Tag archive: Toronto

A Texas federal jury has ordered Microsoft Corporation to pay Canadian software developer i4i some $200 million in damages for infringing on a document manipulation patent in both Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007. i4i is a privately-held software company based in Toronto that focuses on content management solutions and collaborative technologies; the patent focuses on manipulating a document's structure and content separately from each… Read More

Many of us have had cell phone bills that are higher than we’d like, but few (if any) can watch Canadian Piotr Staniaszek, who was stunned when he opened the envelope to discover he owed $65,00CDN ($63,800 US).   It turns out that he misinterpreted the Bell Mobility $10 unlimited browser plan, believing that meant he could use it as a modemfor his computer. So he downloaded HD movies and plenty of other large files, believing he was… Read More

Toronto's iSkin has just announced new versions of its funky Vibes protective cases for iPod—this time reproportioned to accommodate Apple's 30 GB video-capable iPod. Originally issued for Apple's iPod mini and first-generation iPod shuffle, the Vibes cases feature anime-inspired illustrations by Simone Legno, co-founder and designer for tokidoki, beloved by fashionistas and adopted by Mercedes Benz, LeSportsac… Read More

The words “MySpace” and “genocide” don't often appear in the same sentence—usually it's just “stalking” or “school bomb threat”—but today social networking giant MySpace announced a partnership with humanitarian organization Oxfam and nearly two dozen bands to raise awareness of—and funds for—the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. The… Read More

Quote from the article: “Roughly two years ago ATI unleashed their most revolutionary graphics core to date, the R300, also known as the Radeon 9700. It took the graphics scene by storm and since then has changed the way most of us looked at ATI. Since then, the successors to the R300 have all been top in graphics performance and image quality. However, ATI isn't just responsible for the Radeon series of graphics cards, their… Read More

From the press release: With peak usage time for Xbox Live between 7:30 and 9 p.m., this thrill-seeking throng is showing that they prefer to play TV. As evidence of online gameplay's mass appeal and growing importance in the digital entertainment landscape, Xbox Live reached the million-member mark three times faster than other subscriber-based entertainment services such as Home Box Office Inc., America Online Inc. and TiVo Inc.… Read More

Microsoft is working on a new shopping Web site for software, hardware, and peripherals that it plans to advertise in the Windows XP Start Menu and the Internet Explorer Web browser. Called “Windows Marketplace,” the Web site is slated to go live for U.S. Windows users by year's end, according to Microsoft, which plans to officially announce the online store on Monday at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto. The… Read More

Quote from the interview: “Prior to the launch of Radeon X800 ATI held an “ATI Technology Days” seminar for press over in Toronto. Whilst there we had the opportunity to talk with the man in charge of steering ATI's operations at the moment. We had a short time to sit down with Dave Orton and quiz him about the directions ATI is taking and to look at their engineering operations for the PC graphics side of… Read More