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While most manufactures provide driver update software for free, they are typically difficult to locate and match to your particular device. Hardware Helper™ from PC HelpSoft automatically locates updates; backs up your drivers for quick and easy reinstall and will even notify you when new updates are released for your drivers. With Hardware Helper™, webcams, printers, scanners, video cards, and more can be up and running in just minutes. This revolutionary new pc optimization software by PC HelpSoft™ saves hours of searching for the right driver, allowing you to use your new device almost instantly. Read the rest of this entry »

3D animation and visual effects software developer Side Effects Software has announced the immediate release of Houdini 12.5 which offers a wealth of new and enhanced features including Cloud FX , Ocean FX, OpenVDB volume sculpting tools and an optimized lighting and rendering pipeline with built-in support for delayed-load Alembic primitives. Read the rest of this entry »

Businesses looking to top the results on Facebook Graph Search need to focus on upping their “Likes”, “Check-ins” and exert a greater control over their business information in Facebook, according a new study by Mediative, a leading digital marketing company and division of Yellow Pages Group. Graph Search is Facebook’s newest approach to structured search, generating results on a given query exclusively from a person’s network of Facebook connections. Read the rest of this entry »

Rocket Builders has released its eleventh annual “Ready to Rocket” lists of British Columbia technology companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the 2012 technology sector trends that will lead them to faster growth than their peers. Rocket Builders also released results from its 2012 lists, with 2 companies being acquired and 3 companies graduating from future consideration having achieved greater than $20 million in revenue. Read the rest of this entry »

A dark adventure awaits demon hunters and cataclysmic survivors in Please Stay Calm™: Shadow Wars™, an expansive location-based mobile massively multiplayer online (MMO) game available as a free download from Google Play. Award-winning Canadian mobile games development studio Massive Damage first introduced Please Stay Calm in 2011, and has since topped both popular and grossing charts in the Apple App Store™. Now players continue in a parallel journey through Shadow Wars, where hunters and survivors battle demons in an apocalyptic world trapped in eternal darkness. Players can level up their characters, group together to build havens, and align with Shadow Wars’ factions in sanctums to hold back the impending apocalypse and solve the mystery of “The Gloom,” the event that caused the world to plunge into darkness. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Information Management developer OpenText™ has announced broad availability of OpenText Archive, which enables comprehensive archiving of enterprise information in a single, scalable repository, making it easier to manage and less costly to operate. Also announced was the availability of OpenText InfoFusion, a powerful Information Access Platform that reinvents the way organizations discover, analyze and act on unstructured information across the enterprise. Read the rest of this entry »

Recent evidence shows Canada faces increased cyber threats both from within and abroad. But is the country prepared to protect itself and what will this protection look like? In a report (PDF) published yesterday by The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, author Ron Deibert argues that Canada has potential to be a global leader in cyber security, but this opportunity is being squandered because of the lack of a clear strategy in this area.  Read the rest of this entry »

Game Connection and [a]list, a knowledge sharing division of Ayzenberg Group aimed at entertainment marketers, have announced the nominees for their Marketing Awards, which will honor the best the video game marketing industry has to offer in areas spanning digital, print, mobile and public relations campaigns.  Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 25, 2013, held from 4:30 to 5:30 pm at San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »

Launching today for Windows 8 devices, Galactic Reign, a turn based space strategy game by Microsoft Game Studios and Slant Six Games, redefines the game experience through unique procedural cinematic rendering technology using the Slant Six Games Hexane™ game engine. The procedural rendering technology developed using the Hexane™ game engine, converts epic space battles within Galactic Reign into cinematic videos, using advanced rendering and special FX techniques. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the last 10 years HGTV Canada has drawn attention to Mike Holmes and his renowned ambition to “Make It Right” for homeowners, communities and individuals in need. Viewers have been informed, entertained and inspired by his inspections, renovations and reveals, but to celebrate this milestone Mike is giving fans a more personal glimpse in Behind The Overalls. This brand-new special premieres Tuesday April 9 at 9pm ET/PT on HGTV Canada, followed by new episodes of the hit series Holmes Makes It Right Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT beginning April 16. Read the rest of this entry »