One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Saturday, 20 December 2003

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CBS News | 9/11 Chair: Attack Was...

CBS News | 9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable | December 18, 2003 07:38:02 [Daypop Top 40] 'Appointed by the Bush administration, Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, is now pointing fingers inside the administration and laying blame.'

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High-speed Internet access and videoconferencing tools have given the deaf new access to a simple pleasure that most people take for granted: chatting on the telephone. [New York Times: Technology]

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Most digital photographers turn to inkjets when it comes time for printing. Olympus, however, has long promoted dye sublimation as the ideal way to transfer pixels to paper. [New York Times: Technology]

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Canon has announced today that it plans to roll-out nearly 20 new compact digital cameras in 2004 in an aggressive product push to grab 25 percent of the global market and it seems that this is aimed squarely at Sony. Takashi Oshiyama, head of Canon's digital imaging business group, told Reuters in an interview "Those companies out there that have no experience producing film cameras have yet to create a camera that performs like a real camera should. I won't say who that... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

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The U.S. Army and others are testing a new pill that may prevent hearing loss. The treatment is showing signs of protecting people's hearing when taken before exposure to very loud noises. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]

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We first caught sight of Fujifilm's medium format back tucked away and behind glass at the PMA show earlier this year, but at the time there was no specific information available. Nine months later Fujifilm has now officially announced the 'DBP for GX680' medium format digital back. This digital back features a 52 x 37 mm SuperCCD sensor with 20.68 million effective pixels producing a maximum output image of 41.36 million pixels (7648 x 5408). This digital back is designed for use with... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

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A federal appeals court ruled that Internet providers cannot be forced to reveal the names of subscribers suspected of illegally sharing music. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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UK: Terror suspect held for two years tells of despair that led to mental breakdown. [Guardian Unlimited]

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CDC says flu now epidemic in U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated emergency

operations to deal with the flu, which it now says can be called an

epidemic in the United States.

F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

Close the border! ;-]

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Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan wanted to build a world-class supercomputer at Virginia Tech. Working with a fraction of most supercomputing budgets, Varadarajan placed an order for 1,100 dual-processor, 2GHz Power Mac G5s. Built in less than three months for 10% the cost of other systems, System X is the third fastest supercomputer in the world. [Dec 19] [Apple Hot News]