One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Saturday, 28 August 2004

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Broadcast Treaty Battle Rages On

Negotiation is nearing its final stage for an international treaty that would give broadcasters control over who records or transmits their signal. Broadcasters back the treaty, but digital rights advocates worry it could set an ominous precedent. By Wendy Grossman. [Wired News]

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No matter what anyone tells you, the coolest and most useful freeware and donationware is on the Mac. If you use OS X, you cannot live another minute without Butler. It's primary job is to work as a user-configurable application launcher, but brother, how it's changed the way I use my Macs. This guy's giving away some patentable ideas here.

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If, like me, you always have a notebook computer handy, the Nokia 6600 is as close to a perfect mobile device as you'll find. It is, of course, an exceptional mobile phone. It is actually a very nice read-only PDA. [Tom Yager]

From a PowerBook user.

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UK scientists have developed a process for making hydrogen from sunflower oil which could prove an important future source of eco-friendly energy.

[Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]