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Good. .< 9:50:59 PM  >Library of Congress Begins Effort to Protect Recordings. The Library of Congress, in its first step to preserve American sound recordings, said that it had selected 50 recordings to start a national registry. By Elizabeth Olson. [New York Times: Arts] 'At least half the recordings on wax cylinders between 1888 and 1920 have been lost, Dr. Billington said.' This is a bit shocking to me. I thought this was being taken care of years ago. Hopefully we're doing a better job in Canada. I should check in with my friend Gilles. .< 4:36:16 PM >CBC News:Montrealers sing, pray for ailing jazz legend .< 4:32:15 PM >Inspectors fail to find smoking gun. · Blix: Iraq not cooperating fully · No evidence of nuclear programme · US: we must have full compliance [Guardian Unlimited] .< 4:29:32 PM >2002 Technology of the Year: Apple platform 'With its platform, Apple tried to balance three seemingly conflicting goals: Keep existing Mac users happy, make OS X's GUI and application support as rich and accessible as Windows', and be regarded as the best Unix client platform on the market. The Mac platform is taking shape as one that users and developers outside Apple's established niche markets can embrace.' .< 4:27:35 PM >6 Retailers Plan Venture to Sell Music on the Web. Six music retailers plan to announce that they are joining forces to sell music that can be downloaded from the Web. By Laura M. Holson. [New York Times: Technology] .< 4:24:50 PM >An engineered crisis. World dispatch: The desire for hegemony over the Middle East is America's real motivation for war, writes Brian Whitaker. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 4:06:11 PM >MacWhispers: "Apple is near a beta release of their long-rumored professional word processing application." [Scripting News] Interesting. I do basically no word processing myself but I do need to be able to open other's files. .< 3:59:25 PM >Doctors to governments: focus on basic health care "Shore the core" is the plea from Canada's doctors, who want Ottawa and the provinces to fix the current medical system before putting money into new services. [CBC News] .< 9:56:37 AM >Down from the mountain and into the desert By JOHN DOYLE -- In the buttoned-down, uptight world of Canadian media executives, Moses Znaimer has always stood apart -- the designated, coolly attired and self-proclaimed outlaw. Also, depending on whom you ask, he's a demigod, a demon or a genius. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts] Or a pretentious tv mogul. I mean, this is television folks. And bad low brow television of dubious production quality at that. .< 9:44:52 AM >Targeted advertising
It's what we have been promised, uh? Advertising tailored to our profiles. Right. But what about context? Some ads just don't fit in some pages. This is what I just got on Wired. [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] Whoops! .< 9:42:52 AM >Jobs for President? Not This Time. An underground campaign to draft Steve Jobs as a candidate for president is snuffed out in short order by the man himself. The Apple CEO said he was flattered, but not interested in the job. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] Funny! I also learned a bit about Jobs. .< 12:13:26 AM >A Female Counterpart to Viagra. The Viagra counterpart for women is on its way, and it addresses a clinical condition new to the popular lexicon. By Sabra Chartrand. [New York Times: Technology] .< 12:10:08 AM >Crime Is Soaring in Cyberspace. Skilled thieves and employees are stealing millions if not billions of dollars a year from businesses, say consultants who track cybercrime. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: Technology] .< 12:08:20 AM >Music via Television Finds a Foothold. After years of tinkering, televised audio channels seem poised for a certain amount of success. By Lisa Napoli. [New York Times: Arts] .< 12:04:18 AM >Layton vows to put debate back in Canadian politics 
Jack Layton has promised to use his new job as federal NDP leader to help voters distinguish between his party and what he called a "Liberal and Alliance collaboration." [CBC News] .< 12:03:54 AM >Give UN inspectors more time: Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham says the United Nations should not make any decision about possible action against Saddam Hussein until its weapons inspectors have finished their work. [CBC News] |
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