One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Tuesday, 22 June 2004

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Nfld. premier says Alberta's Klein has 'obligation' to release health plan (Canadian Press)

Canadian Press - WOLFVILLE, N.S. (CP) - Premier Ralph Klein should tell Canadians what health-care reforms he has in mind for Alberta before Monday's federal election, the Tory premier of Newfoundland and Labrador said Tuesday following an Atlantic premiers conference. [Yahoo! News - World]

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Just posted! Our full in-depth review of Canon's latest professional digital SLR, the EOS-1D Mark II. This remarkable digital SLR has a high resolution eight megapixel CMOS sensor, can shoot at over eight frames per second and buffer up to forty frames (JPEG). And that's just the achievement of the camera internals, externally the camera is built 'like it was hewn from a solid block of metal' and has environmental seals around all compartment doors and controls. All this for around $4500... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Time for a Digital Rebel II?

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In an interview with Reuters Nikon's managing director Makoto Kimura has stated that Nikon will be increasing production of the D70 by 20,000 units per month to a total of 90,000 units per month and may soon exit the compact film camera market. To quote Mr Kimura, "There is still the matter of timing, but eventually we will have to dissolve this business... ...there really is no region in the world where you can do good business in compact film cameras anymore." [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

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The four-figure price tags on early DVD recorders for home use kept many video enthusiasts away. But now that prices are well below $400 and still falling, the VCR's days are surely numbered, as are those of the aging videotapes they once recorded on. [New York Times: Technology]

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Several camera makers are using electronics to conquer camera shaking errors that have traditionally plagued photographers. [New York Times: Technology]

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“A U.S. Army contractor has purchased a $5.8 million, 1,566-server supercomputer from Apple Computer, a real-world cousin to an academic system that briefly appeared high on a list of the most powerful machines,” reports Stephen Shankland on CNET News.com. “The Colsa system, made of dual-processor Xserve G5 machines, is expected to reach about 15 teraflops when it’s up and running this fall, said project manager Mike Whitlock.” [Jun 22] [Apple Hot News]

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The secretary general harshly criticized the U.S. for seeking immunity for its peacekeeping troops from the International Criminal Court. [New York Times: International]

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The inside story of how miscalculations at several critical moments left the Iraq occupation in chaos [TIME's Top World Stories]

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Gulf states have, along with the US, 'a disturbing disregard for the rule of law', a report says. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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If OS X turned you into an Apple fan like me, be sure to take a look at tools like Apple Remote Desktop and definitely get a copy of OS X Server. Even if you only have a handful of Macs on your network, it's worth it.

[Chad Dickerson]