The Government of Canada wants to buy some new aircraft for its military and is using a novel procurement process to do so. It wants, for instance, to buy strategic airlift — planes that can carry four or five tanks, for example, halfway around the world. The military looked at ... more »
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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 |
Friday, August 4
Canada's multi-billion dollar military aircraft purchases -- someone wants to steal Boeing's pie
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DavidAkin
on Fri 04 Aug 2006 10:09 PM EDT
Canada's King of Wikipedia
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DavidAkin
on Fri 04 Aug 2006 09:34 PM EDT
As Wikimaniacs gather at, well, Wikimania, an annual conference held this year in Cambridge, Mass., The Globe and Mail publishes a nice profile of Ottawa native Simon Pulsifer, whom the Globe crowns “King of Wikipedia.” Three cheers for Simon!
Digital voice recorders
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DavidAkin
on Fri 04 Aug 2006 04:14 PM EDT
One of the basic must-have tools for any reporter is a machine you can use to record interviews and press conferences. I’ve been using a digital voice recorder from Sony for the last several years but it recently disappeared so I went on the hunt for a new one. My ... more » |
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