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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 |
Tuesday, April 6
Award-winning photojournalism
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DavidAkin
on Tue 06 Apr 2004 10:52 PM EDT
The Pulitzer Prizes were awarded this week. The Pulitzers are the top prize in American journalism. Carolyn Cole of the Los Angeles Times won a Pulitzer in this year's competition for a series of photos she took in Liberia during the Civil War there. Sit down, take a deep breath, ... more »
New terminal at Canada's busiest airport opens today
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DavidAkin
on Tue 06 Apr 2004 07:40 AM EDT
The first passenger went through the new $4-billion Moshe Safdie-designed terminal at Pearson International Airport in Toronto today. The celebration to mark the terminal's opening will likely be a bit muted as its biggest tenant, Air Canada, is on the financial ropes. I had a story on CTV National News... more »
Sun Micro's Microsoft deal renews hopes
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DavidAkin
on Tue 06 Apr 2004 07:35 AM EDT
[From today's Globe and Mail]
Facing a future in which it could have ended up as a niche player hoarding a technology no one else wanted to buy, Sun Microsystems Inc. surrendered to its long-time rival Microsoft Corp. last week, to the delight of its own investors. Before the markets ... more »
Arrest key win for NSA hackers
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DavidAkin
on Tue 06 Apr 2004 07:30 AM EDT
[From today's Globe and Mail]
A computer hacker who allowed himself to be publicly identified only as "Mudhen" once boasted at a Las Vegas conference that he could disable a Chinese satellite with nothing but his laptop computer and a cellphone. The others took him at his word, because Mudhen ... more » |
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