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 Tuesday, 1 October 2002
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Radio killed the radio star. Consolidation has resulted in 10,000 layoffs, the demise of a beloved trade magazine, and a decline in programming quality. But industry execs are fat and happy. [Salon.com]
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UAD-1 Gets Dual Processor Mac Support for MAS and VST Formats
WOODINVILLE, Wash., Oct. 01, 2002
-- Mackie Designs Inc. and Universal Audio have announced the release of version 2.3 Macintosh software for the UAD-1 Powered Plug-Ins, which provides support for Dual Processor mode for MAS format used by Mark of the Unicorn and VST format used by Steinberg and others.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
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DTS to Release First Major DVD-Video Title with High-Res Audio
Agoura Hills, CA (October 2, 2002)-DTS plans to release Queen's Greatest
Video Hits 1, which the company says will be the first major DVD-Video
available worldwide to feature a DTS 96/24 high-resolution soundtrack. [ProSound News]
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Soprano 'shocked' over COC move
By ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN
TORONTO -- Like a friendly card game gone sour, the Canadian Opera Company's productionof The Queen of Spades was embroiled yesterday in a bitter dispute between COC management and soprano Hasmik Papian, who says she was forced to yield her starring role in Thursday's opening-night show to an understudy. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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Register: Microsoft buys Liquid Audio DRM patents. [Scripting News]
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US criticised over Muslim checks. Malaysia and Pakistan react angrily to new US checks on men entering America from selected Arab and Muslim countries. [BBC News | WORLD]
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BitHeadz Ships Phrazer 2
Sep. 30, 2002
-- BitHeadz has released it's next-generation real-time sequencer--Phrazer 2.0. Aside from several feature enhancements and additions, the new version adds 600 MB of content and gains support for Mac OS X 10.1 or higher, along with optimizations for the G4's Velocity Engine. It also continues to support Mac OS 8/9.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
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MOTU Updates Digital Performer
Oct. 01, 2002
-- Mark of the Unicorn has updated Digital Performer to version 3.1. Digital Performer is MOTU's digital audio and MIDI sequencing suite for the Macintosh. The new version is a free download for current users.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
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US begins entry checks on Muslims. Men entering the US from selected Arab and Muslim countries now face being photographed[cedilla] fingerprinted and questioned. [BBC News | WORLD]
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US issues warning on weapons talks. The US says negotiations between UN inspectors and Iraq may have to be put on hold until a new Security Council resolution is agreed.
[BBC News | WORLD]They're afraid peace might break out?
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Activist agenda set out in throne speech
What is likely to be the last session of Parliament in the tenure of
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien will have a decidedly activist agenda,
including ratifying the Kyoto protocol and reducing child poverty.
F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]
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Todd-AO/Soundelux, Dolby Premiere Overhead Sound Concept
Hollywood, CA (October 1, 2002)--Todd-AO/Soundelux, a part of Liberty
Livewire Corporation's Audio Division, and Dolby Laboratories have premiered
an experimental overhead sound concept on the occasion of an exclusive
re-release of Paramount Pictures' We Were Soldiers on Friday, September
20 in Tempe, AZ. [ProSound News]
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Apple loses World's Most Valuable List. Why they should pay you for .Mac. Seriously. [The Register]
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Aqua eye-candy comes to the PC. Direct3D on the desktop [The Register]
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David P. Reed: Open Spectrum in the Wall St. Journal today. Lee says it will probably take 5-10 years before we realize these ideas fully in the marketplace. I'm hoping for sooner, but these new ideas threaten some very entrenched interests in limiting and controlling communications. [Tomalak's Realm]
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CBC Sports: MacLean and CBC part ways'Ron MacLean, after 17 years with the CBC, has decided to leave his post as the host of Hockey Night In Canada.' Yikes!
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Disk Copy in 10.2 has useful new features [Mac OS X Hints]
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Canon EOS-1Ds samples posted!. Canon's newest digital SLR looks to be the best digital EOS yet. With a full sized 35 mm eleven megapixel CMOS sensor and a body, metering and AF system from the EOS-1D/1V the EOS-1Ds is certainly an amazing... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]
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Apple Extends .Mac Deadline (30-Sep-2002; 0.7K) [TidBITS]Thank heavens. Been a bit to busy to notice the end of the month has come and gone.
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MyiCal.com offers free calendar storage [The Macintosh News Network]
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Leister delivers Reunion 8.0 for OS X [The Macintosh News Network]
.< 2:33:47 AM >
A Digital Video Format Is Catching in Television. More than a quarter of the prime-time shows on the major broadcast and cable networks this season are being shot on 24P digital video. By Andrew Zipern. [New York Times: Technology]
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War of the Browsers Resumes With More Players This Autumn. This fall, the market will be filled with talk of new software that not only includes a way to view Web pages but adds features meant to make browsing more fun, more useful and less annoying. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology]
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As Digital Radio Stumbles, New Products Fill the Gap. Several radio manufacturers have introduced products that improve the quality and reach of broadcasts transmitted in analog. By Barnaby J. Feder. [New York Times: Technology]
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Suit Settled Over Pricing of Recordings at Big Chains. Those who have complained that compact discs are too costly were vindicated, as five big music labels and three national retailers settled a price fixing lawsuit. By Claudia H. Deutsch. [New York Times: Technology]
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Cellphone: A Convenience, a Hazard or Both?. Fears the cellphones are linked to cancer and other disease are ill-founded, but then there's the matter of cellphones and cars. By Jane E. Brody. [New York Times: Technology]
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adaptive path º publications º essay for september 24, 2002: "But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools. They help orient users in your architecture, and can suggest whether other options are available."Amen! I've always examined URLs for more details about where I am and hints about where I might want to go. And I've always structured my own sites with this in mind.
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