Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. The Incredible International Submarine Cable Systems Morris: Being a WAN guy at heart, I have always been amazed by the submarine fiber optic cable systems that crisscross the Earth. To be able to send gigabytes of data to India in seconds, call China on my mobile phone, and have a telepresence with Japan all because of these cable systems astonishes me. New Twitter worm targets celebrities A worm referencing celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey is rapidly spreading across microblogging site Twitter, security firm Sophos said on Friday. Boston Marathon - Text Alerts from Heartbreak Hill! As if running up Heartbreak Hill isn't tough enough, Microsoft Subnet blogger Brian Egler plans to text while running. OK, not exactly. He is referring to the Athelete Alert that can be found on the Boston Marathon's Web site that tracks the runners. Study: U.S. venture capital spending plummeted in Q1 The recession has taken a staggering toll on U.S. venture capital investments, resulting in a nearly 50% drop overall during the past three months, according to a new industry report released Saturday. H-1B visa use cuts some U.S. IT worker wages by up to 6% The use of H-1B workers by U.S. companies is decreasing wages for computer programmers, system analysts and software engineers by as much as 6%, according to a study released this week by researchers at New York University's Stern School of Business and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Why Metered Broadband Would Work Maybe nobody else is sad that Time Warner Cable has (for now) abandoned its foray into consumption-based Internet service pricing, but I am. I was all set for the company to become the poster child net neutrality--a topic that is hard for many people to understand--and why it really matters. Star Trek lite: Can telepresence save the universe? Can the technologies that make up telepresence have a societal impact that could change everything from space exploration to telecommuting? Experts say advanced telepresence technology could change the way people remotely communicate with work, run factories and boldly explore distant solar systems. Slideshow: Apple iPhoneys: The 4G edition iPhone enthusiasts from around the Web offer there visions for the next-gen iPhone. Terminator 4 Show in Odaiba - Tokyo Microsoft Subnet blogger Tyson Kopczynski dares you to name one thing better than spending the late afternoon looking at Terminator exoskeletons? He recently was at the Miraikan science museum in Tokyo they were having a Terminator 4 show. April giveaways galore Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. |
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