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 Monday, 22 April 2002
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Street protests erupt as France shocked by vote results
Riot police in Paris were pelted with rocks and bottles as thousands of
demonstrators converged on the city to protest against the election
success of an extreme right-wing leader.
F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]
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Chimera Web browser in the works. MacCentral: “The Chimera project focuses on delivering a best-of-breed browser for Mac OS X, according to Steve Dagley of the project. It’s a ‘blending of the brains/brawn of the core technologies from Mozilla, such as the Gecko layout engine, with the beauty of Quartz text rendering in a Cocoa app,’ he said.” [ranchero.com]
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Hometowns prepare for soldiers' funerals, injured men to return home
Full military funerals will be held throughout the week in the hometowns
of the four Canadian soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan. Their
bodies were released to their families Sunday, a day after returning to
a base in eastern Ontario.
F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]
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The Voice of the Poet: Wallace Stevens. Listen to a rare recording of Stevens reading his poems
"To the One of Fictive Music" and "Not Ideas About the Thing but the Thing Itself." [Salon.com]
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Gates Says Penalties Would Hurt Windows. Bill Gates took the stand for the first time in his company's epic antitrust case testifying that penalties would undermine the Windows software. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 'John Schmidtlein, a lawyer for the states, presented an internal Microsoft document and argued Passport is part of a Microsoft plan to sell pay services.
The document called Passport ``a feeder pool'' and said its goal was to ``create the largest and most leverageable database of every user on the planet,'' to funnel people into paid services.'
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'Friendly fire' probe set to begin Monday
A former U.S. Marine Corps general predicts that Canadian and American
investigators will draw virtually identical conclusions from separate
inquiries into the deaths of four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.
F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]
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After an Age of Digital Hubris, Wired's Editor Is Still a Believer. Wired magazine is one of the digital revolution's most cherished tribal artifacts. But in the smoldering aftermath of that revolution, is it still necessary? By David Carr. [New York Times: Technology]
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Elvis Costello Hasn't Left the Building. Elvis Costello reclaimed the ferocity of his youth and honed it with the cunning of experience at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday night. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: Arts]
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 Christian Ministries: "They try to hide all of this under a facade of shiny, "lickable" buttons, but the truth has finally come out: Apple Computers promote Godless Darwinism and Communism". [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]'But is this really such a shock? Lets look for a moment at Apple Computers. Founded by long haired hippies, this company has consistently supported 60's counter-cultural "values". But there are even darker undertones to this company than most are aware of. Consider the name of the company and its logo: an apple with a bite taken out of it. This is clearly a reference to the Fall, when Adam and Eve were tempted with an apple by the serpent. It is now Apple Computers offering us temptation, thereby aligning themselves with the forces of darkness.' Hilarious!
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Richard Reeves: "Why Bush will be a one-term president". [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 'This was a day in the life of the president of the United States, Thursday, April 18, 2002.'
An excellent read. Let's all hope he's right.
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Steve MacLaughlin: Taking the "R" Out of Free.  [Scripting News]'Here we are in the post-Internet Bubble days, and the companies that are actually still in business are starting to come to their senses. All across the Internet free services are quickly becoming fee services.'
Love the title!
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BIAS Announces Deck 3.5 for Mac OS X
PETALUMA, Calif., Apr. 21, 2002
-- Berkley Integrated Audio Software, Inc. (BIAS) says it will ship Deck 3.5 for OS X by June, a brand new version of its multi-track audio software for the Mac.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
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FBI smashes massive piracy ring. The Taiwanese connection [The Register]
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If Bertelsmann Wed Napster, It Could Sue Itself, and More'By pursuing a possible deal to buy the music-trading service Napster, the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann is opening the unusual possibility that it may be financing an antitrust investigation against itself.'
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