Monday, 1 July 2002
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La Scena Musicale's Festival Calendar [LaScena-Features]
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As many as 150 feared dead in German mid-air collision
Wreckage is spread across a wide area of southern Germany after two
aircraft collided in mid-air. Police say as many as 150 people may have
been killed.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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eWeek: Apple gets plug-and-play right [The Macintosh News Network]'Then there was Mac OS X, where things just worked the way they should. Period. The contrast was impressive[~]or depressing, depending on your platform loyalties.'
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Union says Toronto garbage strike 'could be over quickly'
Negotiations between the City of Toronto and its striking outside
workers resumed Monday - and there is already a more optimistic
attitude. Union president Brian Cochrane told a news conference he
believes the dispute can be resolved. "We believe this strike could be
over quickly," he said.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
Let's hope so. It's only been a few days and already the city looks pretty grotty. Stinks too. And 31 degree, hazy, muggy weather doesn't help.
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Access iPod MP3 files directly in the Finder [Mac OS X Hints]
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Some general hints on using Entourage X [Mac OS X Hints]
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Apple drops Emagic bombshell. Hands Cubase a Windows monopoly [The Register]
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Apple begins new rebate promotion [The Macintosh News Network]We were a couple of days late for these deals but on time for an iPod rebate.
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Apple Acquires Emagic
CUPERTINO, Calif. and HAMBURG, Germany, Jul. 01, 2002
-- Filling a key gap in its lineup of professional production applications, Apple has acquired Emagic, maker of the audio recording and editing application Logic and other audio products.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]Oooh la la! What the heck is going on here?
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U.S. forces reportedly strike Afghan wedding
U.S. helicopter gunships and fighter jets reportedly opened fire on a
house in Afghanistan Monday killing and injuring guests at a wedding.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]Very nice
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Canada celebrates 135th birthday
Thousands of people crowded onto Parliament Hill with family and friends
Monday to celebrate the nation's 135th birthday.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]Happy Birthday Canada!
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Brazil fans celebrate World Cup win
Monday may be Canada Day, but Sunday belonged to Brazil as thousands of
ecstatic soccer lovers partied in the streets.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]'When Brazil won, green and yellow flags, T-shirts and face-paint seemed to blanket an entire neighbourhood in Toronto. Police blocked off several streets.
Large parties were also held in Montreal, Vancouver, and several other cities.'
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Quickly get into good iTunes visuals [Mac OS X Hints] Not sure about the initial hint but there are some good tips listed in the follow up correspondance.
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Search Google from the desktop [Mac OS X Hints]Dude needs a mirror. Bandwidth limitations on iTools page have kicked in.
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Microsoft Takes Its Software on a Road Trip. To try to persuade record labels and movie studios to adopt the Windows Media software, Microsoft decided it needed a van. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology]God help us.
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A Dispute Over Wireless Networks. Time Warner Cable has warned some cable-modem subscribers that operating wireless networks and inviting others to freely share them violates their subscription agreements. By Peter Meyers. [New York Times: Technology]In the short term they aren't going to be able to control this. Caps on bandwidth - which some providers are introducing - will provide disincentive.
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I'm a beta tester for a new tool for radio that converts outlines to html. Look at my homepage here. Everything older than the current day is in a collapsed node. tres kewl! [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]Yes. Very cool. I want. But it may spell trouble for users not familiar with the concept of collapsing outlines.
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Timothy White, Billboard Editor in Chief, Dies at 50. While editor in chief, Timothy White kept Billboard magazine independent of the industry it covered. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: Arts]
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Grudgingly, Music Labels Sell Their Songs Online. Increasingly desperate for customers, several major record labels have resolved to make more music legally available for less money online even if it means sacrificing lucrative CD sales. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Arts]The new iMac and iPod which arrived at the girls this weekend have impressed upon me how important this is. The effortlessness of this technology is very compelling.
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High Prices in London for Picasso and Monet. London art auctions proved that the rich feel more confident putting their money in masterworks than they do in financial markets. By Carol Vogel. [New York Times: Arts]Art triumphs over Wallstreet.
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MOTU and Mackie introduce new "worksurface" [The Macintosh News Network]
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Apple wins five IDEA awards [The Macintosh News Network]
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