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Wired News: P2P Services in the Clear. Peer-to-peer file-sharing services Morpheus and Grokster are legal, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The decision is a blow for record labels and movie studios which sued the peer-to-peer operators claiming that the services should be held liable for the copyright infringement of their users. [Tomalak's Realm] .< 6:31:26 PM  >Rex Harrington turns down National Ballet Rex Harrington, one of Canada's most celebrated ballet dancers, has turned down a job with the National Ballet of Canada, from which he stepped down as principal dancer in May.
.< 3:16:21 PM >MacFamilyTree 4 adds .Mac integration, more German developer OnlyMac Software has released MacFamilyTree 4, an upgrade to the company's genealogy application. The update adds integration with .Mac for one-click publishing of family trees to your .Mac Web site, an Export to HTML option for publishing to other Web sites, a redesigned interface, drag-and-drop of images from iPhoto, CD and DVD data burning within the software and more. Upgrades are US$20 and the full version is $45; Mac OS X v10.2.6 or higher is required. [MacCentral] I really must get a copy of this. Don't know that I want to publish it on the web though. I already probably spill too much info into the webosphere. .< 2:03:06 PM >Former Canadian swimmers want national coach fired: report The news keeps getting worse for Canadian national swim coach Dave Johnson.
Not only has Johnson taken most of the blame for Canada's dismal showing in the pool so far in Athens, but the Globe and Mail is reporting that a former group of Canadian swimmers want the beleaguered coach fired. A lot of classical music is conspicuously absent from downloading sites. And that's a shame, Guy Dixon writes [The Globe and Mail: Arts].< 11:33:18 AM >Keyword Assistant -- iPhoto keywords made easy! The macosxhints Rating:[Score: 9 out of 10] Developer: Ken Ferry / Product page (first entry on page) Price: Free
Do you use iPhoto to organize your images? If you do, do you use keywords to help further categorize the pict... [macosxhints] Downloading now! .< 11:30:03 AM >templates in Radio #desktopWebsiteTemplate.txt is just for Radio's private web interface. #homeTemplate.txt is just the home page (index.html) #template.txt is everything else--archive pages, stories, you name it. Steve Kirks [Radio Discussion List] Aha. For some reason I've never quite got this straight. .< 11:17:30 AM >U.S. beefs up security along U.S.-Canada border To counter potential threats from Canada, U.S. officials are beefing up security and surveillance along the U.S.-Canada border, known as the longest undefended border in the world.
.< 10:43:30 AM >Toronto honours Canadian media trailblazer A stretch of downtown Toronto was renamed after Canadian communications and media pioneer Marshall McLuhan Wednesday morning.
.< 2:48:56 AM >Ont. plan to end mandatory retirement sparks skepticism from labour groups (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government took its first steps Wednesday towards eliminating mandatory retirement at age 65, but labour leaders expressed doubts about whether the move would benefit the province's workers. [Yahoo! News - World] .< 2:46:40 AM >Sidney Blumenthal: Only true believers need apply US elections: Neurotic control lies at the heart of the Republican campaign, writes Sidney Blumenthal. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Before attending a rally to hear vice president Dick Cheney, citizens in New Mexico were required to sign a political loyalty oath approved by the Republican national committee. "I, [full name] ... do herby [sic] endorse George W Bush for reelection of the United States." The form noted: "In signing the above endorsement you are consenting to use and release of your name by Bush-Cheney as an endorser of President Bush."
Bush is campaigning at events billed as Ask President Bush. Only supporters are allowed in. Talking points are distributed to questioners.' .< 2:44:00 AM >Microsoft pays dear for insults through ignorance Online: Insensitive computer programmers have cost Microsoft hundreds of millions of dollars in lost business and led employees to be arrested by offended governments. [Guardian Unlimited] 'In a frank assessment of the company's problems in trying to be a global player without offending local sensibilities, Tom Edwards, its senior geopolitical strategist, said employees' lack of basic geography was to blame.
The company has now launched geography classes for its staff to avoid further bloomers which have caused embarrassment and cost money on a grand scale. He said that as a geographer himself it was depressing that Americans had a reputation for being particularly unaware of the rest of the world. The annual National Geographic Survey had thrown up the sad fact that only 23 out of 56 young Americans knew the whereabouts of the Pacific Ocean.' |
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