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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, March 21
Black, Radler object of criminal investigation: Tribune
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DavidAkin
on Sun 21 Mar 2004 07:37 AM EST
The Chicago Tribune reports that federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of monies received by Conrad Black and David Radler while they were running Hollinger International Inc. of Toronto.
Investigators are trying to determine whether the two engaged "in the pilfering of corporate assets," the unidentified source told the ... more »
Blog Admin: Fiddling with the photo blog
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DavidAkin
on Sun 21 Mar 2004 06:30 AM EST
A photo blog is part of this blog. I've dubbed it 'B-roll" and you can access it by clicking on that title in the category area to the left of this message. Over the last couple of days, though, I've been fiddling with setting up a new category and trying ... more »
Saturday, March 20
Globe and Mail leads the way in National Newspaper Awards
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DavidAkin
on Sat 20 Mar 2004 08:13 AM EST
The nominees for National Newspaper Awards were announced yesterday. The Globe and the Mail and The Toronto Star lead the way with 13 and 12 nominations respectively.
No doubt there's a story in the paper that landed on your doorstep this morning but here's a the press release from the ... more »
Friday, March 19
Buy a ThinkPad recently? You should read this . ..
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DavidAkin
on Fri 19 Mar 2004 07:23 PM EST
There's something wrong with some 60-gigabyte Hitachi hard drives that shipped with IBM ThinkPads recently. IBM has posted an upgrade that fixes this problem and, to make sure the importance of this update is not lost on any users, IBM is describing the upgrade as mandatory. more »
Thursday, March 18
Another tech reporter in the blogosphere
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DavidAkin
on Thu 18 Mar 2004 10:29 PM EST
My friend Mark Evans has a blog (Thanks to Michael OCC for pointing this out). Mark writes about telecom and other technology issues for the National Post. We've been on opposite sides of the so-called Toronto newspaper wars since their inception. I was at the Post when it launched ... more »
New Media might kill old media
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DavidAkin
on Thu 18 Mar 2004 11:28 AM EST
More audiences are turning to the Web for news. However, the Web isn't producing the profits needed to underwrite news gathering, which may lead to a decline in journalism quality, says a new media study. more »
More hybrid vehicles for Canada
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DavidAkin
on Thu 18 Mar 2004 10:57 AM EST
Following up on yesterday's post/wish list for the Lexus luxury SUV that is powered by a hybrid gas/electric engine, General Motors Canada announced today that it is the first to market in Canada with a truck that uses a hybrid engine. GM is putting a hybrid engine into its Chevrolet ... more » Wednesday, March 17
If I had a Million Dollars . . .
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DavidAkin
on Wed 17 Mar 2004 04:04 PM EST
Tuesday, March 16
Mobile telephony and its effect on society
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DavidAkin
on Tue 16 Mar 2004 09:01 AM EST
The poor old International Telecommunications Union toils away without getting much press in the mainstream media even though some of the stuff they come up with is just downright neat and would be great fodder for all kids of feature reporting. Today, the ITU reports on a workshop it held ... more »
Nortel in trouble again
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DavidAkin
on Tue 16 Mar 2004 08:45 AM EST
Yesterday, Nortel Networks Corp. put its top two financial officers on paid leave. This move comes a few days after the company announced it was going to restate its financial results for 2003. Nortel made a profit -- it's first in six years -- in 2003 of about ... more »
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