One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 10 December 2003

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Rift Over Global Info Control

Developing countries resent what they see as American dominance over information technology. They'd like to see the Internet placed under U.N. control. The United States and its industrialized allies disagree. [Wired News]

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As reported by Business Wire on December 9, Jupiter Research forecasts that U.S. shipments of MP3 players will almost double in 2003 to over 3.5 million, and will continue to grow almost 50 percent per year for the next three years. Demand for MP3 players with hard drives will outstrip demand for those with flash memory starting in 2004. And, by 2006, the installed base of MP3 players will top 26 million, establishing a mass of users expected to help spur digital music sales.[ProSound News]

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According to George Lucas, you can do your own major movie with just digital camcorders and Macs. [MacInTouch]

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Alicia Keys beats the odds, avoiding a Lauryn Hill flameout (or a Britney travesty) with the simple and joyous retro-soul of her new album. [Salon]

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The BBC's support for RSS isn't new, but it is newly explained on their site. For example, if you scroll to the bottom of the index page for UK news, in the lower right corner you'll see a menu item called "RSS version." Click to visit a page that explains what RSS is all about, and links to the feed for the page you came from. It requires a little digging to find all the goodies, but the payoff is huge because the BBC has so much you can subscribe to. Now there's a way to find it from the BBC site. [Scripting News]

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After a little preparation, New York City high school students were a rapt, if noisy, audience for Lincoln Center Theater's "Henry IV." [New York Times: Arts] '"They clearly had been very well prepared," Mr. Kline said of the students. "They were certainly very attentive and picked up on little things that often go unnoticed by other audiences."

Indeed, few nuances escaped them, especially any involving sexual innuendo. Falstaff was a huge favorite with the students, and almost every gesture in Mr. Kline's performance drew laughter. When he compared Mistress Quickly to an otter — "she's neither fish nor flesh; a man knows not where to have her" — he brought down the house.'

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The United States is preparing to launch a massive biometric database to monitor the comings and goings of immigrants and visitors from abroad, but critics say the plan lacks adequate privacy safeguards. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News]

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Radio, Canada's national public broadcaster, has again selected Euphonix's System 5-B digital audio console. The broadcaster installed the first System 5-B console this summer in its world class Toronto Radio Drama production studio. The latest 48-fader System 5-B console, with 130 channels of processing, will be installed in a new remote truck used for recording and live show production. [ProSound News]

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Orchestra members from the Philharmonic have expressed support for a second term for the music director, whose contract expires in 2006. [New York Times: Arts]

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Interesting piece by Jaggi Singh on his court cases and the recent dropping of charges against him. [montreal city weblog]

My bro was in line to be a juror in this case. He was disappointed when he found out what the case was but the jurors were chosen ahead of him.