"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...
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...
highlighted by amyjudd | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 198 views | 2 comments
"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...
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...
highlighted by mtippett | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 179 views | 2 comments
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...
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...
"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...
highlighted by mtippett | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago 470 views | 1 comment
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...
highlighted by mtippett | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago 422 views | 3 comments
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...
"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...
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 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...
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 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....
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...
highlighted by Rob Walker | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago 614 views | 1 comment