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Society News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the society facet of life. Society-News Blog: Information-Society News INFORMATION SOCIETY - Surfing the net October 23, 2007
A revolution in seafaring information and communication technologies is currently underway. With mobile telephony just a touch away and the increasing popularity of Wi-Fi areas, it is sometimes easy to forget that there are many areas where access to telecommunication services is unavailable. Anybody who has crossed the seas will have experienced the difficulty maintaining communications, firsthand. The EUREKA project FORCE8, however, has come up with innovative solutions to change this, now extending ICT availability to the high seas. For modern-day seafarers and sea-going passengers, ensuring fast and secure communication links to any sort of ship at sea has been an increasing challenge. And up until now, access to broadband satellite Internet links from the high seas has been faltering, with low connection speeds and the capacity for small amounts of data transfer only. According to the FORCE8 project partners, there is a distinct lack in the provision of these services, which needs to be met. Thanks to the major inroads made by EUREKA, high-speed Internet services, video conferencing and large volumes of data transfer can now be accessible to all at sea. The importance of this achievement should not be underestimated. Securely transferring information through high-speed satellite links and Internet connections, as well as image streaming and conferencing, could prove essential to naval ships or research and surveillance vessels, especially in times of conflict. Society News Blog Comment: Information society in any field of human activity is the most important institution of the civilization that upholds the spirit and the tradition of democratic way of life. If I know, I can act; but if I am in the dark, I am bound to be held sitting idle without taking any action but for keeping brooding about the inconvenience imposed on my life. It makes the system transparent and hence more honest. It also brings us closer to one another; since the more we know, the more we interact. It makes us more efficient too. After all knowledge is power! In fact, information society is the best tool of knowledge management that makes knowledge not a prerogative of the few but the right of all and sundry. Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Information Society' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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