Jan 14 2009

Comedy Central Launches Comedy Central HD

If you like Comedy Central shows but always wished you could clearly see each and every pore on Cartmans face, you’ll be pleased to learn that a high-definition version of the network is hitting TVs today.COMEDY CENTRAL HD will offer close to 200 hours of programming innative high definition, including almost 30 past episodes of the Emmy®and Peabod

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Jan 14 2009

Nortel Networks files for bankruptcy protection – CBC.ca


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Nortel Networks files for bankruptcy protection
CBC.ca – 38 minutes ago
A multi-year TSX chart of Nortel shows the rise and fall of the firm's commmon shares. Once a high-flying darling of the technology sector and a stock market heavyweight, Nortel Networks filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in a Delaware court.
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Jan 14 2009

Yahoo! announces new chief executive – Times Online


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Yahoo! announces new chief executive
Times Online – 2 hours ago
Carol Bartz, former chief executive of software company Autodesk, is the new head of internet giant Yahoo! The company announced her appointment as chief executive, effective immediately, two months after co-founder Jerry Yang stepped down from the
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Jan 14 2009

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button – Telegraph-Journal

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button
Telegraph-Journal – 12 Jan 2009
VANCOUVER – It's become a routine of signing up for email, online dating services or social networking websites: casually clicking "Accept" below several pages of dense legalese that none of us ever read.
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Jan 14 2009

Expect blue skies, no snow and one heck of a cold snap – Metro Canada – Ottawa

Expect blue skies, no snow and one heck of a cold snap
Metro Canada – Ottawa – 1 hour ago
Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson said the temperature in Ottawa is expected to drop to below -30 C by Friday. With the cold air moving in last night, Coulson said there is potential for a wind chill today that could push the mercury as
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Jan 14 2009

Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch – Computerworld


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Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch
Computerworld – 8 hours ago
By Gregg Keizer January 13, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. today issued its first patch for the just-released Windows 7 beta, but passed on plugging a hole in an important file-sharing protocol that it fixed in older versions of the operating
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Jan 14 2009

Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All

Thomas M Hughes writes “We’re all familiar with the claim that it’s horribly dangerous to allow our children on to the Internet. It’s long been believed that the moment a child logs on to the Internet, he will experience a flood of inappropriate sexual advances. Turns out this isn’t an accurate representation of reality at all. A high-profile task force representing 49 state attorneys general was organized to find a solution to the problem of online sexual solicitation. But instead the panel has issued a report (due to be released tomorrow) claiming that ‘Social networks are very much like real-world communities that are comprised mostly of good people who are there for the right reasons.’ The report concluded that ‘the problem of child-on-child bullying, both online and offline, poses a far more serious challenge than the sexual solicitation of minors by adults.’ Turns out the danger to our children was all just media hype and parental anxiety.” Those who have aggressively pushed the issue of the dangerous Internet, such as Connecticut’s attorney general Richard Blumenthal, are less than happy with the report.

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Jan 13 2009

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button – Telegraph-Journal

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button
Telegraph-Journal – 12 Jan 2009
VANCOUVER – It's become a routine of signing up for email, online dating services or social networking websites: casually clicking "Accept" below several pages of dense legalese that none of us ever read.
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Jan 13 2009

TTC To Launch Email Alerts Wednesday – blogTO


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TTC To Launch Email Alerts Wednesday
blogTO – 12 Jan 2009
We've just received news that the TTC plans to officially launch their "E-Alert subscription service" this Wednesday at 1pm during a news conference chaired by Adam Giambrone.
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Jan 13 2009

Better bundle up – Chatham Daily News

Better bundle up
Chatham Daily News – 1 hour ago
By BOB BOUGHNER But if it’s any consolation, it’s going to get even colder Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The frigid temperatures, according to Geoff Coulson of Environment Canada in Toronto, likely won’t set any new records, but will closely rival
Cold snap on the way Metro Canada – Ottawa
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