FCC Head Voices Support For Other Uses Of Vacant Airwaves

"WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A day before Google Inc. (GOOG) co-founder Larry Page makes a high-profile appearance in Washington to advocate for access to unused TV airwaves, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he favors the idea."" "I do think we need...

Charges of Darfur genocide pose no threat to Sudanese leader's rule

Sudan's president has showed no signs of giving in to pressure today for his surrender for war crimes in Darfur. He has received a lot of support from the Arab and African world, so he's not ready to give in yet - or...

Tunes of torture: 'deafening music used to torment U.S. prisoners'

"The blaring of loud music at extremely dangerous levels is reportedly being used for the torture of political prisoners and suspected terrorists in the U.S. The claim comes from lawyers at Reprieve, a UK human...

Blogging: Chicks dig it

A new study confirms it - blogging is now a mainstream activity with women."YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- "Blogosphere" may not be a pretty name for it, but it is a pretty attractive destination -- for women at least, and...

New Urbanism's Moses comes to Tsawwassen

Trevor Boddy critiques a proposed new urbanist development in South Delta as "a last-gasp attempt to reform suburbanism from within,before high energy prices and new respect for land compels much denserdevelopment." "The 13th of May brought several downer developments — and...

Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins has passed away

Irvine Robbins, the co-founder of ice cream giant Baskin-Robbins, has died at the age of 90.  He opened up his first ice cream store back in 1945."Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought...

Press Release: Sanjay Jha joins NowPublic as South Asia Bureau Chief

"Sanjay Jha has been appointed South Asia Bureau Chief at NowPublic. He will be based in Delhi, where he would be reporting on Indian and South Asian affairs. NowPublic is a participatory news network that showcases...

Leonard Brody on what news consumers want

Another piece on Rafat Ali's conference in LA where NowPublic CEO Leonard Brody is talking about the impact of 'voter-generated content'."Other media executives said what's different about this campaign is that...

Citizen Journalism Site Gets Director

Certainly a feather in Now Public's Hat with the hiring of World Editor Rachel Nixon to Now Public.  "Welcome Rachel" from us News Wranglers.  "Citizen journalism site gets directorVancouver...

Latest Walk-Away: Toll Brother Family Member

"One of the Toll family members decided to walkaway from a condo purchase: "Luxury builder Toll Brothers Inc (TOL), hurt as many buyers to try to get out of contracts for new homes amid falling prices, says a member of its founding family is trying to walk away from an...

'Suge' Knight Named in Gang Crackdown

Perhaps this is not as much about Suge Knight being a businessman, as it is about how he's handled his 'business'."Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight has been named by police as a member of a notorious gang in a...

Is Microsoft Cooking Something Juicy for Linux/Open Source?

"Is Microsoft cooking something extra juicy for Linux/open source? The Redmond company announced earlier this week that a prominent member of the open source security world has jumped onboard, switching sides from Linux to Windows. Michael Howard, Senior Security Program...

MC Hammer 2.0: Web Entrepreneur?

Can MC Hammer's web 2.0 offspring rival YouTube? I didn't know there was a huge untapped market for dance videos. Then again, I'm sure there's a mass audience just itching to relive the glory of Please Hammer, Don't...

Brief Encounters: Local Artists Have Three Night Stand

Brief Encounters is an amazing interdisciplinary performance series produced by dancers Katy Harris-McLeod, Jennifer McLeish-Lewis, and Mara Branscombe -- the dynamic women of the Vancouver-based Tomorrow Collective....

YouTube Canada Launches

Is there really a need for a Canadian youtube site? It's not that we don't have good content, I just don't personally see a need to make it distinct. It's not like we speak a different language, eh?"Popular video-sharing website YouTube launched a Canadian version at an event...

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