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Rwandans find few physical scars from past war
War and civil strife have a lasting effect on the societies that they strike. Although many attempts have been made to quantify the impacts, a recent PLoS One study shows just how difficult this can be. In 1994, some 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda as ethnic tensions exploded into an attempted genocide.
Continue reading »Domain names, not door prizes
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the agency that administers the dot-ca domain name, holds its annual general meeting in Toronto later this week. Attendees will vie for door prizes and hear from executives about the growing number of Canadian domain name registrations, the robust financial health of the organization, and a small list of corporate by-law amendments. Yet as CIRA moves into its second decade, the promise of a leading Internet voice in Canada and an active, engaged membership is gradually fading away.
Continue reading »‘Piracy’ could boost UK broadband costs
UK government plans to force ISPs to to perform as taxpayer funded corporate entertainment industry police aren’t only doomed to fail, but may cost the industry £1 million ($C1,749,548) a day. And you know who’ll be expected to pick up the slack. Jane and Joe Muggins, that’s who — the people Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music are currently trying to sue into becoming compliant consumers of corporate crap.
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