Monday, 23 December 2002
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According to the Register, Microsoft is lining up to buy Macromedia. It's Flash they want. [Scripting News]
Yikes
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DVDs beginning to outshine CDs
Video discs are getting better publicity from movie companies. Retailers are giving them more exposure in stores. Musicians are starting to take note
By J.D. CONSIDINE [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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iranians detained [BBC]. BBC: "US immigration officials in Southern California have detained hundreds of Iranians and other Muslim men who turned up to register under residence laws brought in as part of the anti-terror drive."
| I don't like the looks of this. You'd think we learned a thing or two in wwII. | [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
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Many Tools of Big Brother Are Already Up and Running. The Pentagon's effort to detect terrorism by electronically monitoring could rely largely on technology that is already in place. By John Markoff and John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology]
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Ground Zero Designs: Reality vs. Renaissance. If the new designs for the World Trade Center are realized, New York could transform itself into a progressive leader of global culture. By Herbert Muschamp. [New York Times: Arts]
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Despite a Marketing Blitz, CD Sales Continue to Slide. Early sales figures show an already struggling music industry may now be in even worse shape than previously thought. By Lynette Holloway. [New York Times: Arts]
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Beethoven Seen as Musician, Not Hero. Harvard professor Lewis Lockwood's book cuts through the myths to reveal Beethoven as an eminently human and fallible artist. By James R. Oestreich. [New York Times: Arts]
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Confronting eternity (and last-minute shopping)
By DAVID MACFARLANE [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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The retro-perspective of jazz
Bands rediscovered old classics and female singers struck a chord, but Dave Holland is the one we should remember, MARK MILLER writes [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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Many Tools of Big Brother Are Already Up and Running. The Pentagon's effort to detect terrorism by electronically monitoring could rely largely on technology that is already in place. By John Markoff and John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology]
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Reuters Health Information (2002-12-20): Playboy centerfolds getting more androgynous: study: "Reporting in the December 23/28 issue of the British Medical Journal, Voracek and co-author Maryanne L. Fisher of York University in Toronto, Canada, painstakingly evaluated body measurements of 577 consecutive Playboy centerfold models from 1953 to 2001."
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US blocks cheap drugs agreement. Millions of poor people will still not get medicines for diseases such as HIV/Aids after World Trade Organisation talks break down. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] I guess it's more important that someone be able to get stinking rich.
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US army gears up for war. Soldiers close to the Iraqi border start "the biggest exercise since the Gulf War" as America piles the pressure on Saddam Hussein. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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North Korea disables UN monitoring devices at nuclear site
North Korea has disabled UN surveillance equipment at one of its nuclear
reactors and announced it intends to restart its nuclear energy program.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Grieving Canadians stunned U.S. pilots took drugs
The family of a Canadian soldier killed in a U.S. bomb attack is
dumbfounded by reports that American commanders let their pilots fly
warplanes while on drugs.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.localization.languages.english.outlines.prefs changed on Mon, 23 Dec 2002 04:32:59 GMT: New Advanced pref page, "Open home page at startup?" [Radio.root Updates]Good idea. I rarely want the home page. What I want is the news page!
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