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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Sunday, December 14
Cheering journalists in Baghdad
by
DavidAkin
on Sun 14 Dec 2003 04:33 PM EST
Among the many remarkable scenes coming out of Baghdad today were some shot at a press conference held by American authorities to announce Saddam's capture. You may have scene some of the journalists at that press conference stand up and cheer. On some journalism lists I'm on, that's brought some ... more »
Saturday, December 13
Mac users: A fabulous little utility
by
DavidAkin
on Sat 13 Dec 2003 08:43 AM EST
Users of Apple's OS X.x operating will want to grab Search Google, a terrifically handly little freeware
utility. Search Google adds a new 'Service' called, erm, "Search Google" and
..., well, I'll get out of the way and let its authors explain:
"About SearchGoogle.service
Select some text, hit a ... more »
Finally!! Airport Extreme and my LinkSys router are talking!
by
DavidAkin
on Sat 13 Dec 2003 08:26 AM EST
I run a Wi-fi network at the home office. The network is served by a Linksys wireless router that runs on the 802.11b standard. Apple's Airport card also runs 802.11 and when using an iBook with the LinkSys router, everything worked fine. But then I got the new PowerBook 17" ... more »
Friday, December 12
Canada puts new tax on MP3 players
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 12 Dec 2003 11:04 AM EST
It's not a lot of money, but today, the Copyright Board
of Canada agreed to allow new fees to be collected for some digital storage
media. Canadian consumers will start to pay a new fee whenver they buy
an MP3 player or a hard disk drive.
The money collected through ... more »
Wednesday, December 10
More on Google bombing . . .
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 10 Dec 2003 11:21 PM EST
ATI scores in year-end ubergeek poll
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 10 Dec 2003 10:52 PM EST
ATI Technologies Inc., the Markham,
Ont.-based maker of video chipsets, has spent a good chunk of the year
dealing with allegations of insider trading by its chief executive and
founder. But while that's been going on, the boys in the lab have been
churning out top-notch products. But don't ... more »
Press Release: CTV News Appointments
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 10 Dec 2003 03:43 PM EST
Toronto, Ontario - Robert Hurst, President, CTV News, today announced senior management
appointments for CTV's news division. Effective in January 2004, Derwyn
Smith is appointed Vice-President of CTV Newsnet; Paul Rogers assumes the
role of Vice-President, CFTO News; Lis Travers is appointed Vice-President
and Executive Producer of Canada AM; ... more »
Tuesday, December 9
Some IT humour
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 09 Dec 2003 01:16 PM EST
BushLAN uses VHF to deliver access
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 09 Dec 2003 06:45 AM EST
Australian researchers have a neat idea: Use VHF to deliver a 250 kbps Internet signal at distances up to 40 kilometres. The researchers say higher bandwidth rates are possible at shorter distances. The system is using off-the-shelf components but there's no word if you have to lug some rabbit ... more »
Monday, December 8
Google spoofing
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 08 Dec 2003 10:22 PM EST
Once upon a time, in the early days of Google, you used to be able to type in "Spawn of Satan", hit Google's I'm Feeling Lucky button and up would pop the home page for that Redmond, Wash. behemoth.
Now a couple of new Google spoofs, both of ... more » |
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