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V6 N26 - 28 January 2007
iTHINK ZONE
John Savageau presents a White Paper on Net Neutrality and Carrier Hotels. As telecommunications worldwide continues movement towards packetnetworks and services, Internet protocol exchanges and interconnection points will add even greater value to the global telecom community. READ IT ALL AT http://www.onewilshire.com/meet_me_room/WhitePapers/NetNeutralityandtheCarrierHotel.pdf
CYBERZONE
NOT TONIGHT DEAR, I'M WATCHING YOUTUBE Americans prefer computer to spouse, survey says http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1212833/255221/48309/2/
YOUTUBE IN LEGAL WRANGLE OVER SIMPSONS 20th Century Fox has served YouTube with a subpoena demanding the Google-owned viral video site disclose the identity of a user who uploaded copies of entire recent episodes of primetime series 24 and The Simpsons. http://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,104084~3940137a28~,00.html
KEEP CDs COOL SO THEY WON'T DYE Q: I've heard various estimates of how long a compact disc can retain data. Should I be worried and make other backup arrangements for important files that I've burned onto CDs? Answer: Click Thru http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/22/BUGSGNLOII1.DTL
COMMUNITY-RUN SITES: IDEALISTIC BUT NOT IDEAL The debate surrounding the revelation that Microsoft offered to pay a developer to make changes to Wikipedia pages points to problems that can arise when a major Web site is managed by a community of people. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=15EE16F:ECCF9AA50A17C8DC42B16CC7EAF8DD8FEFF29049075316B4
SCIENCE ZONE
ULTRACAPACITOR POWER CELLS: SILVER BULLET OR LEAD BALLOON? It's is a dream come true for energy seekers: a portable energy source that outperforms the best lithium-ion batteries on the market and produces 10 times the power of lead-acid batteries at half the cost and without the need for toxic materials or chemicals. Is the technology being developed by EEStor, of Cedar Park, Texas, the future of vehicle power or another undeliverable energy "breakthrough?" http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/55320.html
A LOOK INSIDE DARPA DARPA's research projects include cognitive technologies that enable systems to reason, learn from experience, explain themselves andreflect on their own capabilities; beneficial bacteria in the gut to protect soldiers from enteric disease; speech technology that can translate with about 50 percent accuracy, expected to reach 90 percent by 2009;... http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1211504/255221/48285/2/
SPIN THE WATER BOTTLE
PART ONE With $11 billion in U.S. sales, the beverage's marketers have become clear winners Americans spent an estimated $11 billion last year drinking 8.3 billion gallons of bottled water, according to Beverage Marketing Corp., the leading compiler of facts and figures about the beverage industry. That means... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/17/BUG35NIVFK70.DTL
PART TWO
How water bottlers tap into all sorts of sources In early 2004, Coca-Cola launched its Dasani brand of bottled water in Britain. Dasani had already established itself as one of the most popular bottled waters in the United States. Within weeks, however, Coke had a... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/19/BUGBONL7VI1.DTL
ASIA PACIFIC ZONE
PAID VoIP USERS IN CHINA TO EXCEED 70 MILLION BY 2011 Fueled by GDP growth of 8 to 10 percent over the next five years, China's telecom industry will continue to grow on all fronts. By 2011, the total number of Chinese broadband subscribers will be 144 million, and paid VoIP services adoption will dovetail with broadband growth. These statistics are from The Dragon Market: VoIP in China 2007 - 2011. http://www.tmcnet.com/enews/e-newsletters/Internet-Telephony/20070118/4583-paid-voip-users-china-exceed-70-million-2011.htm
CHINA NET USE MAY SOON SURPASS U.S. China could have more internet users than the US within two years' time, the country's state media reports. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6293345.stm
CHINA's PRESIDENT SEEKS TO REGULATE, PROMOTE THE INTERNET Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday called on government officials to promote and better regulate the rapidly developing Internet service in China. Hu made the call at a study session of the political bureau of the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party, saying officials should "actively and creatively nurture a healthy online culture" that meets public demand. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/55329.html
WHAT'S UP IN CHINA WITH BIOFUEL? Everyone seems eager to get a share of China's biofuels pie. Liang Yulin, a 28-year-old real estate tycoon in southern China's Guangzhou City, began investing in biodiesel production last October. Using palm oil imported from Southeast Asia, the manager of the Guangzhou Tinyo Real Estate Development Company plans to turn out 50 tons a day, selling the fuel to fishing boats that work around the Pear River Delta. http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/chinawatch/story?id=47207
COMPANIES VIE FOR INDONESIA's RING FIBER PROJECT According to Indonesia's Director of Telecommunications Budi Santoso, two local firms, PT Agela Communications Indonesia and PT Potensi Bumi Sakti have decided to bid for building/operating the $1.6 billion Palapa Ring fibre-optic project. Three companies-PT Wireless Indonesia, PT Telkom and PT Bakrie Telecom have already shown interest in bidding for this project. This Palapa Ring project forms a key part of the government's plan to boost telecom penetration in Indonesia. The 21,807km terrestrial cable and 35,280km undersea cable systems would link 440 cities and 33 provinces. The construction work is likely to start in early 2008. The current telecom penetration rate in Indonesia is around 20%.
WIRELESS ZONE
DON'T FALL VICTIM TO THE "FREE WiFi' SCAM You see the wireless network connections all over the place -- especially in airports -- advertising "Free Public Wi-Fi" or "Free Internet Access." But don't connect, warns Preston Gralla, because they could be a security attack. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1211325/1423585/48256/2/
FON SIMPLIFIES COMMUNITY WI-FI ACCESS Fon Technology hopes to make it easier for users to connect to its network of hotspots with Wi-Fi-enabled phones by offering them software from Spotigo. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=15F1A44:ECCF9AA50A17C8DC5A76A48781944622EFF29049075316B4
SITE CITE
WHY DO TODAY WHAT YOU CAN PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW A 10-year study of procrastination provides insights into--and a formula for--human motivation. http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe2915717160047a701d77-fdfb15737467027b72147874-ff3310707762-fef61c7471640d-fe2615717c670174701272
Marty Plotnick's CyberZone is a weekly review of Hawaii technology and international technology news. The Hawaii Technology Calendar is available on the front page of this site, with links and descriptions of events relevant to the Hawaii technology and telecommunications community. CyberZone takes special interest in researching and collecting links to stories from international technology news sources of interest to CyberZone's readers. If you have any comments or suggestions for improvements to his site and information resource please contact Marty Plotnick at martycri@lava.net
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