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Michael Jones and Nate Thelen, co-founders of web software firm Userplane, have both officially stepped down from their positions at AOL, according to a message from Jones Wednesday afternoon. Jones, who was CEO and co-founder of Userplane, and a VP at AOL, and Thelen, who was CTO of Userplane, will both continue as advisors to the firm, with Sam Wick, currently Vice President of Userplane, taking over daily management responsibilities…. (more)
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To twist the old adage, if you post a sign on a tree in the forest, and nobody sees it — you may have expressed yourself, but you haven’t communicated
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The provincial government is making a move towards Vista and a Montreal-based industry association says other alternatives should have been considered. A lawyer looks at software procurement’s changing landscape
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As monitoring tools become more prevalent, companies are getting a better idea of how much sensitive data is being compromised, and insecure e-mail is a major culprit. Why a toilet paper manufacturer should be concerned about data loss
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An increasing number of employees want to connect remotely to their offices by running virtual desktops from a USB memory key. To meet security concerns Nortel has assembled a package based on one of its gateways
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Lester B. Pearson School Board will provide HP mini-notebooks to four-year-old students in a pilot program for Montreal-area schools, but it’s up to the teachers how they will be used
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The Societe de développement des entreprises culturelles works with Montreal-based Zero-Spam to eliminate unsolicited commercial e-mail messages. Why on-demand works better
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Intel has released a PHY Interface (the part of a silicon chip that lets the chipset and add-in cards communicate) for the latest revision of the PCI Express Architecture (PIPE) specification. The spec supports the future PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 interconnect architecture and is expected to accelerate the development of PCIe devices such as graphics, storage and communications adapters. It also extends the existing PCIe 2.0 PIPE specification and is backwards compatible with previous generations. The spec is available here. Expect the 1.0 PHY spec around the same time as the final PCIe 3.0 spec. Learn more here.
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Westlake Village-based ValueClick said Tuesday in a filing with the SEC, that it is looking to buy back out-of-money stock options from its employees. The firm said that it would purchase up to 4.9 million stock options, with exercise prices ranging from $25.66 to $29.73 per share, issued by the company to employees, officers, and directors in 2007. No reason for the buyback was given, but the firm was last trading around $12…. (more)
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San Diego-based The Active Network has raised $80M in a round of funding, the firm confirmed with socalTECH Wednesday. According to a spokesperson for the company, the lead investor in the round was ESPN, with additional funding coming from Canaan Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, and Performance Equity Partners. According to the company, the firm has now raised over $275M in venture funding since 1999. Active Network said that it had revenues of $102M in 2007…. (more)
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