Install this Windows Server patch fast, a warning to Azure administrators and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, April 12th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. Windows administrators are being urged to quickly install fixes released yesterday on Patch Tuesday. One fixes a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Common […]
Our topic today is launching a new software platform. It’s the dream of many entrepreneurs. It’s also a major deal for established companies. There’s a lot at stake. There’s a lot of hope and dreams attached to this. It can make or break a company…. You work madly. You sleep in the office. You live […]
Canada’s COVID Alert smartphone app, developed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to warn people when they’ve been in close contact with a person infected with the virus, has officially retired. “COVID Alert is now retired. You can delete the app. Thank you for doing your part to help limit the spread of COVID-19,” […]
Creative software giant Adobe is now trialling a free version of its Photoshop on the web app in Canada. The Verge originally caught wind of the news during Adobe’s consumer event in Paris. According to Adobe, it wants to establish a freemium model for Photoshop on the web, starting with Canada. This means that users […]
Sweden’s Embracer Group AB has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the development studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montreal, Square Enix Montreal, and a catalogue of intellectual properties (IP) including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain and more than 50 back-catalogue games from Square Enix Holdings. The acquisition includes about 1,100 […]
Microsoft has agreed to purchase videogame publisher Activision Blizzard for US$68.7 billion, its biggest acquisition ever. Through the deal, Microsoft will acquire the game publisher for US$95 per share, a 45 per cent premium over Activision’s share price on Jan. 14. The all cash deal is expected to close in Microsoft’s fiscal year 2023, which […]
Is agile software development delivering enough value, or is agile simply an exaggerated buzzword that conveniently obscures all attempts at performance measurement of software development teams? The Agile Manifesto was published a little over 20 years ago. Why have agile concepts not been universally adopted if they are so valuable? Or is agile a fad […]
Microsoft has launched Teams Essentials, a standalone version of Teams aimed at small businesses. Traditionally, Teams (other than the limited function free version) has only been available in bundles with other Microsoft services. The new Teams Essentials tier provides a way for small-medium businesses (SMBs) to purchase the tool independently at a reduced cost. The […]
When Apple announced its third hardware event, dubbed One More Thing, no one was prepared for the bundle of surprises in the package: exciting products including three new Macs, and the next version of macOS. However, the biggest news was about the smallest piece of tech, the M1 chip, a custom-made silicon chip that now […]
Users who got slapped with the “This PC can’t run Windows 11” message by Windows compatibility tool should try their luck again with Microsoft’s revised checker. Dave Weston, Microsoft’s director of OS security, took to Twitter to announce the new version of the tool. We just made updates to the Windows 11 PC Health Check […]
Today, the City of Calgary announced a no-cost data-sharing partnership with the GPS navigation software app and Google subsidiary Waze as part of the Waze for Cities Data program. Designed in 2014 as a free, two-way data share program of publicly available traffic information, Waze for Cities Data, formerly known as the Connected Citizens Program, […]
With files from Tom Li. It’s an annual tradition: Microsoft hosts an Ignite conference and announces a host of new updates for Teams. The tech giant didn’t disappoint this year during its virtual conference. Microsoft Teams Connect Shared channel (Source: Microsoft) Microsoft says Connect uses commonly used Teams capabilities, such as chat, meetings, app collaboration […]
Soon after Microsoft announced the launch of the Dataflex low-code platform for Teams in late July, global application development software provider Data Access noted in a blog post that it already has “multiple, registered U.S. trademarks for the ‘DATAFLEX’ brand software based on the first use in commerce in 1981.” The Microsoft Dataflex announcement was […]
Windows 10’s update woes continue. Hot on the heels of a botched security patch that was retracted on Feb. 15, Microsoft has announced that it’s already looking into problems with its Windows 10 update 2004, the next seasonal upgrade for the Windows 10 operating system. Microsoft switched to a new model for its operating systems […]
At the Build 2020 conference, Microsoft announced Project Reunion, rolling its Windows desktop API and the universal windows platform (UWP) into a single package. In its developer blog post, Microsoft defined four focus areas for app development in the coming years: Unify app development across the billion Windows 10 devices for all current and future […]
Housing nearly three million apps and seeing more than one billion monthly active users in 2017 alone, Google Play Store has grown to dominate smartphones globally. But ever since the U.S. banned Huawei from the country, China’s largest phone manufacturer had to find an alternative. To compete against Google’s dominance is no easy feat, which […]
The Microsoft-owned Github this week announced that is has acquired npm, a company with a large registry of JavaScript packages. Nat Friedman, Github’s chief executive officer, who made the announcement in a blog post, wrote that npm’s place in the open-source community and their extensive registry of JavaScript packages was a key reason for the […]
As the world fights COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are trusting apps to be their news sources and Apple says it’s working hard to ensure the credibility of health and safety information. The company says it’s evaluating apps related to COVID-19 critically to make sure that the developers presenting the apps are from recognized […]
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to develop, Google is releasing advanced features to Hangout Meets for all G Suite and G Suite for Education users free of charge. New features include: Larger meetings, for up to 250 participants per call Live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain The ability to record meetings […]
Microsoft officially launched its new Edge Chromium browser across both Windows and macOS operating systems this week and is available for download now. One of the biggest issues facing IT professionals is high costs and the complexity in managing enterprise companies that support two or more browsers for maximizing compatibility across legacy and modern websites. […]
What are some information technologies that a value-focused CIO should keep talking about even though they’re not generating much buzz? In search of the latest and greatest technology developments or the latest over-valued technology of a pre-IPO unicorn, media pundits move on to new topics all too quickly. Here are a few proven information technologies […]
Google is notorious for axing its products at a whim, and its latest victim is Google Hire, an applicant tracking system designed for small to medium businesses. Google will officially scrap Google Hire by Sept. 1, 2020, giving businesses a year to choose an alternative. A support page indicates that Google will be offering free […]
Ottawa-based software firm Corel Corp. has announced that it has been acquired by KKR & Co. Inc., a global investment firm, for reportedly over $1 billion USD, although the sale price has not been confirmed by either party. Corel had previously been owned by Vector Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm, which bought Corel in […]
Low code and no code application development platforms have become a growing part of business user’s toolkits. For a few years now there have emerged a variety of tools and toolsets that deliver a powerful set of development features in a graphical environment. So if a vendor was to announce a “new and powerful maker […]
