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CRTC in the news again

They really want to please the public!

CRTC won’t name firms in do-not-call probe
The CRTC is refusing to identify three telemarketers accused of willingly violating the national do-not-call list, according to a report by the Toronto Star.

Scrap the CRTC, petition urges ? Maybe it’s a little too far!

Why scrap? Fix it instead!

We need an board like that. But it need to work.

Can’t just let the system regulate itself. That’s why the mobile services are so expensive in Canada and that our Internet providers have free reign like they have right now.

read this:

Scrap the CRTC, petition urges
An online petition to dissolve the CRTC has attracted hundreds of signatures in the wake of the regulator’s ruling against independent internet providers last week.

What do you think?

Can Zune HD topple the iPod touch?

I think It would do even better if it was called Xbox portable!
Can Zune HD topple the iPod touch?

Microsoft is having a hard time breaking into the portable media player market, but can the combination of the Zune HD, along with undercutting Apple be what finally works? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Apple planning Sept. music event; No hint of a tablet

Maybe it’s for that new type of digital album thinghy!

Report: Apple planning Sept. music event; No hint of a tablet
Apple is reportedly preparing for a big media event early next month and it appears that whatever the company has to offer will have something to do with music. Techmeme All Things Digital’s Peter Kafka reports on his Media Memo blog that “multiple music industry sources” are…

Search engine from the past

Nice article on ZDnet : Images: Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines

Remember theses?

Apple Preparing iPod Touch With Camera, Microphone

Ohhhhhhhh!

http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/JbZ2s0JFhps/

A source with inside knowledge of the situation claims Apple will
release an iPod Touch with microphone and camera in two to three
months. The implications for voice-over-IP could be staggering
(especially for telephony providers).

CBC

AM is still alive in some places!

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/15/whse-cbc-tower.html?ref=rss

The CBC’s top official in the North says the Yukon government’s move to extend the CBC’s lease for its AM transmitter in Whitehorse does not necessarily mean the broadcaster will scrap plans to switch from AM to FM.

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