Netbooks are all the rage this Xmas. " Whilst the computer market as a whole is predicted to weaken over the coming months, Netbooks themselves are expected to continue to fly off the shelves as Christmas gifts,...
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You know it's bad when even the angels are pessimistic."And unfortunately, most angels (40.3 percent) believe that the current market conditions won’t lift until 2010. Only 15.2 percent thought the market would recover by the second quarter of 2009, with 35.9 percent...
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If you're looking to see a solid US band playing Irish Celtic punk then check out this 7 piece band as it comes to Dublin. Highly recommended."Flogging Molly is more than a band - it's a musical punch in the...
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I'd like to see more of this."Dublin's zoning code doesn't permit uses such as arcades and dance halls, but that could change. Dublin City Council is considering an ordinance that would amend the conditional uses in the community commercial district and allow day cares,...
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With petrol prices as mad as they are this makes more sense every day. "Copenhagen and Amsterdam are in an informal competition to be known as the world's best cycling city. Both have large populations of...
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This is something that lots of people will be watching closely as the Olympics get closer."Either 56.com cleared up its "system maintenance" issue or the Chinese government decided not to crush it completely. As promised just yesterday, the site is back online, following a...
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"The music legend received the Reggae Icon Award posthumously Sunday during the 2008 Reggae Academy Awards. His widow, Rita Marley, accepted the award, held at Jamaica's National Indoor Sport Centre in Kingston, from Prime Minister Bruce Golding.The first-time event coincided...
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"CanWest, one of the biggest media groups in Canada, has closed its youth-market free newspaper Dose, which launched a year ago and “targeted readers aged 18 to 34 in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto...
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"Vernon Wells went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the final game of a three-game series at Tropicana Field."
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" Firstly, Wireless Toronto would love to invite all you marvellous Toronto internet-users to come on out to their one-year Anniversary Party. WT is really pleased to be able to celebrate one year of spreading...
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"A Toronto institution for more than three years, Grapefruit – the glam/gay monthly party for younger men and those who love to dance with them – has settled in comfortably at its new home at Fly....
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"Canada’s largest city aims to create Canada's largest wireless broadband zone by the end of 2006. Toronto’s plan stands out as a potential ergonomic milestone because of the way it and an associated utility...
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We know why none of you are reading Torontoist, you're all too busy reading people who blog about SXSW. Paved.ca's Marc Weisblott has a nice overview on who's active while at SXSW and points us to the CBC...
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"The Speakeasy (120 Church) has apparently closed down. To quote booker Keith Hamilton on Stillepost:
The Speakeasy has been closed down... entire sound system removed today.... no more shows or anything at
all...
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"The CN Tower has been world's tallest free-standing structure, it's a mantra that almost all Torontonians can recite, and it's been that way for around three decades. Well, it seems like the CN tower's record...
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