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Prices for the latest gadgets and TVs haven't fallen dramatically, but enough to allow consumers to trade up at lower prices, says the research firm NDP Group Canada. "It's just an excellent opportunity right now to get a high-quality product at a really good price," said Mark Haar, the research firm's director of consumer electronics. For example, a 12-megapixel camera costs $330 down 59 per cent from $806 last year, while a 10-megapixel version, now costs $193 instead of last year's price of $311, H

It's just an excellent opportunity right now to get a high-quality product at a really good price   -Mark Haar

 

I'm sure I'm not the only one who looks at renderings of Apple's long-rumored tablet - or iTablet, or whatever name the faithful have assigned to it this week - and wishes the FedEx truck would pull up to my door with an early demo in time for the holiday season. I'm sure I'm also not the only one who's ready for the endless speculation to, well, end. I don't think I've ever seen an unreleased product generate so much discussion without so much as a peep from the vendor of record.  

Former Crystal Reports creator and co-founder of a Canadian business intelligence (BI) company started two years ago said the reason BI has yet to reach the masses is that tools require users to understand where the data is coming from. Mark Cunningham, co-founder of Vancouver-based Indicee Inc., said getting data into reports has always been the biggest hurdle for everyday business users, 15 to 20 per cent of whom actually use BI currently as a result. Indicee takes a different approach to data acces

The business users don't need to know anything about the database to run those reports, they just go into the reports menu and go run ... and, boom, it pops up on their screen   -Mark Cunningham

 

Two years after Amazon.com Inc. first unveiled its Kindle digital book reader in the United States, the Seattle-based online retailer announced the coveted device will finally begin shipping to Canada. Kindle users can also subscribe to more than 90 newspapers from around the world, including the National Post . CanWest - which owns the National Post - announced that the paper is available now on Kindle and that its other major daily newspapers across the country, including the Ottawa Citizen and the

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The largest and widest ranging PC technology dispute, perhaps in the industry's history, came to an abrupt end this morning with Intel and AMD agreeing to set aside most of their differences, and all of their legal disputes.  

Ever since Apple launched its App Store barely 16 months ago, we've paid a lot of attention -- indeed, too much -- to the number of applications it contains.  

Just in time for holiday shopping, the Toronto Eaton Centre has added an Apple iPhone application to its box of marketing tools aimed at attracting hip urban shoppers.  

Even though the BlackBerry is the top smartphone in North America, the iPhone is right behind and other players will also put pressure on its premiere position, analysts say. "Next year, I think will be a much bigger year for Apple and the iPhone in Canada," said IDC Canada analyst Kevin Restivo. Bell (TSX:BCE) and Telus (TSX:T) switched on their new, advanced wireless networks this week and started selling the iPhone for the first time.

This is where Apple stands to benefit so as a result it will gain share as the market grows   -Kevin Restivo

 

Just in time for holiday shopping, the Eaton Centre has added an Apple iPhone application to its box of marketing tools aimed at attracting hip urban shoppers.  

Even though the BlackBerry is the top smartphone in North America, the iPhone is right behind and other players will also put pressure on its premiere position, analysts say.