Technology

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Refocused with a business-driven directive, the 12th annual Northern Networks Trade Conference promises to bring opportunities to eager Canadian businesses seeking out markets in the United States.

By IAN ROSS A new telecommunications company is offering Manitoulin Island residents a competitive choice where one hasn't been offered before. With national aspirations and targeting the niche First Nations market, FirstTEL Communication Corp.

By ADELLE LARMOUR Call them boards of education.

By CRAIG GILBERT Meek, reserved and imaginative are likely not the first three words that come to the mind of a Canadian after hearing "United States Navy.

By IAN ROSS Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) hot spots are popping up at a frenzied pace across Canada, filling conventional gathering spots with the cyber-guests of patrons.

By Trevor Schell In almost any aspect of daily life, people spend a great deal of time sitting down.

High-speed Internet access will be delivered to rural homeowners and small businesses in the Highway 11 corridor around North Bay by early summer. The last chunk of provincial government funding needed to begin construction and delivery of a $6.

By JOSEPH QUESNEL Northern Ontario Business IT companies in the North are starting to see the benefits of networking their services to the outside world, says a regional IT project manager.

By JOSEPH QUESNEL Northern Ontario Business A northern mining research group is seeking partners in the mining industry to assist in a major communications initiative.

By Chuck Jacobs Among the most insidious enemies of workplace productivity are unnecessary interruptions.