One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Thursday, 7 October 2004

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Flip Open That Cellphone: It's IM on the Move

Although it grew up on desktop PC’s, instant-messaging software has gone mobile — and it looks more and more as if it has outgrown its roots in teenage chatter. [New York Times: Technology]

It's a cheap way to send quick notes between TO and Mexico!

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For Hollywood Reporter, Sheigh Crabtree writes that Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch “will reteam his key editing crew from ‘Cold Mountain’ and again use Apple’s Final Cut Pro system, but in high definition” for the editing of Universal Pictures’ upcoming Gulf War drama “Jarhead.” [Oct 06] [Apple Hot News]

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October 7, 2004 [Cryptome]

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No evidence Saddam had illegal stockpiles before war, US report finds. [Guardian Unlimited World Latest]

Duh. What we all knew.

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The crew of a Canadian submarine drifting off the west coast of Ireland face another night at sea as rescue efforts continue. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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President Bush backs his policy on Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have WMD. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Iraq: Simon Jeffery rounds up reaction in the US press to the news that there were no weapons of mass destruction. [Guardian Unlimited]

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World: Two bombs explode at a gathering of Sunni Muslims, killing at least 39 people. [Guardian Unlimited]

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Ten years ago today I sent an email to the software industry, about a Marc Canter product rollout. That was followedby a series of emails, many hundred of them, most written by me, but somewritten by others. In 1997, the email flow spawned what I called a news site which eventually became known as a weblog, and then shortened to blog. That first email, as sloppy and weird as it was, pointed in the direction of free publishing for the people. If I could do it, so could you. In hindsight, it seems so obvious, but nothing really is until it exists. It was a bootstrap then, even more raw than the podcasts of today. But it led to many coooool things, and hopefully many more! Thanks to everyone for the support and encouragement, and most important, thanks for doing your own blogs, that was always the goal, Billions of Websites, a chain of cooperation, working together in cyberspace, exploring with our minds and bodies. Here's a toast to another decade of fun, risks and learning. Namaste y'all!

10/7/01: Seven Years of DaveNet.

10/7/99: Five Years of DaveNet.

Thanks for leading the way Dave.

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"Sony Corp.'s Japanese music unit says it will no longer sell CDs with built-in copy protection, a technology it had been pushing for two years. Such compact discs, which have sold 20 million copies in Japan, only let consumers copy... [Online]

Why Japan only? The 'copy protected' CDs are do not meet the audio CD standard.

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Earlier this week Tim Rutten in the LA Times wrote a column called Private e-mail is public, which documented the story of Farnaz Fassihi. Fassihi is a Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, whose regular private email to a group of friends somehow made it into the public domain. In it, she made a rather damning assessment of the situation in Iraq and since the publication of this email, it's been announced that she's going on an extended vacation. [Online]

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If potty talk sells, the shock jock's jump from broadcast could be a turning point for the fledgling industry. [CNET News.com]