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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 |
Wednesday, June 9
The Royal Bank's big software glitch
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jun 2004 08:59 PM EDT
Reprinted below is a statement, issued late today, from the Royal Bank.
Canadian readers of this blog will be aware that Canada's biggest bank has
been working through an embarrassing and annoying technological problem. All
week long, we've been asking the bank what happened. Don't know if this
makes it ... more »
Help! My Macs cannot see my external CD-RW
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jun 2004 08:26 PM EDT
Attention all Mac OS uber-geeks: I've got a problem that is buggin' the heck out of me.
The other day, I bought a LaCie Porsche CD-RW FireWire external optical drive. Came home and plugged it into my 17" PowerBook. iTunes saw the drive and within seconds, I was burning ... more »
Apple keeps on rolling ...
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jun 2004 11:15 AM EDT
Shares of Apple Computer hit yet another 52-week high in trading this morning. That's the third day in a row it's touched new annual highs. I'd like to think that my story in today's Globe (Apple climbs to 52-week high on product news) helped fuel investor excitement but ... more »
Zero-Knowledge sues IBM
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jun 2004 11:09 AM EDT
Montreal's Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc. is suing International Business Machines Inc. for $7-million, alleging copyright violation and violation of Quebec's civil code.
I have a brief write-up on this in today's Globe. Zero-Knowledge, through its new wholly-owned subsidary Synomos, has put up the Statement of Claim and other documents filed ... more » |
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