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The internet is in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

You may think this is very Scandinavian concept because this week Finland residents will by law be entitled to access a broadband connection at a mandated speed (at least 1 Mbps, with a goal of 100 Mbps by 2015.)

Yet the nomination actually follows a campaign by the Italian edition of Wired magazine. Following the Dynamite-inventor’s will, Alfred Nobel's Peace Prize is to go to whoever "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."

Riccardo Luna, Wired Italy's editor in chief, says (quoting Tim Berners Lee, the biological father of the internet): "Internet is not a network of computers anymore, but a network of people."

Luna adds: "It is the greatest social interface humanity has ever had. It is a weapon of mass construction. As we have put out in the official manifesto of the campaign, 'digital culture is promoting a new kind of society through communication and education'. And communication and education are the roots of a peaceful world."

TIME Magazine has its famous MAN OF THE YEAR award. In 2007, the cover showed the Award winner as a computer with a mirror for a screen and the text “You. You control the Information Age.”

I think that qualifies us to claim (if we win the Nobel in October) that we are multiple award winners.

The prize money shoud be about $1.4 million. If they give the money to us internet people, by my calculation, you’ll get your check for $0.00025.

These days, thanks to internet making it so easy to share what’s on your mind, you can’t even get a fulll penny for your thoughts.

Go Internet for Peace Prize

At InfoComm, Viewsonic brought out a new MultiView video wall software solution. In addition to displaying large screen HD video across multiple displays, users can display individual HD content on up to 9 displays using a single video.

A typical MultiView solution consists of ViewSonic's large-screen LCD commercial displays, a mounting kit from Premier Mounts, ViewSonic's MultiView video wall software to configure and manage the video wall and a PC solution.

Michael Holstein, VP business development, says "Typical video wall set-ups can run companies tens of thousands of dollars. By eliminating video splitters and the need to connect monitors to multiple sources, ViewSonic is able to offer this highly cost-effective solution."

ViewSonic's MultiView video wall software, powered by Germany’s friendlyway, offers multi-dimensional configurations via a single video source. Any standard PC with a high-performance graphics card and Windows 7 can be used to design, develop, and control the video wall (whether it's a 1-dimentional, 1x5 video wall such as a quick service restaurant menu board, or 2-dimentional video wall with up to 5x5 displays).

ViewSonic's models featuring the internal video wall capability include the 52" CD5230, 42" CD4230, CD4232 (Full HD) and 42" CD4230T touch compatible commercial displays. Each display features an elegant slim bezel, commercial metal housing and VESA mounting. Also featured in the bundle is a Premier Mounts pedestal mounting solution.

Go ViewSonic

Toshiba shows an LCD that users can physically bend the display to zoom in and out on an image.

The concept is that embedded software can monitor embedded sensors (that sense resistance changes when bent) and adjust the image accordingly.

This prototype bendable display offers an 8.4” screen and a resolution of 800 x 600. When bent into a curve, the display radius is about 50mm.

The LCD is 0.1mm thick and LEDs light up the edges. Embedded “bend sensors” sit in the edges of the display.

Go Bend-to-Zoom Display

Cisco unveils its new Prosumer Video solution which integrates Cisco FocalPoint, an online video workspace with a business-class Cisco Flip MinoPRO camcorder.

Cisco says the Flip MinoPRO Camcorder combines the easy-to-use features of the consumer Flip Video Camcorders with the increased capacity and functionality that business organizations need.

It runs user-friendly FocalPoint software can help your organization more simply and securely organize, play, and share videos.

Because this is a new video collaboration solution, a video description of the new solution is appropriate.

Go Watch Cisco Prosumer