Researchers have shown that brain chips can help paralyzed people perform complex real-world tasks through their thoughts.
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May 18, 2012, Technology Review
May 17, 2012, studymagazine.com
If this were the education Olympics, Canada would take home the bronze. Canadian colleges and universities were ranked third in the world by Universitas 21, an international network of 23 leading...
May 16, 2012, Ryerson Digital Media Zone
Talent will be key to making Canada a digital nation by 2017, but a shortage of people with the right skills continues to plague our ICT sector.
May 15, 2012, Smart Data Collective
Big Data efforts have a problem - there aren’t enough people who know how to take advantage of it. Consulting firm McKinsey projects “a need for 1.5 million additional managers and...
May 14, 2012, Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail’s Ask a Recruiter column provides tips for students on how to land their first post-graduate job.
May 11, 2012, CBC.ca
The number of Canadian servers being targeted by hackers has increased sharply, according to an IT security company, Websense. A growing number of malicious sites are hosted on Canada's...
May 10, 2012, Linux.com
We are creating more information than ever before. As the reality of managing that level of data sets in, the demand for employees with a unique combination of analytics and IT management...
May 9, 2012, IT World Canada
Cyber security jobs are plentiful from government, utilities to retail. But what skills do IT professionals need to qualify for these high-paying jobs?
May 8, 2012, Mashable.com
College students today are more tech savvy than ever before. More than 90% use email to communicate with professors and 73% say they cannot study without technology.
May 7, 2012, Marketwire.com
More than 250 high school students from across the Greater Toronto area (GTA) will discuss and select the most innovative ideas for how digital technologies can help solve some of the world’s
May 7, 2012, Sutdymagazine.com
Colleges Ontario statistics show 83 per cent of Ontario college graduates found jobs within six months of graduation despite the difficult economy.
May 4, 2012, Network World
Embattled by hactivists and cybercriminals seeking to steal proprietary information, U.S. corporations are ramping up their hiring of cybersecurity experts, with open jobs reaching an all-time...
May 3, 2012, National Post
Cloud computing, the idea that all kinds of computing can be delivered totally over the Internet, is changing everything. One day, it may even make the PC as we know it irrelevant
May 2, 2012, Study Magazine
Good news for those studying to become a software engineer: your job is awesome. “The world is going digital and Software Engineers who can help with that transformation are reaping the...
May 1, 2012, Information Week
Big Data analysts are today's IT rock stars. As an ever growing amount of data is collected from apps, Web interactions, social media, and clickstreams, the need for analysts who can mine gold...
April 30, 2012, UN News Centre
At a United Nations-organized event, education and tech experts discussed the need to break down barriers and shift attitudes to encourage girls to go into tech-related fields.
April 27, 2012, TheRecord.com
Huge data sets known as “big data” are generated as people all over the world put more information online. Mining this data is already having a huge impact on our lives, said Mark...
April 26, 2012, Computer World
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children is implementing a clinical experiment using big data and real-time analytics to help save the lives of its tiniest patients.
April 25, 2012, itbusiness.ca
Hand-free driving apps, mall navigators and cloud-based organizers are just a few of the projects Ryerson's Digital Media Zone students are working on. You may see these tools soon in an...
April 24, 2012, Network World
MIT and several other schools have joined the open-education movement, which makes it easier for students to access tech-related courses.
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By Wendy
May 15, 2012
Every day hackers and cyber spies are messing with business and government sites anywhere in the world, making cyber security one of the hottest IT careers going!
By Stephanie
May 15, 2012
When 200 Toronto GTA teenagers got together to talk tech last week, a lot of energized buzz was created about how tech will shape our future!
By Wendy
May 7, 2012
Want to sample a free tech university course before committing to a program and even get an e-certificate for passing? The open education revolution is bringing affordable digital education to...
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