Patriot versus PIPEDA: A second opinion
Two laws stand on completely different philosophical ground. Two lawyers tell us what happens when they collide.
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Nova Scotia to enforce e-waste regulations
The Atlantic Canada Electronics Stewardship is formed to help local industry make the transition to a program that will handle disposal of desktops, printers and eventually cell phones
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L-1 Identity to buy Canadian biometric vendor
Bioscrypt of Markham, Ont. will be acquired in a friendly takeover by L-1 Identity Solutions, which will inherit the vendor’s fingerprint and facial features reading technologies. Some employees could lose their jobs
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Microsoft says sorry to Corel users over Office ‘03
A dispute over whether the Canadian software firm’s CorelDraw posed security risks to users of Redmond’s popular productivity suite ends with an apology. Much ado over file formats
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Motorola rolls out WiMAX gateway for desktop PCs
The CPEi100 connects computers to 2.5GHz WiMAX networks through an Ethernet cable. Industry watchers say the technology may appeal to small firms who lack DSL access
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Financial firms drag their heels on green IT
A report from Datamonitor shows banks and other institutions see a link between their reputations and sustainable business practices, but that doesn’t mean they’re prepared to do a lot about it
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Memeo Raises $8.1M Series B Funding
Aliso Viejo-based Memeo, a company which develops a backup and recovery software for photos, music, and other digital files, said Monday that it has raised $8.1M in a Series B round of funding. Funding came from the Foundry Group, which led the round, along with G-51 Capital. Memeo said it is profitable, and will use the capital to boost its market position, expand its team, build distribution channels, and for product development. Ryan McIntyre of Foundry Group will join the firm’s board as part of the funding. Memeo’s LifeAgent software is shipped with hard drives and other storage to allow PC users to back up new or changed files.
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Nirvanix Signs Axentra
San Diego-based online storage provider Nirvanix said today at CES that it has partnered with Axentra, a provider of software for storing photos, video, and music. Axentra and Nivranix said that it would add support for the Nirvanix online storage service as part of the firm’s HipServ application, as part of a release of the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini - Home Edition personal media server. The integration will allow users of the HipServ platform to access an online backup feature which uses Nirvanix as the storage provider; the service will be available as a $39.99 per year subscription.
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DevZuz Acquired By Exist Global
Marina Del Rey-based DevZuz, a venture-backed provider of open source development tools, has been acquired by Exist Global, a software engineering services firm based in the Phillipines. Exist Global did not disclose financial terms of the acquisition. DevZuz has received at least $9.25M in venture capital investments from Mission Ventures and Redpoint Ventures, and is headed by former Gluecode founder Winston Damarillo. Damarillo is also chairman of Exist Global. DevZuz develops application software used for managing open source and other development projects, based on the Apache Maven and other open source projects; the company was formerly known as Simula Labs. Exist Global said that the combined entity will focus on strategic software development services for start-up companies, enterprises, and independent software vendors across the globe.
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Intel Unveils 16 Next-Generation Processors, Including First Notebook Chips Built on 45nm Technology
INTERNATIONAL 2008 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, Las Vegas, Jan. 7, 2008 Intel Corporation unveiled 16 products today, including the company’s first 45 nanometer (nm) processors for Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology based laptops.
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