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Briefly Noted from April 7, 2004

• Installing Acrobat Reader 7

  Asa Dotzler explains how to best to install this speed-increasing upgrade.

  Dec 29 2004 at 8:37 AM EST

  Topic: Technology

• Chapters blocks validator

  Joe Clark discovers the book store’s Web site blocks any attempts to balidate its mangled code.

  Dec 29 2004 at 8:13 AM EST

  Topic: Web Standards

• eBay best Net stock

  The auction site was the only one of the big five to improve upon its price at the bubble’s height.

  Dec 28 2004 at 3:03 PM EST

  Topic: Web Culture

• PressThink’'s Top Ten Ideas for 2004

  From the legacy media to the Pajamahadeen and more.

  Dec 26 2004 at 10:29 PM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• Opera betas version 8

  The browser was to 7.6, but the amount of enhancements boosted it a whole number.

  Dec 23 2004 at 1:41 PM EST

  Topic: Browsers

• Kensington Market Festival of Lights

  Always a great way to celebrate the beginning of the end of winter darkness.

  Dec 21 2004 at 5:28 PM EST

  Topic: Toronto

• More Toronto tabloids?

  Rumours abound that the National Post, and maybe one day the Toronto Star, may go tabloid.

  Dec 21 2004 at 2:09 PM EST

  Topic: Newspapers

• Slate sold to Washington Post

  The sale should be done by mid-January, and no major editorial changes are planned.

  Dec 21 2004 at 1:57 PM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• Smart, wireless transit ads

  The TTC will carry location-specific digital ads served using a wireless network. Could true WiFi be next?

  Dec 21 2004 at 11:18 AM EST

  Topics: Toronto, Technology

• New media timeline

  Despite the poor interface, this comprehensive timeline covers 35 years of American new media history.

  Dec 21 2004 at 9:09 AM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• MP3 player levy quashed

  The Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the copyright levvies applied to digital music players aren’t legal.

  Dec 17 2004 at 11:24 AM EST

  Topic: Canada

• The New York Times Firefox ad

  Somewhere in the blur you’ll find my name amongst the 10,000 or so donors.

  Dec 16 2004 at 12:12 AM EST

  Topics: Browsers, Advertising

• Canadian journalism a stagnant pool?

  John Miller argues the media here is could care less…

  Dec 14 2004 at 8:04 PM EST

  Topic: Journalism

• CSS needs fixing

  Daniel Glazman weighs in with a mea culpa on the curent state of CSS.

  Dec 14 2004 at 4:51 PM EST

  Topics: CSS, Web Standards

• Dude

  Clive Thompson on dude’s current usage.

  Dec 13 2004 at 3:57 PM EST

  Topic: Language

• CBC does RSS

  CBC now has support for a variety of RSS feeds. Wonder who will be next…?

  Dec 13 2004 at 3:32 PM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• Canadians are going digital

  We’re dropping analog media in favour of its digital equivalent at an increasing rate.

  Dec 13 2004 at 1:46 PM EST

  Topics: Technology, Canada

• Details on the AOL Browser

  It will use IE, but will included tabbed browsing. Why they don’t use the Netscape Browser still confounds me.

  Dec 13 2004 at 1:46 PM EST

  Topic: Browsers

• Gary Webb is dead

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who tied the CIA to crack cocaine-trafficking in Los Angeles has committed suicide.

  Dec 13 2004 at 9:08 AM EST

  Topic: Newspapers

• Citytv news bests CBC, CTV

  Toronto’s own CityPulse at Six won a Gemini Award for best newscast beating out CBC’s The National and CTV News

  Dec 12 2004 at 10:29 PM EST

  Topic: TV

• What to do about writer’s block

  The return of the (content as) king.

  Dec 12 2004 at 2:36 PM EST

  Topic: Writing

• Ontario stops censoring movies

  Next year, the Ontario Film Review Board will likely lose its powers to censor film in the province.

  Dec 12 2004 at 1:11 PM EST

  Topics: Movies, Ontario

• Will citizen journalists hurt journalism?

  Bill Doskoch points voice to some concerns I have over the buzz around “citizen journalism.”

  Dec 12 2004 at 1:06 PM EST

  Topic: Journalism

• Testing all copy editors

  The Toronto Star’s ombusman Nitpicker’s Quiz tests ones editing skills.

  Dec 12 2004 at 1:03 PM EST

  Topic: Writing

• Google Suggest

  Google dynamically tries to predict what you’re search will be. Amazingly effective.

  Dec 10 2004 at 9:28 AM EST

  Topic: Search Engines

• Google News en français

  The French edition of Google News Canada enables searches and browsing news items from more than 500 French news sources.

  Dec 9 2004 at 11:10 AM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• Wireless in Montreal

  Île Sans Fil helps businesses and local institutions give Internet access away free.

  Dec 9 2004 at 11:06 AM EST

  Topic: Web Technology

• Supreme Court rules in favour of same-sex marriage

  Canada’s top court has ruled same-sex marriage is constitutional, now the Liberals have to make good on their promising to change the legal definition.

  Dec 9 2004 at 10:42 AM EST

  Topic: Canada

• Tog’s list of persistent design bugs

  The top ten list is only seven items right now, but expect more.

  Dec 8 2004 at 6:44 PM EST

  Topics: Computers, Usability

• Firefox’s effect on news sites

  Mark Glaser takes a look at the browser from an online news perspective (and quotes me in the process).

  Dec 8 2004 at 4:52 PM EST

  Topics: Browsers, Online Journalism