertising market at stake, Google is objecting to the way that it says Microsoft is wielding control over Internet searching in its new Web browser.
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Google unveils online payment service *
Inc. today unveiled a much-anticipated payment service that aims to make online shopping more convenient and give advertisers another reason to pour more money into the Internet search leader.
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Google versus PayPal *
Back in October, 2004, Nick Bradbury suggested this very scenario on his blog: "The more I look at what Google is doing, the more convinced I am that we're witnessing the birth of the next Microsoft."
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Google, Yahoo! rev up search engines *
Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. are revving up their on-line search engines as the once-friendly business partners shift gears and prepare for what promises to be a fierce rivalry.
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Hollywood studios to sell movies on-line *
The films can't be burned onto a disc for viewing on a DVD player. Still, the move is seen as a step toward full digital distribution of movies over the Internet.
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How VoIP is ringing in change *
Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, is a new way of making phone calls that can be cheaper than traditional phone service.
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HP Targets Teens With 'Mind Control' *
Hewlett-Packard is launching a back-to-school campaign with a twist: A full 70 per cent of the spending will support online efforts.
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Intent on beating the Bushes *
Writer Brian Preston hopes that his serialized, on-line satirical novel will convince the cute Bush P (son of J, nephew of W) not to run for the White House, SANDRA MARTIN says.
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It's a shame to muzzle feisty Fido *
Capitalism is about choice, so it has been astonishing to see some of the country's supposed pillars of the free market -- including Bay Street analysts and part of the business press -- disparage Microcell Telecommunication's dogged attempts over the years to provide just that.
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Jajah -- a new VoIP -- land-line to land-line (or cell phone) ****
We have given Jajah four stars, as it seems to work better than any other form of FREE VoIP we've tried.
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Jumping on Alberta's broadband bandwagon *
Music students at Holy Heart of Mary High School in St. John's recently jammed with their peers at a school in Geneva, Switzerland. In real time. Via the Internet. "There was a quarter-second delay," says teacher Grant Etchegary. "But it was happening. There was a very strong groove laid out."
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Keeping tabs on cyber-terror *
Since the 2002 sale of their security threat management upstart, Security Focus, to Symantec for a cool $75 million U.S., the two co-founders stayed on -- as did most of the original staff -- remaining in Calgary.
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Kid surfers make waves among Canada's advertisers *
Canadian youth are now spending more time surfing the Internet than vegging in front of the TV, an Ipsos-Reid poll released Tuesday says.
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Labour unrest dogs the telecom industry *
The country's big phone firms and workers are in a struggle for survival in a dramatically changing industry, DAVE EBNER writes.
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Landscape changing as Telus bids for Microcell *
Telus Corp.'s $1.1-billion hostile bid for
Microcell Telecommunications Inc. would, if successful, reduce the number of national wireless players in Canada, but Telus head Darren Entwistle says the deal should make for a more competitive market.
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Looks similar, costs less -- firms are interested *
Companies that use Linux are cutting into Microsoft's market share...
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Makeover anyone? Barbie dragging down Mattel's sales, profit *
Icon's revenue sluggish as the line faces pressure from such rivals as Spider-Man 2.
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McDonald's Wi-Fi recipe could define industry *
Signs at a McDonald's in downtown San Francisco cordially beckon customers to surf the Web using its wireless Internet service, but no one is biting during a recent Wednesday lunch hour.
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Microcell fights Telus hostile bid *
Microcell Telecommunications Inc. is fighting back against
Telus Corp.'s $1.1-billion hostile takeover bid, saying it is in confidential talks with a number of unnamed third parties just hours before the Telus offer is to expire.
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Microsoft on every DVD? *
An industry standards group has made a preliminary decision to include Microsoft's video compression technology in a next-generation DVD format, giving the company a key boost in the digital media arena.
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Microsoft researchers dream big *
What if your computer could read the newspaper for you and tell you just what you needed to know? What about 1,000 newspapers?
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Microsoft seen leading in desktop computing until at least 2006 *
Analysts predict that Linux will be a growing force in back-office computing this year, but will not seriously threaten Microsoft Corp.'s domination of the desktop until 2006.
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Microsoft splitting MSN into two units *
Microsoft Corp. is splitting its MSN division into two units, one to take control of Web communications, while the other develops its information portal and targets growth in areas such as search technology and music services, executives said yesterday.
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Microsoft the 'beast' tones it down *
...A kinder, gentler Microsoft Corp?
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Misplaced comma may cost millions *
A grammatical blunder may force Rogers Communications Inc. to pay an extra $2.13 million to use utility poles in the Maritimes after the placement of a comma in a contract permitted the deal's cancellation.
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Montreal man trading paper-clip for house *
Last July, Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian, started making trades. He traded a little red paper clip for a pen that was shaped like a fish. He then traded the pen for a doorknob, which he then traded for a Coleman stove. He always hoped to eventually trade his way to home ownership.
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Napster's legacy *
We should give thanks to Napster, Kazaa, Limewire and all the other file-sharing services, past and present; they won a huge victory for consumers over the record companies.
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New concept from Amazon.com *
Do you order a lot of books from Amazon.com? If so, this might save you some bucks.
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New York Times to end paid Internet service *
The New York Times Co. said on Monday it is ending its paid TimesSelect Web service and making most of its website available for free in the hopes of attracting more readers and higher advertising revenue.
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Nortel stock gets boost from initial review data *
The worst may be over for Nortel Networks Corp. after the embattled company said yesterday that its intensive financial review has discovered no major new problems, helping push its stock 13.1 per cent higher.
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Nortel's future cloudy, but there is a plan *
Some analysts see an outlook best described as mixed and uncertain, DAVE EBNER writes.
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Notebooks to dial up built-in phones *
Toward the end of the year, more people will be talking to their notebooks.
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October 2003 retail sales remain modest: StatsCan *
Retail sales rose a modest 0.2 per cent in October, regaining only some of the ground lost the month before as spending on cars, clothing and furniture remained flat, Statistics Canada said Monday.
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Offshoring will soon be making waves *
It looks like Canada may soon join the growing political firestorm raised by the transfer of information technology jobs to places such as India and the Philippines. Last week, offshore outsourcing, as the phenomenon is called, was among several issues that placed U.S. President George W. Bush on the campaign defensive. The topic is also hotly debated in Britain and Australia. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Canada will be next.
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On-line sales up 40 per cent in 2003 *
On-line sales in Canada surged 40 per cent last year, fuelled by the increasing prevalence of high-speed Internet access, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Online banking on the rise *
Millions of Americans are doing their banking online, and their ranks are expected to grow rapidly in coming years as more e-services become available and Internet connections get faster.
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Online DVD rentals: Your movies are in the mail *
Online DVD movie rental services have delivered an extreme makeover to the industry of home video: no due dates and no late fees...
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Online sales up 26 per cent *
Online retail sales rose 25.9 per cent during the first quarter of 2003, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Potter's magic sets new publishing records *
More than 8 million may not be enough.
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Puretracks chalks up one million downloads *
Just four months after its launch, Canada's Puretracks on-line music service has crossed the one million download mark and is looking to further strengthen its hold on the market by offering pre-paid user cards.
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Record-breaking 2006 International CES reflects strength of Consumer Technology Industry *
World's Largest Consumer Technology Tradeshow Attracts More Than 150,000 and Serves as Global Launchpad for 2,500 Exhibitors; plus, Larry Page is joined by Robin Williams for his keynote appearance.
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Rising popularity challenges Microsoft *
About two years ago, Tim Brodie gave himself a formidable job: He would remove every trace of Microsoft from the computers at Display Works, the Toronto-based store fixture designer where he is information technology manager.
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Rogers Media and Hearst Magazines Digital Media combine to sell ads *
Media giants announce their exclusive Canadian marketing and sales partnership, effective November 1, 2007.
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Rogers plans phone service on cable by 2005 *
Rogers Communications Inc. said Thursday it plans to offer residential and business phone service over its cable network by 2005, making it the latest cable player looking to muscle its way into the telecom market.
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Sales pace slows for Web site services *
Sales of Web site hosting services are still growing but the pace has slowed markedly, a Toronto consultancy says in a new report.
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Shop till you drop (your mouse) *
The dot-com bubble may have burst, but on-line retailers are still growing strong -- and getting more customer-friendly by the day.
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Shopping Habits of Canadians Revealed *
Results from a recent survey provide revealing insights into the shopping habits of Canadians.
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Software glitch shuts down Skype *
Skype -- the popular computer program that lets its users make long-distance phone calls over the Internet -- admitted Thursday that software problems have left many of its millions of users without service worldwide. . . (we say: "Use Jajah.")
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SONY VAIO *
Shop the official SONY store for exclusive products & services, special offers and savings. . .
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Spam bill likely a scofflaw *
The United States is a couple of weeks away from getting a federal antispam law.
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Standard lets landlords shift rent burden *
Tenants to share cost of additional common areas...
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Statscan says that high-tech gadgets tempt consumers *
Canadian consumers in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia (where online purchasing is also highest) spent more than the national average.
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Surge in wireless service sales helps Verizon post huge profit growth *
A 25-per-cent surge in wireless service sales helped boost Verizon Communications Inc.'s second-quarter profit five times higher than a year ago, the company said yesterday.
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Survey says: Canadians want their TVs to do more *
A survey released today by HP and Ipsos Reid suggests that Canadians are ready to embrace big-screen TVs that will access everything from TV shows and movies to music, digital photos, and games, right from the comfort of the couch.
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System making new converts *
Stability, reliability, user-friendliness help Linux pursue 'Holy Grail of the business market'
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Tech startup touts FreeOsks that offer no-charge surfing *
Wifidel serves up free Web browsing.
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Telus abuse (of its own customers) continues, unabated *
“Telus abuse” is aptly named, only what they don’t tell you is that you, the customer will be the party subject to the “abuse”. . . It's a BOMB!
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Telus bid for Microcell too low: McCaw *
U.S. billionaire Craig McCaw, an investor in Montreal-based mobile-phone operator Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said Telus Corp.'s $1.1-billion unsolicited takeover bid for the company is too low.
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Telus blocks hundreds of sites *
Telus blocking of labour Union website filtered 766 unrelated sites.
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Telus wants to dial out Shaw *
More whining from Telus about losing its stranglehold/monopoly on local phone service. . .
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Telus wants to launch national IP service *
Calls on CRTC to allow it to offer phone service similar to Primus's and Vonage's...
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The eBay Company (backgrounder) *
eBay brings together millions of people every day on a local, national and international basis through an array of websites that focus on commerce, payments and communications.
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The Free-WiFi debate (9): The most WiFi-friendly cities in America *
When it comes to high speed wireless connections, which big cities are the best?
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Thomson strikes deal for on-line tester *
Capstar to be combined with electronic publishing giant's learning division.
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U.S. debate on IT outsourcing coming into focus *
Three developments are sharpening the U.S. debate over the offshore outsourcing of information technology and other knowledge-based services jobs. We've got updated projections and insights from Forrester Research, some policy moves by the Bush administration and a refreshing viewpoint from Senator Joseph Lieberman.
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U.S. has big year in on-line sales *
The on-line retail sector experienced significant growth during 2003 due to record holiday sales, a strong travel market and increased consumer confidence, according to a new report.
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Unwanted Telephone Marketing Calls *
Telemarketers seem to sense just when you sat down to dinner. Why do they call at that time? Because they are likely to catch you in, that's why.
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Up north, anonymous reviewers revealed *
'Reviewers' who sign their critiques only as “a reader from (fill in the city)” lost their anonymity this week when their identities were revealed on Amazon.com's Canadian website, Amazon.ca. (At least the reviews are genuine and unbiased on evalu8.org!
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Vancouver-area theatres bought by Maritimers *
The Nova Scotia–based Empire Theatres bought five BC movie houses on August 22 as part of a 27-theatre acquisition across Canada.
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Video game sales blast Canadian records *
The ongoing console price war may be tightening the profit margins for video game giants, but overall sales are booming in Canada a new report says.
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Virtual Assistants -- part one: What DIVAs mean to online vendors *
A new form of online customer service is meant to respond quicker to consumer concerns, and reduce waiting time. Does it work for business?
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We're No. 2 -- and falling *
Canadians have always taken quiet pride in the fact that Canada sells more goods to the United States than does any other country in the world.
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Web trends, laughs, highlights for 2006 *
The internet came into its own in 2006, with online advertising outdoing television and proving itself indispensible in oh, so many ways!
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Webisodes are the new frontier for Internet ads *
What do Superman, a shock talk radio host and a giant chicken in garters have in common? All three star in a new wave of Internet ad campaigns hawking everything from fast food to razors.
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Website lets applicants do own background check *
As more employers check the backgrounds of job candidates, a new U.S.-based service lets job seekers take a peek at what potential bosses can find out about them.
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Window shopping without the walk *
Canadians are dutifully filling up parking lots and flooding the malls this holiday season, but they're also putting a whole new spin on window – rather, Windows – shopping.
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (1): Skype, Jaxtr, Jajah, Grand Central and more free telephony *
Our new world is full of clever and free phone services riding on the coattails of the Internet to deliver your voice via ethernet to friends and family.
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (2): Ooma box, iCall, PhoneGnome, Jajah, iPhone et alia *
New equipment lets you link into the internet for telephony.
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (3): Google Phone speculation *
Might we soon see a Google Phone...?
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (4): Jaxtr *** 1/2
Jaxtr never discloses the call recipient's phone number so you can install a widget without exposing your personal information to people you don't want to have it.
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (5): Pudding Media ***
Will people be as willing to let a company listen in on their phone conversations as they are about Gmail running Google AdSense ads in their e-mail accounts? (We have some concerns about privacy with this one.)
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Workopolis strikes deals with websites, radio chain *
Job postings website Workopolis yesterday announced it has struck new exclusive partnerships with on-line destinations Sympatico-MSN and AOL Canada Inc., and with radio operator Corus Entertainment Inc.
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Yahoo fortifies free e-mail *
Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is fortifying its free e-mail service with 25 times more storage and freeing up millions of previously claimed e-mail addresses in an effort to thwart a looming threat from its increasingly disruptive rival Google Inc.
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Yahoo takes wraps off local search engine *
Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is unveiling a search site that promises to provide a more precise guide to neighbourhood businesses, making the latest in a series of attempts to improve the World Wide Web's focus on local information.
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Brokeback Mounting parody smashes records *
Half-minute parody of film generates 1.4 million page-views in first month, 75 per cent more than previous top-viewed title.
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Clothes that fit you -- virtually perfectly *
Figleaves.com, is an online source that was in the vanguard of measure-you-first e-commerce operations. Now there are many online options for shopping for clothes.
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Cossette puts smile on losing streak *
Analysts are keeping an eye on the company in wake of Bell account losses.
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Craig Newmark's Straw Poll gets the famous 'Colbert Bump' *****
Colbert is running for president -- just in South Carolina -- as a favourite son, on both the Democratic and Republican tickets. Send-up or not, one needy classroom will benefit.
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Craig's List Helps With Class Supplies *
In 2001, Craig's list launched a program aimed at giving teachers a break. . .
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Craig's List's DonorsChoose Program *
Here's the challenge issued by Stephen Colbert. . .
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Easy steps to help you shop safely online *
Using the web for holiday shopping? Your friends at evalu8.org provide these tips to help you with a safe -- and simple -- shopping experience. . .
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evalu8.org's Internet Cafés Guide *
If you know of a site (or operate one) that helps consumers and travellers find internet cafés, please write to us at links@evalu8.org, and give us the details.
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FCC ruling will erase Canada's on-line edge *
When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced last week that it would ease its regulation of the media, critics warned of a wave of mergers, with monopolies or oligarchies emerging to control what the public sees or reads. Democracy would be damaged; diversity would die.
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Google to launch calendar service *
Google Inc., the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments on-line, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others.
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Grocer Today magazine *
The industry "bible" for grocers and grocery managers.
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HP offers new twist on old idea *
Hewlett-Packard Co. announces a new way of selling computers to its business customers that puts a modern twist on an old idea.
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Last Minute Online Shopping: On Dancer, On Prancer, Online! *
Here's our 2003 guide to shopping online for last-minute presents...
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Look, up on the Web, it's . . . *
A tiny Canadian company helps out American Express with its latest brand-me-different attempt, Superman and Seinfeld advertising 'webisodes,' writes GAYLE MacDONALD.
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Monster.com to add networking *
Monster Worldwide Inc. plans this month to launch an on-line community for users of its popular jobs-listing site for a fee.
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Movie slump dominates Hollywood summer *
A bumpy ride at the summer box office and signs that booming DVD sales may be slowing have Hollywood studios looking for new ways to win fans as the movie industry faces increased competition.
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Music industry does not react with one voice *
Executives at the major record labels have always been clear on the matter: File sharing is wrong. Dead wrong. No court decision will ever likely change their minds.
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Networks keen to offer TV shows on-line *
Networks are tripping over each other in the rush to offer everything from individual programs to season subscriptions -- online. Web viewers can even watch some shows for free -- with advertising, of course.
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New audit rules count for IT departments *
Will be under pressure to impose rigorous controls to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the U.S...and Canada.
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President Clinton Launches tuition-free Online Education for Africa *
President Bill Clinton will serve as keynote speaker for the gala launch of Professeurs pour la liberté (PPL) on October 18, 2005.
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Press release 2: evalu8.org launches a new feature to simplify Christmas shopping online *
evalu8.org launches a new shopping feature designed to help harried BC and Pacific Northwest consumers sort through the myriad gift choices available online.
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Rogers offers free calling Canada-wide on its phones *
Look what those clever folks at Rogers Home Phone are doing. . .
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Spam, telemarketing prompt backlash *
A wave of proposed anti-spam laws and the runaway success of a new U.S. system to block telemarketing pitches are the latest signs of a growing backlash against the communications explosion of the past decade.
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The Free-WiFi debate (1): Seattle *
The City of Seattle is providing free wireless Internet access in the Columbia City and the University District business districts.
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The Free-WiFi debate (2): Dunedin, Florida citywide Wi-Fi *
Dunedin, FL launches a free WiFi experiment.
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The Free-WiFi debate (3): Philadelphia *
Philadelphia goes free wireless.
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The Free-WiFi debate (4): Why the economics of citywide Wi-Fi are so compelling: ROI in 9 months *
A vendor of wireless mesh networking software, says that one of their customers achieved a 100 per cent return on its investment in a RoamAD citywide Wi-Fi network after just nine months of operation.
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The Free-WiFi debate (5): Bologna, Italy gets citywide Wi-Fi network with free Internet access *
Italian city goes free wireless.
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The Free-WiFi debate (6): Boston asks: If we're Tech City, where's our WiFi? *
Advocates blame delay of a key study, need for project czar.
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The Free-WiFi debate (7): WiFi in Most Cities in Five Years *
In five years, most major metros and suburbs will have ubiquitous WiFi based broadband coverage says Chuck Haas, the co-founder and chief executive officer of MetroFi.
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The Free-WiFi debate (8): New York: WiFi and the Cities *
A June 6, 2006 editorial in the New York Time surges the city to go free-wireless.
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The good news about a loonie aloft *
Any large increase in the value of the loonie against the currency of our most important trading partner will ultimately hurt us all. True or false?
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The Savvy Consumer: Be wary when shopping online *
When a deal sounds too good to be true -- as the Better Business Bureau always reminds us -- it probably is.
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TV networks living on Fantasy Island *
Canadian broadcasters and producers are going to have to integrate more with "the global media business" to prosper in "the new digital environment."
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Where to Buy those Free Bert T-shirts *
We know you want 'em, so here's the scoop: I spoke to "Free Bert" T-shirt entrepreneur Troy Bailly this evening, and he told me that the unsold shirts (and there aren't many, so be quick about ordering one!) from last night's pre-game rally, are posted on eBay.
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