Posted on August 22, 2008 by Jed
http://www.smh.com.au/news/off-the-field/ioc-calls-for-probe-into-china-star/2008/08/22/1219262483864.html
The age of 3 of the Chinese women girls on the Olympic gymnastic team has been heavily disputed all throughout their competition. It seems that the IOC has succumbed to all the media pressure. And part of me hopes it has more to do with following the actual rules – it’s just surprising how this [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by Jed
I still remember that day. My eyes were glued onto the live televised announcement of which city would host the 2008 summer games. My understanding was it was a two-horse race, between Beijing and Toronto. But for an event that tries its best to separate itself from politics, the decision to hold the games in [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by Jed
News from AppleInsider.com.
Apparently Apple doesn’t want anything to do with the Rogers’ and Fido’s ridiculous contracts and data plans. (No unlimited bandwidth?!?)
The phone will still be available at Rogers and Fido locations.
Sadly, I still wouldn’t be surprised to see line-ups. Nothing can stop the Apply hype machine.
Will you be signing the contract this coming Friday?
I’m [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by Jed
Other than the iPhone, the Canadian government’s proposed Bill C-61 has been the talk of the town. I guess I realized how much people cared, when I saw that a number of my friends joined the group Stop Bill C-61: Canada’s ‘Balanced’ Approach to Copyright Reform on the Facebook. I’m sure that by the time [...]
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