Longtime owner of Downtown Computers says local customers are ‘in the best of hands’ with Orillia ProNet NEWS RELEASE ORILLIA PRONET ************************* Orillia ProNet Inc., a local full-service information technology company, has announced today that they have acquired Downtown Computers, another local IT computer business located in Orillia. Downtown Computers […]
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Weston Wamp Some County Commission members said Wednesday they are dismayed that County Mayor Weston Wamp has not returned County Attorney Rheubin Taylor’s computer and cell phone despite a commission resolution directing that it be done. Also, Commissioner Warren Mackey said he is concerned that some county employees […]
International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday said it launched its most powerful quantum computer to date called the Osprey, a 433-qubit machine that has three times the number of qubits than its Eagle machine announced last year. The number of qubits, or quantum bits, are an indication of the power […]
Kathleen Booth’s work was so significant that when the 100-year-old died this fall, her passing merited major media coverage in her native Britain. So why didn’t we all know that she had spent the past 44 years living in Sooke? Kathleen Booth was a computer pioneer. Indeed, her work was […]
A computer problem at Sobeys and Lawtons pharmacies across the country is making it difficult for customers to get their prescriptions filled. Calls by CBC News to several Sobeys and Lawtons pharmacies throughout the Maritimes on Sunday confirmed the system-wide outage has been happening for at least two days. Pharmacy staff at some […]
A COMPUTER from 1973 has made chillingly accurate apocalyptic predictions and showed that civilisation as we know it could cease to exist by 2050. The eerily precise modelling was developed by professors at MIT university to predict how modern civilisation would behave by 2060 – and the findings have been […]
Crime Authorities arrested Richard Vohnoutka Sr. on Wednesday and found more child sexual abuse images in his home, as well as four unsecured firearms, police said. A Westport, Massachusetts man is facing charges this week after Best Buy’s Geek Squad reported finding a bookmark on his computer containing child sexual […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police arrested an elderly northwest Columbia man Wednesday on suspicion of having child pornography. Police searched the home of Ivan Metzger, 76, in the 1800 block of Parklawn Drive with detectives from the Boone County Cyber Crimes Unit, the Columbia Police Department said on social media. The […]
For Helmes, the many experts — electrical and mechanical engineers, UX researchers, software developers — who joined his mouse project from Asia, the U.S. and the U.K. helped turn his idea into a reality. Like him, many were motivated by someone they knew or loved who might benefit from the […]
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc snatched more market share in the lucrative data center business from rival Intel Corp in the third quarter, drawing praise from Wall Street analysts on Wednesday. Its shares surged more than 3% in early trading as growth in demand for chips used in […]
