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  Wednesday, 7 April 2004

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DTS Announces Lossless Digital Sound For Cinema

DTS recently announced the development of a system for delivering lossless digital soundtracks into movie theatres. With DTS lossless technology, a soundtrack played in the cinema is bit-for-bit identical to the original master. Demonstrations of the system to distributors and exhibitors will take place during second quarter 2004. [ProSound News]

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Joseph P. Kahn writes for the Boston Globe, “Even more wondrous than its sophisticated technology, though, is how the iPods and their ilk are changing the way music is being experienced, or reexperienced, by all sorts of audiophiles in all sorts of settings, from health clubs and school cafeterias to malls and subway cars.” [Apr 5] [Apple Hot News]

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Evaluating Wireless Security Needs: The Three L's (05-Apr-2004; 9.4K) [TidBITS]

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Politics: Agency tells Butler inquiry it never again wants to be used by politicians to justify military action. [Guardian Unlimited]

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We have all the resources we need to overcome the terror threat, says Crispin Black. [Guardian Unlimited]

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As violence escalates leading Republicans turn on the president. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Opinion polls show Mr Bush's approval ratings eroding, despite spending $40m (£22m) on campaign advertising in the past month. A survey by the Pew Research Centre found only 43% of Americans thought the presi dent was doing a good job, down four points from last month and 13 points from January. The poll, taken before the disastrous weekend in Iraq, showed a majority of the population disapproved of the way Mr Bush had handled the situation there.'

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