Friday, 10 January 2003
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Maher still politically incorrect
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. -- He didn't come right out and say it, but this is payback time for Bill Maher. After some public unpleasantness and a short hiatus, he's back on TV and suddenly his task is clear. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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Boston Globe Online / Living | Arts / After a difficult year, tenor Heppner has regained his voice The most important tenor of his generation, he was the first to come along in decades who was equal to the most demanding heroic roles in French, Italian, and German opera. He's also a lovable personality audiences take to their hearts, someone the public thinks of as a friend.
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Dave Hyatt, who is on Apple's Safari team, talks about the product and project in his weblog,
Surfin' Safari. [Macintouch]
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Crossing Old World Angst With New World Music. Michael B. Beckerman's recent study seeks to dispel misconceptions about Dvorak and the years he spent in America. By Jeremy Eichler. [New York Times: Arts]
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Yamaha Wi-Fi-based audio system: For over $2,000, you can get an 80 Gb music server with CD-R that can broadcast via Wi-Fi to a receiver (included) that has its own 20-watt amplifier and support for external speakers. Extra receivers are $800. [80211b News]Expensive and unnecessarily complicated way to achieve poor sound quliaty. Yeesh.
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Bill Gates' Watch: Your Next PC?. Microsoft chairman and chief software engineer Bill Gates attempts to wow -- and woo -- his audience at the Consumer Electronics Show with a smart wristwatch designed by Fossil. Elisa Batista reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]And fails miserably . . . again. Such a contrast between Gates and Jobs . . . again.
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Canada may back U.S. attack on Iraq without UN
Ottawa and the Pentagon are discussing what role Canada might play in a
U.S.-led attack against Iraq, Canadian Defence Minister John McCallum
said Thursday.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]NO!
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No weapons found in Iraq, but U.S. not content
The man charged with seeking out Iraq's secret weapons says he hasn't
found any, but that didn't satisfy the Western powers that say they may
have to invade Iraq to disarm it.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]No surprise. Just dismay.
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M-Audio introduces USB surround sound device [The Macintosh News Network]
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Apple releases QuickTime 6.1 via SUCP [The Macintosh News Network]
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North Korea nuclear crisis escalates. North Korea says it is withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - provoking international condemnation. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] There's no way on earth that this would be happening if the Americans weren't threatening Iraq.
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ProSoundNews Online Daily - Mazer Uses ATR/Aria to Transfer Sinatra Recording Widely regarded as Frank Sinatra's definitive live recording, Sinatra at the Sands, is slated for re-release this spring by Warner Bros. Records on DVD-A high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround.
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