TheBBChas just reported that Cuba will be getting an underseafibre-optic1000 mile cable that will link to Venezuela, and it will bring download speeds 3000 times faster than their current connection. And as BBC points out, the Internetwillbe faster but only for the small majority of Cubans who are able to get internet access. As it stands now, Cuba has the least amount of people with access to the Internet in the western hemisphere, coming in at only 3 percent of the population....

If you haven’t yet played around withCubeduel, do it now. It won’t make you any smarter, but it’s an oddly entertaining way to browse through your coworkers from years gone by in a hilarious, cage match format. Cubeduel is an unexpected opportunity to evaluate head to head match-ups that you just wouldn’t see in the wild. Who would I rather have worked with in that telecom job I had ten years ago: Ramu from accounting, or Nathalie from sales?...

The arrival of the 2011SF Music Tech Summitbrings lots of good news for digital music fans, including the the launch ofCull.tva San Francisco startup hoping to bring a new shine to the music video. Similar in appearance to the new couch mode from video community Vimeo, Cull.tv is focused on the on the long tail of digital music and discovery, delivering unexpected musical treats in a gorgeous full screen setup. But to call Cull....

Thisarticlewas originally published byMichael CoatesonClean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines. According to dozens of automotive story headlines, the internal combustion engine, running on gasoline or diesel, is dead or dying as customers, auto companies, and investors flock to electric powertrains....

“The mothership has landed here in Cupertino.” Those were Cupertino Mayor Gilbert Wong’s words in a press conference, of course responding to Job’sproposednew “mothership” Apple campus yesterday. “There is no chance that we’re saying no,” Wong said. “Every time that we have a large company that has a large sales tax produced we are very accommodating to that company.” The 155-acre land was acquired by Apple from HP. Jobs explains that Apple wants to create a new campus there that fits 12,000 people in one building....