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23rd July 2013

Sierra Wireless Powers LTE Connectivity For Toshiba’s New Detachable Ultrabook

sierra wirelessSierra Wireless has announced its AirPrime® EM7305 embedded wireless module has been selected and integrated into the Toshiba Portégé Z10t – a high-performance, Windows 8, compact Ultrabook that is equipped with a removable “tablet screen” for the utmost convenience in portable computing. The Toshiba Portégé Z10t with AirPrime EM7305 launched in June on the Telstra network in Australia. Read the rest of this entry »

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23rd July 2013

Yangaroo And Ramp Partnership Provides Digital Delivery Of Music And Video Via DMDS

yangarooSecure digital media management company YANGAROO Inc. has announced a partnership with Los Angeles-based RAMP (Radio and Music Pros), a prominent music industry trade publication. This alliance will now provide the industry in the U.S. expanded access to YANGAROO’s Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) platform to deliver music to radio, and other destinations as well as the ability to deliver music videos to all major national and regional television broadcasters in North America. This partnership will also provide DMDS with the most comprehensive radio lists available, setting a new standard for radio distribution of promotional music. Read the rest of this entry »

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23rd July 2013

Univa And MapR Technologies Partnership Brings Enterprise-Grade Workload Management To Hadoop Customers

univaUniva data centre automation company and developer of Grid Engine has announced a partnership with Hadoop technology leader MapR Technologies to integrate Univa Grid Engine with the MapR enterprise platform. The partnership enables customers to leverage the MapR Distribution for Hadoop in conjunction with Univa Grid Engine capabilities of policy control management and infrastructure sharing to run mixed workloads with insightful enterprise reporting and analytics. Read the rest of this entry »

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23rd July 2013

BC Steals The Show At SIGGRAPH 2013

Province of BCBritish Columbia representatives are in the spotlight as tens of thousands of participants converge on Anaheim for SIGGRAPH 2013, the place to be if you work with computer graphics and interactive technologies. B.C. is preparing to host SIGGRAPH 2014, the 40th anniversary edition of the influential event next year in Vancouver, which became the first location to host SIGGRAPH North America outside of the United States in 2011. That event welcomed 15,872 artists, research scientists, game developers, filmmakers and researchers from 74 countries. SIGGRAPH 2011 broke the city’s previous conference attendance records and, according to the Vancouver Convention Centre, generated an estimated $38.5 million in direct spending for the local economy. Read the rest of this entry »

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23rd July 2013

Hockey Goes Old School With NHL 94 Anniversary Mode In NHL 14

EA SportsEA Sports™ celebrates the 20th anniversary of the most iconic title in the history of the NHL franchise with the inclusion of NHL ® 94 Anniversary Mode in NHL ® 14. Built using the NHL 14 game engine, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode uses classic button controls to deliver big goals, bigger hits and spectacular speed, taking fun to a whole new level. The mode also offers nods to its hockey video gaming roots through a retro presentation style including blue ice, classic star-shaped player indicators, organ music and a few more surprises. Recognized as one of the most popular games of its era and the title that put the NHL videogame franchise on the map, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode gives another generation of players a new way to play old school hockey. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd July 2013

LMI Technologies Unveils Next Generation HDI Advance 3D Scanner At Siggraph 2013

lmi technologiesLMI Technologies (LMI), a Vancouver-based developer of 3D scanning, measurement, and data visualization technologies, announced the official release of the next generation of the HDI Advance 3D scanning system at Siggraph 2013. This is the first HDI product launch since the acquisition of Burnaby company 3D3 Solutions earlier this year. LMI is demonstrating the new HDI Advance for the first time at the Siggraph Exhibition from July 23-25 in booth 819. LMI Technologies is part of German company AUGUSTA Technologie AG group. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd July 2013

Dell To Deliver PEER 1 Hosting Public Cloud and Managed Services in Canada

Peer 1Global web hosting provider PEER 1 Hosting has announced a strategic alliance with Dell Inc. to deliver cloud services in Canada. As the newest addition to Dell’s recently announced public cloud partner program, PEER 1 Hosting will service the critical Canadian market and help Dell provide its customers with choice and best-in-breed capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd July 2013

Canadian Talent Comes Out In Force At 2013 Locarno International Film Festival

Telefilm CanadaCanadian talent will be highly visible at this year’s Locarno International Film Festival, in Switzerland, which runs from August 7 to 17, 2013. Six Canadian films will be screened at the festival: three features—the coproduction Gare du Nord, by Claire Simon, Gabrielle, by Louise Archambault, and The Dirties, by Matthew Johnson; and three shorts—Acrobat, by Eduardo Menz, Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire, by Monia Chokri, and L’Ours, by Dan Karo. Four of the six films will be presented in competitive sections. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd July 2013

Capcom Ignites The Zombie Apocalypse at San Diego Comic-Con With Explosive Dead Rising 3 ViDoc

capcomAt San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, Capcom and Microsoft Studios released the first Dead Rising 3 ViDoc, titled “Zombie Apocalypse Evolved: The Making of Dead Rising 3,” giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the popular franchise’s newest installment – coming from Capcom Vancouver exclusively to Xbox One when the system launches in November. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd July 2013

Winged Pikmin To Appear At Red Bull Flugtag In Ottawa-Gatineau

Nintendo CanadaIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a Winged Pikmin! In celebration of Pikmin 3’s North American launch on August 4, Nintendo of Canada is putting a new type of Pikmin, the Winged Pikmin, front-and-centre at Red Bull Flugtag Ottawa-Gatineau. If you haven’t heard of it, Red Bull Flugtag challenges teams to design, build and pilot homemade flying machines… off the end of a 22-foot high flight deck. Our Pikmin may have wings, but will it fly? We’ll find out on July 27! Festivities start at 10:30 a.m. in Ottawa-Gatineau at the Museum of Canadian Civilization, and the event is free. Read the rest of this entry »

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