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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Tuesday, March 30
Apple and Adobe not getting along like they used to
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 30 Mar 2004 10:21 PM EST
A very nice piece
by CNET's David Becker on the relationship between Apple Computer and Adobe Systems Inc.. Both companies are
richer because of each other's existence. Adobe committed early to the
Macintosh platform and always made sure that updates of applications
like Photoshop were out on the Mac ... more »
A new term from Clay Shirky - Situated Software
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 30 Mar 2004 09:40 PM EST
Clay Shirky describes a new term --
situated software-- in his latest
essay, released to the Net this evening.
Shirky says "situated software" is "designed in and for a particular social situation or context. This way of making software is in contrast with what I'll call the Web ... more »
Music downloads don't hurt sales, say b-school profs
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 30 Mar 2004 08:55 AM EST
Two b-school professors conclude in a new study released today that music downloads do not seem to have any impact on music industry sales. Their study, concludes "downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise estimates, moreover, these ... more »
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