Logging The Cyber World

Business-Standard.com - Overtaking the US, Chinas internet-users population has reached 253 million by the end of June, reflecting the explosive growth in the web-user market in the country, data showed.

Latest government figures also showed that China also had the largest number of broadband subscribers at 214 million, more than 80 per cent of the total domestic internet population.

The number of Internet users at 253 million marked a 56.2 per cent rise from 162 million reported in 2007, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), a semi-official organisation, said in a report.

The US has 218 million net users till December 31, 2007 when China had 210 million users. Based on the US growth pattern, CNNIC estimated that the numbers in the US could have now reached 230 million by the end of June this year.

An article from wired.com talks about Metallica’s Digital Release.

…but with only one record left on its Warner Music Group contract, the group could be planning a digital release along the lines of what Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have done, as ironic as that might seem.

Read more here.

BusinessWeek.com has posted an article about Google’s Real Threat.

…As more people use cell phones and their tiny glass screens to gain access to the Internet, Google and its fellow online advertisers will have less space, or what’s called ad inventory, to place marketing messages for customers. Google makes money selling ad inventory. And its ad inventory is diminished on a cell phone.

Full article here.

LifeHack.org has posted 12 tips on how to improve your free time.

- Get a Hobby
- Learn a Skill
- Store Opportunities
- Write Your Book
- Exercise
- Always Have a Book
- Use Your Social Circle
- Games
- Create Something
- Appreciate
- Be in the Now
- Work on Yourself

Read the complete article here.

www.fxfisherman.com has posted an article about 12 interesting facts about Forex.

1. What is a Forex trading system?
2. Forex is the most liquid market in the world.
3. Unlike equities or futures trading, you pay no commissions on the Forex deals that you make.
4. According to the Wall Street Journal Europe, the most commonly traded currencies on the Forex market are the U.S. Dollar (USD), the Japanese Yen (JPY), the Euro (EUR), the British Pound (GPB), the Canadian Dollar (CAD), the Australian Dollar (AUD), and the Swiss Franc (CHF).
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View all here.