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That's funny. Here in Canada we've been reading about how our soldiers were involved. .< 11:32:10 PM  >Batteries Promise Not to Fade Before the Light Does. A new long-lasting battery may give photographers many more snaps per pack in a year when some industry analysts are predicting a 29 percent increase in digital camera sales. By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology] Very nice, but this is the wrong solution. Buy rechargables! Good ones. .< 11:22:07 PM >EMI to Revamp and Cut Its Work Force 20%. The EMI Group announced a sweeping restructuring of its operations that will eliminate 1,800 jobs and streamline its two major music labels, Capitol and Virgin. By Suzanne Kapner with Laura M. Holson. [New York Times: Technology] .< 11:16:29 PM >Downsizing Videotape, Yet Again: " But despite all this, it bothers Sony that most people still think of camcorders as special-occasion machines. Few people toss a camcorder into their pockets or purses as they would, say, a still camera. If a camcorder were as handy as a still camera, Sony reasons, surely more people would grab it and go (and would surely, therefore, buy more blank Sony tapes and accessories). That's the thinking behind Sony's new MicroMV tapes and the DCR-IP5 camcorder that accepts them. " Good grief. Already? Most folks I know haven't even heard of MiniDV yet. Pogue takes the poop out of the introductory model but holds out hope for the future of the format. I don't know. I'm thinking that the next step is to do away with tape altogether. Now that would be a compelling reason to move beyond MiniDV. And that's a few years away yet. .< 11:13:20 PM >In Microsoft Case, RealNetworks Says Competition Is Unfair. A RealNetworks executive accused Microsoft of withholding information that would have allowed RealNetworks' software to work as well with Windows as rival software made by Microsoft does. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology] .< 4:26:54 PM >Steinberg Presents Nuendo Professional Surround Library
Germany--At Frankfurt Musikmesse 2002, Steinberg and Wizoo presented the
first volume of a high-end professional surround library for Nuendo. [ProSound News]
"We think we're on the cutting edge of Bluetooth by actually making it work," he said.' Me neither." There's some hilarious stuff in here. See also another article on Nixon's take on Trudeau. It's just a shame that we won't have tapes from George W. .< 1:14:18 PM >Cannabis scheme saves police time. UK latest: Scheme where people are let off with a warning for cannabis possession saved 1,350 hours of police time in six months, report shows. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 1:01:09 PM >Bob Crosley: "I think the news aggregator is the key. It does a great deal of my surfing for me."  [Scripting News]Yup! .< 12:32:34 PM >120seconds.com produces Canada's first digital film fest Are you spending long hours polishing your latest opus on iMovie? Are you spending days in Premiere editing that perfect transition? 120seconds.com is launching Canada's first film festival for digital shorts and they want to show off your efforts! They're looking for original, Canadian digital films that are under ten minutes and were produced using digital technology. Deadline for entries is April 30. For more information and festival categories: http://filmfestival.120seconds.com. Got this in an internal newsletter today. .< 10:45:44 AM >Move afoot to return first newspaper to Canada: "Canada's first paper was printed in Halifax on March 23, 1752 " .< 10:33:47 AM >The Globe and Mail: Search: "Alexina Louie and Gary Kulesha, both from Ontario, and Quebecker Denys Bouliane will write three pieces each for the NAC in Ottawa over the next four years, including one work apiece for full orchestra, one chamber piece, and one for an 18-member New Music Ensemble to be drawn from the ranks of the NAC Orchestra. The composers will also be active in a mentoring program for young protegés, and a proposed two-week summer school. " A good solution which should put an end to the criticism. Congrats all around. .< 1:13:16 AM >Seeing Bush's Brains Despite Mangled Words: "Although he likes Mr. Bush and admires his impressive response to the Sept. 11 attacks, especially his ability to reflect the country's anger at the terrorists and determination to bring them to justice, Mr. Bruni describes Mr. Bush, in current parlance, as intellectually challenged. However attentive any of us were to Mr. Bush's limitations as a speaker and thinker, Mr. Bruni's recounting of Mr. Bush's verbal flubs will leave readers amused, astonished and maybe even a little depressed that someone so inarticulate could have become the nation's chief executive." There are some hilariously dim-witted quotes, even in the review. But the book seems to suggest that we not judge him just by his inarticulate utterings. .< 1:00:30 AM >EMI Group to pare jobs and artists. International Herald Tribune Mar 20 2002 8:41PM ET [Moreover - Arts and culture news] I wonder if this won't lead to announcements from other companies. .< 12:50:04 AM >EMI cuts mean 400 artists may be singing the blues: "Struggling British music power EMI Group said Wednesday that it will slash about 20% of its nearly 9,400-person workforce and dump about 400 acts from its roster in an effort to improve profits during an industrywide slump. " .< 12:48:58 AM >Apple: iMac price hike; 10GB iPod; 23" disp. [MacNN] A bit more info here, including a US$100 price increase on each of the iMacs. Too bad. .< 12:39:06 AM >[22:15 ET] At Macworld Tokyo today, Apple announced the Apple Cinema HD Display, an "all-digital", 23-inch flat panel display promised for April availability at $3499. Also new is a 10GB iPod priced at $499 and said to be available immediately. (The original iPod remains at $399.) In other press releases, Apple previewed a Bluetooth wireless adapter for USB, along with Mac OS X software, and also said it has shipped 125,000 flat-panel iMacs and hopes "to catch up with demand soon." [Macintouch] Apple inspires more technolust. Their site is updated with info on these new products. .< 12:05:27 AM >Working With JavaScript - Dynamic Forms. Apple: “Forms are key components of all Web-based applications. But important as they are, Web developers often present users with forms that are difficult to use.” [ranchero.com] |
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