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rcp writes "The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for those of you not from The Great White North) has an article on why the media use the term hacker versus cracker. " Well, at least it's an understanding of why they use the terms incorrectly.

heinzkeinz writes "iCraveTV, the Canadian company broadcasting network television signals over the internet, has been sued for copyright violation. Read the story from CBC here. "

M|U writes "Michael Cowpland, CEO of Corel, has been charged with three counts of violating securities law. CBC Newsworld has the story online, along with more details. Apparently trading of Corel stock was halted prior to the announcement. " The Corel booth at ALS has no comment at this time. The alleged current violations are insider trading, according to CBC. Update: 10/14 05:18 by H : Corel has responded in a press release. Dr. Cowpland is "looking forward to finally have the chance to clear his name..."

M|U writes "Michael Cowpland, CEO of Corel, has been charged with three counts of violating securities law. CBC Newsworld has the story online, along with more details. Apparently trading of Corel stock was halted prior to the announcement. " The Corel booth at ALS has no comment at this time. The alleged current violations are insider trading, according to CBC. Update: 10/14 05:18 by H : Corel has responded in a press release. Dr. Cowpland is "looking forward to finally have the chance to clear his name..."

jeremyw writes "CBC News reports that beginning in November, Canadians will be able to receive mail and pay their bills at an Electronic Post Office. Although it is already possible to pay bills through many banks online, this is a new level of integration and convenience. I think this is an excellent example of an organization "reinventing" itself in order to survive and remain relevant in the near future."

GRW wrote in with a link to a story about Microsoft investing in Rogers, Canada's largest cable company. The $600M (I'm assuming that's CDN) is meant to "change the way Canadians watch TV". Microsoft says Rogers will use "Microsoft's television platform". Is that CE, or something more general?

SysAdmin writes "I read an AP report in my hometown paper that says the gov't just accused Microsoft of faking a video which shows how performace suffers in Windows98 after the government's IE-scrubber is run. " I try to avoid posting articles like this, but this is pretty significant-some of other sites are talking about perjury charges and such being brought against the lawyers. Additionally, another bit was sent to us by El pointed an article in which MS lawyers were contradicting themselves, as a MS patent claimed that Web browser are seperate from the OS. Lastly, the Canadian province of Alberta has decided to sue Microsoft, amongst others, for Y2k conversion costs-thanks to colonel for that one.

JR writes "CBC Newsworld reports that Canada Post, in an attempt to lure people back to snail mail, has launched a new advertising campaign. "I think when most Canadians sit there and watch Canada Post extolling the virtues of old fashioned letter writing, they're going to laugh," says one interviewee. "

JR writes "CBC Newsworld reports that Canada Post, in an attempt to lure people back to snail mail, has launched a new advertising campaign. "I think when most Canadians sit there and watch Canada Post extolling the virtues of old fashioned letter writing, they're going to laugh," says one interviewee. "

Tsu writes "A 50-story tall Canadian Research balloon that was supposed to land near my house lost contact with it's ground control and has drifted over the Atlantic and apparently poses a risk to aircraft. It was over my house four days ago... I guess somebody goofed. "