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PharmaGap drug one step closer to human trials
PharmaGap Inc. (TSX-V:GAP)'s lead drug has been accepted for testing at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, with trials expected to begin......
New Router from Nortel?
Amid all the focus on Nortel’s bankruptcy filing, the business continues to operate even it it’s future is still far from certain.So, it’s interesting to see news about Nortel developing a new services router that could allow applications to operate with networking equipment. According to InternetNews.com, the new router could co
ZIM profits jump 31% in Q3
ZIM Corp. (OTCBB:ZIMCF) saw its fourth profit in five periods in its most recent quarter, but revenues were roughly flat....
The Ericsson Award for Mobility Technology to be given at CATAAlliance’s Innovation Awards Gala: Nominate Today
Ericsson Award for Mobility Technology: Nominate Today for the CATA Innovation Gala
Ottawa students rise to Challenge
Ottawa – Five local students are named winners in the second annual National Capital Leadership Challenge, a search for future leaders of the capital’s technology sector. The top four each pocketed $5,000 and all five were offered a 12-week paid work term with the Challenge’s industry participants Bridgewater Systems, Control Microsystems, Enablen
Tundra and RMI find product compatibility
OTTAWA – Tundra Semiconductor Corp. and Microprocessor products developer RMI Corporation agree to integrate Tundra’s Tsi578 Serial RapidIO Switch and RMI’s high-performance multi-core multi-threaded XLS Processor, enabling them to perform together in wireless infrastructure applications. Tundra and RMI confirmed interoperability of the two produc
T-base buys CNIB tech
OTTAWA – Accessibility software maker T-Base Communications acquires “alternative format†billing technology owned by CNIB, Canada’s largest charity for the visually impaired. T-Base, which provides solutions to improve website accessibility, braille, large print, e-text and audio, says it will use the organization’s Autobill technology to continu
Orders from Malaysia
OTTAWA – C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. gets a preliminary order for iNetVu Mobile systems from its Malaysian reseller Numix Engineering Sdn Bhd. The mobile satellite antenna systems will be deployed by Telekom Malaysia Berhad for its mobile retail outlet. Click here for more information.
Ian Abramson
joins Toronto-based technology consultancy Thoughtcorp Inc. as director, enterprise data group. Mr. Abramson has more than 20 years experience in data warehousing and IT and has written a number of books on the subject, as well as on Oracle applications. He is an executive director of the International Oracle User Group.
Keeping computers cool
Got a sluggish laptop that overheats? In a few years, laptop users may be able to manipulate files faster and longer without frying their legs, thanks to a metallic foam technology developed by NRC.
From two person company to global leader
In less than four years, a Montréal-based telecommunications company has grown from a two-person start-up firm to one of the world's leading providers of high-speed Internet and cellular phone services to remote and underserved regions — with support from NRC.
Bridgewater braces for proxy battle
A New York-based hedge fund holding a 12.7-per-cent stake in Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) has begun agitating for a proxy fight....
Tomoye secures U.S. Army deal
Ottawa-based Tomoye Corp., a community collaboration software company, announced what it called a "long-term" deal with the U.S. military on Thursday....
NRC expertise to improve infrastructure assessments
NRC has teamed up with more than 45 organizations, including Engineers Canada, Infrastructure Canada and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, to share knowledge and expertise and to develop a new decision-support framework for the assessment, performance and management of Canada's core public infrastructure.
Half a million and counting!
That's the approximate number of genetic sequences currently held by the Natural Products Genomics (NAPGEN) research consortium, what may be the world's most prolific alliance of natural products researchers.
Check out Ottawa Startups!
Below is a video highlighting many of the amazing startups that you can find in Ottawa. Â I’m constantly amazed at how many dynamic, awesome startups and entrepreneurs that we have in this city and I don’t think everyone is aware of just how many we have and how great they are. Â For a (near) complete [...]
Targeted contamination cleanup
Managers responsible for the containment or cleanup of contaminated sites now have a highly comprehensive database and decision-making tool to help them do the job. They simply enter information about their contaminated site into the Guidance and Orientation for the Selection of Treatment Technologies (GOST) database and receive detailed intellige
Preserving Canadian research data
Canada's national science library is coordinating a nationwide initiative to help ensure that the high-value data generated by Canadian researchers is preserved, and can be easily accessed and re-used for other research endeavours.
Why is the tech sector such a hard sell with potential employees?
In a tough economy, even tech firms like Sony, Panasonic, Microsoft and Intel are trimming jobs.
Welcome Obama to Canada…
Here is an interesting site that I set up for a ThinkSM client. It’s called WelcomeObama.ca and its a place where Canadians can submit messages or videos to Barack Obama prior to his visit to Canada on February 19th. Everyone can vote on the messages and just before his visit the Rideau Institute will release [...]
CATA-China Business Portal: Access to Business Development Resources
CATA-China Business Portal: Access to Business Development Resources
Telfer School of Management Award for Private Sector Leadership in Advanced Technology - Nominations Now Open!
Private Sector Leadership Award in Advanced Technology: Teler School of Management and CATAAlliance
That’s That; No AGM
Nortel’s bid to postpone the annual shareholders meeting has received court approval.As well, the company was successful in getting a three-month extension of its bankruptcy protection in Canada. Technorati Tags: Nortel
No Pay Cut for Mike Z.
So, let me get this right: Nortel plans to lay off a lot more people, and has cut the severance payments from people who have been laid off recently BUT CEO Mike Zafirovski seems unwilling to accept any financial pain himself?In an interview with Ottawa Citizen, Mike Z. defended his 2008 salary of $1.2-million, and [...]
Another deal
OTTAWA – Pachira IP signs an exclusive contract to represent and licence Creative Integrated Systems Inc.’s (CIS) memory technology patents. Calif.-based CIS boasts a large portfolio of patents for memory electronics including read only memory (ROM), flash memory and electrically erasable ROM systems. Pachira recently inked a deal with semiconduct
