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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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Wednesday, September 22
[What they said] Mobile phone detects bad breath
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Sep 2004 10:49 PM EDT
In the Just-What-We-Need category:
Siemens Mobile said that a new breed of phone will have a tiny chip that measures less than a millimetre to detect unpleasant odours. It will examine the air in the immediate vicinity for anything from bad breath and alcohol to atmospheric gas levels. She didn't ... more »
The Booker finalists
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Sep 2004 10:05 PM EDT
One day, when I have time to explain all the sordid details, I will write about my book lists. There are two: One for fiction and one for non-fiction. They are both lists of books I want to read and each book on the list -- there are close to ... more »
New NetNewsWire -- and that's right on
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Sep 2004 09:22 PM EDT
I've not tried 'em all, but among the RSS aggregators/newsreaders I've tried on both Windows and Mac platform, Ranchero Software's NetNewsWire is my favourite. Like most Mac apps, it's intuitive and easy to use; has a neat notepad; a decent collection of AppleScripts exist; and had its own Weblog editor.
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