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 Thursday, 15 September 2005
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News: Analysis: Why Apple picked Intel over AMD
Apple's decision to move away from PowerPC chips was driven by Intel's ability to deliver better performance with reduced power consumption. But if Apple was looking for a new chip supplier, why didn't it choose Intel-rival Advanced Micro Devices. Laurianne McLaughlin dives into the Intel-vs.-AMD debate.
[Via MacCentral]
. .< 11:00:07 PM >
The Globe and Mail: PM won't cross picket line
Prime Minister Paul Martin says neither he nor his ministers will cross a CBC picket line set up outside of the Senate for governor-general designate Michaëlle Jean's swearing-in ceremony, which means the event may not proceed on Sept. 27 as planned.
"I don't cross picket lines," Mr. Martin, speaking to reporters at a United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, said Thursday after rumours that the Canadian Media Guild is not ruling out setting up pickets outside the official ceremonies in Ottawa.
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The Canadian Media Guild - St. John's Local
This is a call for the resignation of Robert Rabinovitch and George C.B. Smith.
Enter your name, mailing address and email to send the following message to Prime Minister Paul Martin, Heritage Minister Liza Frulla and the CBC Board of Directors.
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The flexible workforce at work
The CBC management says that the lockout is about the fact that the corporation wants the ability to hire a flexible workforce, and Maffin openly wonders how much more flexible a workforce you can get. CBC lockout podcasts are top rated for downloads, locked out staff are making radio on community and college stations across the country and landing big names for interviews while the management at CBC struggle to put together a days worth of programming that is increasingly lifted holus bolus from the BBC.
Maffin's point is well taken, and his podcast contains several ideas that, if management hears them for what they are, provide a basis for a rejuvenated and effective multi-channel public broadcaster that builds on the flexibilities and learning capacities of its front line staff. The challenge for CBC management now is how to create a workplace that is in fact as flexible as the people who work there.
[Via Blogdigger Search: CBC Lockout]
. .< 10:59:42 PM >
Toronto benefit September 21
In Toronto? Come and support public broadcasting at the END THE CBC
LOCKOUT BENEFIT on Wednesday September 21 at 8pm at Massey Hall.
Admission is free, first come, first served.
Sponsored by friends of the CBC (see a long list of them on the
poster) guests include: CBC comedy troupe Air Farce, authors Alice
Munro and June Callwood, Nobel award winning scientist John Polanyi,
the Right Honorable Joe Clark and many, many more. Performances by the
Mark Eisenman Jazz Trio with Bonnie Brett and members of Moxy Fruvous.
Come out and feel the love... See www.endthecbclockout.ca for more updates.
[Via CBC Unplugged .com]
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