One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 28 May 2003

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Insure 'Ignore Ownership' is not enabled on backup drives

I just had my iBook repaired by Apple and they replaced the hard drive - which should have been fine, since I made a working backup with psync to a FireWire drive, but it wasn't! When I restored from the backup, the resulting... [macosxhints]

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Apple released iTunes 4.0.1, and eliminates Internet song-sharing. We cover the details and readers offer several perspectives. [MacInTouch]

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Another reader warns of a bogus "Safari update" making the rounds. Don't download it! [MacInTouch]

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Helmut Kobler writes about Final Cut Express in MacAddict, “if you’re a video hobbyist who’s ready to step up from iMovie, once you get your hands on this little app, you’ll think you won the lottery.” [May 27] [Apple Hot News]

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Real Networks Inc. launched a new music service Wednesday that offers downloads at $0.79 a track. Called RealOne Rhapsody, the service offers access to 330,000 tracks for online listening, and 200,000 for downloading and burning onto to CDs, RealNetworks said in a statement Wednesday. [MacCentral]

It must be embarrassing to be a follower.

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Steinberg has released version 2.0 of Nuendo, its media system targeted to professionals in audio production: composition, film, broadcast, music, post production, surround, game sound, and multimedia. Mac OS X compatible (it requires 10.2.5 or higher), the new version has 200 new features and "is all about surround," according to Steinberg. It sports an advanced multi-channel architecture through the entire signal path. Each input, audio track, effect return, group and output now offers up to 12 discrete channels, and is ready for 5.1, 7.1, and 10.2 productions. [MacCentral]

Ed Abbot just posted a rave about the UI for this software to the Sonic mailing list. It's great to see that the tools are coming into place. Now if we could get consumers interested in audio only surround formats we'd be getting somewhere.

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The US-led campaign against terrorism has made the world a more dangerous place, Amnesty International says. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]' The report says: "The 'war on terror', far from making the world a safer place, has made it more dangerous by curtailing human rights, undermining the rule of international law and shielding governments from scrutiny."'

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World: People around the world feel more scared than at any time since the cold war, says Amnesty. [Guardian Unlimited] '"In the name of security, politics and profit, human rights were trampled the world over by governments, armed groups and corporate activity."

Ms Khan said that what would have been an outrage in western countries during the cold war - torture, detention without trial, truncated justice - was now readily accepted in some countries today for some people.'

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The Italian composer Luciano Berio combined innovative imagination and analytical depth with a richly sensuous feeling for sound and form. [New York Times: Arts]

Damn. I remember when he spoke at the music faculty at McGill once years ago. The room was charged with energy and Berio delighted us with his talk.

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Right on! I wonder what format it will be released on. DVD-Audio?