May 14 2009

Lawyer challenges Mulroney's 1996 testimony during Airbus lawsuit – CBC.ca


National Post

Lawyer challenges Mulroney's 1996 testimony during Airbus lawsuit
CBC.ca
Brian Mulroney testifies at the Oliphant commission, which is looking into business dealings between Karlheinz Schreiber and the former prime minister.
Mulroney in hot seat over selective answers The Canadian Press
Oh, cry me a river, Mr. Mulroney National Post
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May 14 2009

Caregiver advocate questions Dhalla's story – Canada.com


CTV.ca

Caregiver advocate questions Dhalla's story
Canada.com
By Juliet O'Neill, Canwest News ServiceMay 14, 2009 7:21 PM Brampton Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla during a press conference in Toronto, Friday.
Dhalla lawyer hints scandal was politically motivated StarPhoenix
Dhalla lying, advocate implies Toronto Star
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May 14 2009

Domestic abuse – Ottawa Citizen


CTV.ca

Domestic abuse
Ottawa Citizen
There's blood in the waters, and the sharks are circling for Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla. As fascinating as the spectacle might be for political junkies, the importance of this episode will ultimately be measured by whether it has any effect on the lives of
Dhalla abuse charges 'false' Edmonton Sun
Dhalla a victim of campaign: lawyer National Post
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May 14 2009

Google suffers major failure

Google Search and Google News performance slowed to a crawl, while an outage seemed to spread from Gmail to Google Maps and Google Reader. Comments about the failure were flying on Twitter, with “googlefail” quickly became one of the most searched terms on the popular micro-blogging site.


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May 14 2009

GPS Accuracy Could Start Dropping In 2010

adamengst writes “A US Government Accountability Office report raises concerns about the Air Force’s ability to modernize and maintain the constellation of satellites necessary to provide GPS services to military and civilian users. TidBITS looks at the situation and possible solutions.”

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May 14 2009

Advocate contradicts Dhalla on caregivers – The Canadian Press


CBC.ca

Advocate contradicts Dhalla on caregivers
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – An advocate for immigrant caregivers is contradicting testimony by Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla. Agatha Mason told a parliamentary committee today that she dealt with Dhalla directly in demanding the return of a caregiver's passport.
Foreign-caregiver advocate contradicts Dhalla Globe and Mail
Dhalla lying, advocate implies Toronto Star
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May 14 2009

Lawyer challenges Mulroney's 1996 testimony during Airbus lawsuit – CBC.ca


CBC.ca

Lawyer challenges Mulroney's 1996 testimony during Airbus lawsuit
CBC.ca
Brian Mulroney testifies at the Oliphant commission looking into business dealings between Karlheinz Schreiber and former prime minister.
Mulroney in hot seat over selective answers The Canadian Press
Mulroney grilled for not disclosing Schreiber cash Canada.com
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May 14 2009

Domestic abuse – Ottawa Citizen


CTV.ca

Domestic abuse
Ottawa Citizen
There's blood in the waters, and the sharks are circling for Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla. As fascinating as the spectacle might be for political junkies, the importance of this episode will ultimately be measured by whether it has any effect on the lives of
Dhalla abuse charges 'false' Edmonton Sun
Dhalla a victim of campaign: lawyer National Post
Globe and Mail – Toronto Star – Toronto Star – Toronto Star
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May 14 2009

NYTimes Twitter Account Hacked

Another day, another high-profile Twitter account gets hacked. This time, it’s one of (many) New York Times’ Twitter accounts, The Moment, which brings news from their fashion blog of the same name.


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May 14 2009

MySQL Founder Starts Open Database Alliance, Plans Refactoring

Gary Pendergast writes “Monty Widenius, the ‘father’ of MySQL, has created the the Open Database Alliance, with the aim of becoming the industry hub for the MySQL open source database. He wants to unify all MySQL-related development and services, providing a potential solution to the fragmentation and uncertainty facing the communities, businesses and technical experts involved with MySQL, following the news of the Oracle acquisition of Sun.” Related to this, an anonymous reader writes that “MySQL has announced a project to refactor MySQL to be a more Drizzle-like database.”

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