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Tuesday, October 28
That's a lot of data
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 28 Oct 2003 03:45 PM EST
The University of California (UCAL) Berkeley has completed its second "How Much Information" study. The researchers conclude that the the amount of new information stored on paper, film, optical and magnetic media has doubled in the last three years, reaching five miliion terabytes or five billion gigabytes or five exabytes ... more »
Friday, October 24
Letting your subjects have their say
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Oct 2003 02:59 PM EDT
Whether it's a book-length biography ior a newspaper profile, writers who do biographical pieces are often faced with a dilemma: Access versus Independence of Thought. As a writer, I want to get as close to my subject as possible, to see him or her in their private moments, in closed ... more »
Interviewing analysts now a "public" appearance
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Oct 2003 12:07 PM EDT
Corporate governance and issues of disclosure and transparency are the hot topics on Wall Street these days.
Now, in the wake of some rule changes by the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ, if I interview an analyst by phone that will qualify as a "public appearance". What are ... more »
Sony caves to angry Quebeckers
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Oct 2003 11:31 AM EDT
We reported on this in today's Globe and Mail (Toronto). Sony deletes terrorist attack. From the story: Electronics giant Sony Corp. yesterday bowed to intense pressure from Quebec politicians and decided to delete video-game scenes featuring separatist terrorists engaging in bloody gunfights in a Toronto shopping mall and subway.
Syphon ... more » Tuesday, October 21
Congrats, NY Review of Books
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DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Oct 2003 04:34 PM EDT
One of my favourite journals, The New York Review of Books celebrates its 40th anniversary with the current issue. Congratulations! more »
Can phones keep track of kids?
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Oct 2003 04:27 PM EDT
A story moved on the Reuters wire last week describing how some new services are about to debut in Finland that will let parents keep track of their kids using a GPS-enabled cell phone. My producers thought it was a neat idea and wondered if anything like that was going ... more »
Software piracy in Canada
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Oct 2003 03:35 PM EDT
Prince Edward Islanders are notorious software thieves, an industry group said today while one in three copies of business software in use in Canada's most populous province, Ontario, is a counterfeit. These findings are from the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft, the Canadian chapter of the Business Software Alliance... more »
Internet Population hits 150 million
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DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Oct 2003 01:50 PM EDT
I realize a lot of folks will poke holes in the methodologies used by Comscore and its competitors. Still, a couple of interesting points from the company's latest release. First -- The Internet population in the U.S. hit 150 million in September. You are a member of this population, Comscore, ... more »
Cowpland admits to insider trading
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Oct 2003 08:01 AM EDT
Michael Cowpland, the founder and former CEO of software maker Corel Corp., was in front of the Ontario's stock market regulator yesterday. He is accused of and admitted yesterday to insider trading for a trade in 1997 in which he sold $20-million worth of stock a few weeks before Corel ... more »
Saturday, October 18
The best Windows app ever written
by
DavidAkin
on Sat 18 Oct 2003 03:40 PM EDT
As a cub tech reporter many moons ago for the The Hamilton Spectator, I convinced my bosses to pay for the airfare from Toronto to San Francisco to report on a Macworld Expo. This was either the first or second Macworld for the reign of Jobs II -- his ... more »
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