News stories: Apple to Rogers on iPhone: you're on your own; etc.

Apple to Rogers on iPhone: you're on your own

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 1:58 PM ET Comments24Recommend85

By Peter Nowak CBC News

Canadians who want the iPhone will be locked into the longest contracts in the world. (Jason DeCrow/Associated Press)

Apple Inc. will not be selling the hotly awaited iPhone in its six Canadian stores when it is released this Friday, leaving Rogers Communications Inc. and its Fido subsidiary to sell the device on their own.

"The iPhone 3G will be available in Canada from Rogers and Fido," said Simon Atkins, spokesperson for Apple. He declined to elaborate.

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Bell, Telus customers to pay for incoming text messages

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 3:00 PM ET Comments233Recommend218

CBC News

Cellphone users with Bell and Telus are going to have to fork over a little more to receive incoming text messages, under new pricing plans slated to roll out in August.

'Oh baby, when my contract's over I'll be long gone, for sure.'—Debra Messinger, consumer

Under the new plans, customers will be charged 15 cents to receive incoming text messages, including uninvited spam messages. Previously, customers without text plans were only charged for outgoing messages.

Customers with a text messaging rate plan or bundle will not be affected by the new charges.

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/08/text-messages.html?ref=rss

In Depth

Wireless

Confusion the name of the game

Customers are fed up with cellphone companies benefiting from complex rate plans, bewildering service contracts and uninformed customer service agents, and they aren't going to take it any more

Last Updated November 19, 2007

By Peter Nowak

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/cellphones/consumer-confusion.html

Airship designed to fly through remote skies

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 3:00 PM ET Comments10Recommend14

CBC News

A Calgary company is spearheading development of a new aircraft, filled with helium and powered by four rotors, which will be used to move materials in remote areas including the Canadian North.

SkyHook International announced Tuesday that it will build the Jess Heavy Lifter (JHL-40) in conjunction with aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co.

SkyHook and Boeing hope to be flying the first prototypes of the JHL-40 by 2012. (SkyHook International)

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/08/skyhook-boeing.html?ref=rss




Agriculture, watersheds focus of nitrates report
The P.E.I. government released a long-awaited report Tuesday on nitrates in rivers, streams and groundwater in the province, noting that they are the most common chemical contaminant in Island water.



Canada trumpets G8 vow to halve emissions by 2050

SECURITY

Keeping an eye on things: Spy gear goes mainstream

Latest surveillance gadgets for amateurs would make James Bond jealous

Last Updated: Monday, July 7, 2008 | 8:04 AM ET Comments18Recommend25

By Georgie Binks CBC News

Remote surveillance technology for the home has gone mainstream, with spy shops springing up across the country and online faster than you can answer a shoe-phone.

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/20/f-amateurspygear.html

SCIENCE

FAQ

Yellowcake explained

Last Updated: Monday, July 7, 2008 | 4:33 PM ET Comments2Recommend8

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请高人为我解析一下海明威作品中的一个句子

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The young man, whose name was Robert Jordan, was extremely hungry and he was worried. He was often hungry but he was not usually worried because he did not give any importance to what happened to himself and he knew from experience how simple it was to move behind the enemy lines in all this country. It was as simple to move behind them as it was to cross through them, if you had a good guide. It was only giving importance to what happened to you if you were caught that made it difficult; that and deciding whom to trust. You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting. He was not worried about any of that. But there were other things.
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--Excerpted from p.12 of the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls
('It was only giving importance to what happened to you if you were caught that made it difficult' -- The first 'it' means 'that made it difficult'. The other 'it', as in 'that made it difficult', means 'to move behind the enemy lines in all this country'. So, the whole sentence is equal to 'What made it difficult was only giving importance to what happened to you if you were caught'.)

Is my analysis above correct or not? Thanks very much for your kind help. I really appreciate it.

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