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Facebook Chat
Apr 23rd
Today when I logged into facebook I found a new bar at the bottom of my home screen; and a nice popup telling me about the new facebook chat feature (which I think is a great idea).
They are currently beta testing the service and if you don’t see a bar it because you were not selected for testing.
Thawte Is Ready for Mars
Apr 23rd
Thawte is a company that provides security and identity solutions (things like SSL certificates); and one of their products is a free email certificate; which allows you to sign and encrypt emails for added assurance.
Never satisfied with their Earthly customers, its apparent that Thawte is looking beyond the final frontier in attracting customers; and to verify their identities — notaries are also accepted from beyond this world.
World’s Fastest Internet Connection
Apr 7th
This is just unreal. Velchip a broadband powerline (BPL) company in Malaysia is working on a project to provide… “60 million users unlimited high speed Internet connection of 224Mbps (megabits per second) at a cost of only around RM5 (US$1.58) per user per month.”
It is part of an ambitious project to link together 400,000 mosques in the ‘Smart Mosque’ project across 3 years. More details at compuworld malaysia.