Waterloo Tech News

WallStNation.com - As the battle for mobile internet heats up, Apple Inc. and Google Inc. might be leaving Microsoft Corporation in the dust.

Maplesoft™, the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics, today announced an add-on component library for its physical modeling and simulation product MapleSim™.

Exchange Magazine - Christie operating in Kitchener as Christie Digital, announced January 6, 2010 that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Luminetx® Corporation, a medical biosciences technology company.

570 News - Tension is mounting at Vancouver's Olympic headquarters as some staff have been told they can't use their BlackBerrys.

PRWeb - ESCORT Radar, a leading manufacturer of automotive electronic accessories, announced the release of its first ever BlackBerry Smartphone Application, the all new ESCORT Defender™ Speed Trap Early Warning Database.

OptoIQ - “The largest pathology image ever” produced depicts a breast tissue sample. It is available at the website of Biomedical Photometrics Inc. (BPI; Waterloo, ON Canada), where a Google Earth-like interface allows you to zoom in and out, and wander around the specimen.

Belgian company Agfa Gevaert has signed a four year distribution deal in China for its hospital imaging solutions worth up to €350m.

OptpIQ - The inaugural BioOpto Japan (September 16–17, Yokohama) was held in conjunction with LED Japan Conference & Expo/Strategies in Light and OITDA 2009; together the events drew 7132 people.

Waterloo Chronicle - Two local start-ups recently closed finance deals totaling $1.5 million.

chron - The Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry mobile phone plans to open a North Carolina research-and-development hub.

BtoBOnline.com - Mark Wilson, VP-corporate marketing at database technology company Sybase, has learned a lot about marketing in a recession, particularly when it comes to being frugal.

Guelph Mercury - A foot-racing game, Running Scissors: Preseason, is unlike any other game available to Apple iPhone users right now, says a local game designer and programmer.

The Record - Keith Crowe has severely deformed feet caused by his diabetes. The Collingwood man has trouble finding shoes that fit him.

Exchange Magazine - The Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging (RIA) has won an innovator's award from the International Council on Active Aging for adapting a ground-breaking program in order to encourage senior citizens to become more active.

Exchange Magazine - Quarry Integrated Communications announces that it will be moving its main Canadian office from Waterloo to the Riverworks building in St. Jacobs, Ontario in the spring of 2010.

au.sys-con.com - Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (IMS), a world leader in telematics and mobile media solutions announced today the upcoming availability date of XTop Mobile.

PRNewsWire.com - Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that it will resell Open Text's Document Server, Alchemy Edition(1), to the Ricoh channel through the Ricoh Independent Solutions Vendor Program (RiSVP).

CNN.com - Users can finally feel free to leave their laptop behind when going to deliver a presentation. Research In Motion today introduced BlackBerry Presenter, the latest accessory for BlackBerry smartphones.

The Record - University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University are both bracing for a surge of student applications from the children of immigrants living in or around Toronto.

TravelDailyNews.com - Norwegian Air Shuttle, the fourth-largest low-cost airline in Europe, has contracted with Navtech, Inc. to provide aircraft performance software products to support its Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Class I & II environment, the companies announced today.

Accelerator Centre Blog - The Accelerator Centre is pleased to welcome Tracey Robertson and Capacity Waterloo Region (CWR) to our building. Capacity Waterloo Region is a project of Tides Canada Initiatives, a National charity that helps reduce costs while providing critical resources to non-profits.

CMSWatch.com - It's not often that a well-known vendor simply vacates a particular software space, effectively forfeiting a chunk of the market to competitors. But that's what Open Text has decided to do with its main enterprise search product.

Investors, Analysts and Press are Invited to Listen to a Live Audio Webcast Discussion of Sybase's 2009 Fourth Quarter Results

DALSA Corporation, an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, announced today that Derek Brown will retire from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.

The Globe and Mail - Google's eagerly-anticipated Nexus One phone may be grabbing the headlines, but rival Research In Motion has been quietly boosting its sales, according to analyst firm Avian Securities.

CNW Group - ARISE Technologies Corporation (TSX: APV and Frankfurt: A3T), which is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, high-quality, cost-effective solar technology, today announced that on December 31, 2009, the Company completed the initial $250,000 drawdown from its previously announced Committed Equity Facility Agreement with Haverstock Master Fund ("Haverstock").

MSNBC - It may happen for some until improvements are made to various networks

ThomasNet.com - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, today announced that its Piranha family of linescan cameras has been selected by Electronic Design magazine as Best of 2009 in the machine vision category.

The Globe and Mail - Their BlackBerry's best application was philanthropy

Google - Jim Balsillie may have failed to land the Phoenix Coyotes last year, but his tenacious pursuit of the team gained the Waterloo, Ont., billionaire businessman both notoriety and the admiration of many a Canadian eager to see another professional hockey franchise land in Canada.