| Unity under the sea: Google invests in new undersea cable
Google announced today that it plans to join five other international companies in building an additional undersea cable between the US and Japan. The need for the cable itself is unsurprising, given that trans-Pacific bandwidth needs grew by 63.7 percent between 2002 and 2007, but the fact that Google is joining the consortium of Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, KDDI Corporation, Pacnet, and SingTel is unusual. Google is insisting, however, that this new move does not signal a change in focus for the company. According to Google Network acquisitions manager Francois Sterlin, "If you're wondering whether we're going into the undersea cable business, the answer is no," Sterlin wrote in the Official Google Blog. "We're not competing with telecom providers, but the volume of data we need to move around the world has grown to the point where in some cases we've exceeded the ability traditional players can offer." Once completed, the newly-minted "Unity" five-fiber-pair cable will be capable of carrying up to 960Gbps per pair, or 4800Gbps across the entire cable.
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A walk down the Yellow Brick Road of Malaysia's Corridor of the future
We are now three days away from the big day for Malaysia's General Election. I've been watching the electronic press and the blogs this last week to see how much of an influence the "E" factor is going to play in this election as far as disseminating of information, spreading gossip, mobilizing people and, of course, campaigning for votes goes. I've also attended a couple of ceramahs just to see how quickly the news/info gets disseminated onto YouTube, and how much of a part YouTube is playing in terms of getting information or messages across. Dear Prime Minister... One big "E" splash that was made during campaigning last week was the launch of the Prime Minister's feedback Web site called warkahuntukpm.com.my, which was launched March 1 with much press and publicity. The concept behind warkahuntukpm.com.my is this: Write to the PM and tell him your issues, and he'll look into the matter.
NetReach Unveils cmScribe PressRoom - a Powerful Suite of Web Tools ...
AMBLER, Pa., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- NetReach announced the introduction of cmScribe PressRoom; a pre-designed, pre-configured online media room designed with content and feature-rich functionality tailored for PR and Marketing Professionals. It offers users the ability to interact with the media via blogs, news releases, syndication of content using RSS, provide access to photos, and the ability to easily create and manage content. David Meerman Scott, an online thought leader and bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR, notes that, "Online Media Rooms are an important part of an effective media relations strategy. Done well, a good Online Media Room will turn journalists who are just browsing into interested writers who highlight your organization positively in stories.
Christmas party at Pirtleville Fire Department, Dec. 22
The Pirtleville Fire Department will be hosting a Christmas party for kids in the area from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 22.The event will be held at the station, 404 Irvine.A total of 400 bags of candy will be given away along with refreshments including soda, cake and chips. .
Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure
The blog is going to finish November with a record monthly number of more than 240,000 page-views. That compares to 148,476 last November. Also, Huckleberries has attracted about 2,085,000 page-views through the first 11 months of 2007, compared to 1.13M at this time last year. So HBO has almost doubled viewership in the last 12 months. Sportslink, the combined sports blog, came into its own this month by attracting more than 300,000 page-view -- an average of over 10,000 per day. The print side might be struggling but the online is healthier than ever. Now, for your Wild Card ... .
Sports Briefs
WOODS REVITALIZED Holder and tournament host Tiger Woods, refreshed after a two-month break, will hunt for his eighth title of the year starting Thursday at the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The world No. 1 has not played competitive golf since the Presidents Cup in late September and is eager to return after working hard on his fitness. "I enjoy being mentally fresh and that's one of the reasons I don't play as much as a lot of the guys do," Woods told reporters ahead of his final tournament of 2007. "This time I got a chance to work on my body and get it stronger than I've ever had it, which is fun, and I haven't put on any weight, which has been great. I've leaned up a little bit." The 31-year-old American heads a 16-man field that includes world No. 3 Jim Furyk, U.S. Masters champion Zach Johnson and British Open winner Padraig Harrington.
Scientology-based organization campaigns against psychiatry
The wellbeing of the children in the establishment was under threat because the education process was based on the principles of Scientology," the municipality said. Germany has Scientology under close surveillance for good reason: "The Muenster judges found that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution was within its authority to keep Scientologists under observation. In the statement announcing the verdict, the court said that there were "numerous indications" that the Scientology organization promoted a form of society "in which central constitutional values such as the dignity of mankind and the right to equal treatment would be suspended or restricted." "In particular, there is the suspicion that in a scientological society only Scientologists would enjoy civil rights," the court decided.
Suicidal pets steal the show
The notion of the Western World's pets being depressed is a hard one to fathom. These are the same animals that wear tailor-made clothes, eat gourmet biscuits, enjoy spa bath mini-breaks and have their every needs met by obliging owners who should know better. But depressed they are. A leading British veterinarian says that pets at risk of self-harm are increasingly being prescribed anti-depressants because they cannot discuss problems in their lives with others. I found this phenomenon – perhaps inexcusably – a touch ridiculous and perhaps NEWS.com.au readers did too because the article was easily our most read story of the week. So, the humble pet might have taken the ultimate glory away from Hollywood's night of nights but our extensive coverage of the 80th Annual Academy Awards certainly got readers clicking.
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