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Clever. .< 8:15:07 PM  >Fortune: Sony Re-dreams Its Future. For the past two years, Ando and Sony's chairman and CEO, Nobuyuki Idei, have been trying to fast-forward the company into a broadband entertainment future, one in which nearly every Sony consumer product will be connected to the Internet or an Internet gateway device [Tomalak's Realm] .< 8:10:40 PM >Whenever I return to Nova Scotia, the moment that I drive over a small hill and Blomidan first comes into view is the moment I know I'm home. I sure do miss it sometimes. [Janet's Radio Weblog] Janet's making me homesick.That's the moment. I've actually taken pictures from the car as I drive up over the crest (I think it's at Hantsport) and there it all is. .< 1:26:18 PM >Chrétien doubts Ottawa can pay for Romanow recommendations 
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien likes what he sees in the Romanow report, but doubts the federal government has the money to pay for all the recommendations. [CBC News] .< 1:25:01 PM >Canadian economic growth slows in third quarter The economy slowed again in the third quarter, but still managed to grow by 0.8 per cent from the previous quarter, Statistics Canada reported Friday. [CBC News] .< 1:19:55 PM >Philippines scolds Canada for embassy closure A top Philippine official scolded Canada and Australia Friday for the way they abruptly shut down their embassies because of a perceived threat from terrorists. [CBC News] .< 12:39:15 PM >Triumph of the new
By ROBERT HARRIS I love Brian Cherney's dream-like music. .< 11:14:44 AM >Linking, Thinking on AIDS Day. On Sunday, World AIDS Day, hundreds of bloggers, journalists and other website publishers will link to resources about HIV and AIDs and share personal stories of how the disease has changed their lives. By Kendra Mayfield. [Wired News] .< 1:12:58 AM >Bin Laden tape 'not genuine'. Swiss researchers say they are almost certain that a recent audio recording attributed to Osama Bin Laden was made by an impostor. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 12:53:19 AM >New "Switch" advertisement online [The Macintosh News Network] .< 12:51:27 AM >The Phoenix-like rise of Henry Kissinger. This man is regarded by many outside the US as a war criminal, so why has George Bush just given him a major job? Julian Borger on the Phoenix-like rise of Henry Kissinger. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Those Europeans who were aware that the old cold warrior was still alive could be forgiven for assuming he was in a cell somewhere awaiting war crimes charges, or living the life of a fugitive, never sleeping in the same bed twice lest human rights investigators track him down.' .< 12:37:25 AM >Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Sleeping with the enemy 'Like Bush, the Saudis have a score to settle with Saddam Hussein. They fear him for what he did in 1990 and might, one day, do again. They want him gone. And let us not forget: Iraq's oil is important, too. It has 11% of known world reserves and (even now) the US continues to be the biggest single purchaser of Iraqi oil. The US and Saudi governments have a shared economic interest in, shall we say, regulating that supply. The US will also need help in paying for any war and subsequent occupation.' A must-read article. .< 12:26:05 AM >Thanksgiving. Net notes: Our guide to the day when all in America, except Native Americans and of course the turkeys, give thanks. [Guardian Unlimited] |
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