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		<title>Celebrate the long weekend with a bang!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Victoria Day here in Canada today, which sounds like as good an excuse as any to take the day off and enjoy the good weather (which is finally here). With many Canadians likely to be shooting off fireworks this evening, this also seems like a good excuse to embed the video below, which is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=7034&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Judgement Day has arrived for Canadian wireless</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday morning netted one of those surprising-but-not-really bits of news, with the announcement by Telus that it is acquiring small wireless carrier Mobilicity for $380 million. The deal is subject to government approval, which is in no way guaranteed. I wrote a piece over on Yahoo detailing why the acquisition is bad news for everyone, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=7024&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now Magazine is so, so wrong about space</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then someone comes along and criticizes space exploration &#8211; and inevitably makes an ass of themselves in the process. Add Now Magazine to the list. In a wildly dumb piece that ran this week, the Toronto alt-weekly trashed both Commander Chris Hadfield and space exploration in general as PR-seeking glory hounds and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=7017&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BlackBerry&#8217;s fight even harder in emerging markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With BlackBerry announcing its new Q5 smartphone, it&#8217;s clear the company is looking to shore up its offerings in emerging markets. The device, which features a QWERTY keyboard and runs the latest BlackBerry 10 operating system, will be available in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America as early as July. While the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=7010&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ubisoft&#8217;s Watch_Dogs already thought provoking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the chance last week to see a preview of Ubisoft Montreal&#8217;s newest big-budget game franchise, Watch_Dogs, and boy is it looking good. The game, scheduled for a November release, appears to mix all the best parts of Grand Theft Auto, Assassin&#8217;s Creed, Far Cry and Splinter Cell, which should be no surprise given [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=7003&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Netflix is going to need a lot of exclusive shows</title>
		<link>http://wordsbynowak.com/2013/05/13/netflix-churn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a few intriguing chats recently with David Purdy, Rogers&#8217; senior vice-president of content, about the status and prospects of Netflix. They were good conversations because they were very level-headed, which is contrary to a lot of the conventional wisdom flying around out there, which surmises that cable companies must surely view Netflix as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=6997&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rogers roaming rate slash a welcome move</title>
		<link>http://wordsbynowak.com/2013/05/09/rogers-roaming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 13:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not every day that Canadian wireless customers get good news, but today happens to be one of those with Rogers announcing that it is cutting its U.S. roaming rates. Customers can now buy roaming packages that supply 50 megabytes of data per day for $7.99, which is a 20-per-cent cut from the previous $10. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=6994&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s going to make Ubisoft Toronto&#8217;s five projects?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I paid a visit to Ubisoft Toronto to get a look at how the studio&#8217;s first big game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, is coming along. The game, which is looking excellent so far, will not only represent the new operation&#8217;s coming-out when it launches in August, it&#8217;ll also be the biggest profile release yet [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=6986&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Poutine Soda really is that disgusting</title>
		<link>http://wordsbynowak.com/2013/05/07/poutine-soda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing I love more than anything else on the planet, it&#8217;s got to be poutine. French fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds &#8211; is there anything that is worse for you, but also so damn good at the same time? Its unhealthiness actually makes it even more appealing. It&#8217;s like the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=6980&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There may not be a market for a mid-range iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 04:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Apple signalling that it won&#8217;t be releasing any new products till the fall, the cottage industry that is speculation about the company&#8217;s imminent moves has taken a hit. The normal rash of stories trying to guess everything from what kind of watch Apple is working on to how much integration the iPhone will have [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsbynowak.com&#038;blog=16396755&#038;post=6974&#038;subd=petenowak2000&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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