Google’s Click-to-Call Cancelled?

This is one of the stranger messages appearing on the official Google Blog – note the last line of this unsigned post (update: that post has been removed now):
Google Click-to-Call project cancelled10/07/2006 05:07:34 PMAfter concientiously considering, Google has decided not to continue with Google Click-to-call project. The project has been in the media on last days because of the notice of Google agreement with e-Bay. We finally consider click-to-call agreement with e-Bay a monopolistic aproach that would damage small companies in the CRM area.This message has been translated using Google language tools.

Google Interested In YouTube?

AP says Google “is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion in cash and stock, according to published reports.” I’ve seen the rumors pop up before but being repeated at AP gives them some more credibility...
Just recently, Google Video was spotted experimenting with more YouTube-like, community-oriented features. If they do buy the site I believe it wouldn’t be for technical reasons, but indeed to aquire content & community. Then again, you can’t just buy a community...

Future of modern humanity

Web 2.0 ‘knowledge’: future of modern humanity? (I hope not) by ZDNet's Donna Bogatin -- If scrutinized, logical truths are displaced by Web 2.0 induced, unmanaged “knowledge,” what does modern humanity portend?

Bird Flu Tracking Map, March 20th, 2006. 52 Countries with Confirmed H5N1 Infections in Birds, Animals, and/or Humans.

Bird Flu Tracking Map, March 20th, 2006. 52 Countries with Confirmed H5N1 Infections in Birds, Animals, and/or Humans.
Originally uploaded by Quiplash!.

Bird Flu Tracking Map, March 20th, 2006. 52 Countries with Confirmed H5N1 Infections in Birds, Animals, and/or Humans.
Counries with confirmed or suspected bird flu - March 22, 2006
Compiled by MHSC on thefluclinic.com .

Confirmed - 52 countries

-- Africa
----- Cameroon (B) 3-11-06
-------- Maroua (B) 3-13-06
----- Egypt (B) 2-16-06 (H) 3-18-06
-------- Bohaira (B)
-------- Cairo (B) 2-17-06
-------- Giza (B) 2-17-06
-------- Menia (B) 2-17-06
-------- Kalubia (B) 2-17-06
-------- El Mahmodia (B) 2-17-06
-------- Beni Suef (B) 2-18-06
-------- Daqhaliah (B) 2-19-06
-------- Kafr el Shiekh (B) 2-19-06
-------- Oina (B) 2-20-06
-------- Fayoum (B) 2-22-06
-------- Dommiata (B) 2-23-06
-------- Sharkia (B) 2-23-06
-------- Louxor (B) 2-23-06
-------- Monifia (B) 2-23-06
-------- Sohag (B) 2-25-06
-------- Al-Qalyubia (Qalyoubia Qaliubiya, Qalyubia)(B) 3-14-06
----------- Nawa village (H) 3-18-06
-------- Al Sharikya (B) 3-14-06
----- Libya (B) 10-9-05
----- Niger (B) 2-15-06
-------- Illela (B) 2-27-06
----- Nigeria (B) 2-8-06
-------- Abuja (B) 2-?-06
-------- Nassarawa (B) 2-?-06
-------- Yobe (B) 2-?-06
-------- Kaduna (B) 2-8-06
-------- Zamfara (B) 2-20-06
-------- Kano (B) 2-22-06
-------- Katsina (B) 2-22-06
-------- Bauchi
----------- Toro (B) 2-22-06
-------- Plateau (B) 2-22-06
-------- Anambra State
----------- Idemili (B) 3-7-06
-------- Benue
----------- Oturpo (B) 3-7-06
-------- Rivers
----------- Port Harcourt (B) 3-7-06
-------- Kogi (B)
-------- Lagos (B)
-------- Ogun (B) 3-10-06
-------- Sokoto (B)


-- China (B) ? (H) 2-4-03 (WHO - 15 cases/10 dead)
----- An hui (H) 2-25-06
-------- Huainan City (B) 11-14-05
----------- Fanyu (B) 11-14-05
----------- Fanxu (B) 11-6-05
-------- Tian Chang City
----------- Liangying Village (B) 10-20-05
----- Guangdong (H) 3-5-06
----- Guangzhou
-------- Zhongluotan
----------- Chendong (B) 3-3-06
-- Hong Kong
-------- New Territories (B) 1-10-06
---- Hubei
-------- Jingshan
------------ Zinshi (B) 11-2-05
-------- Shishou
------------ Swan Economic Development (B) 11-20-05
-------- Xiaogan
----------- Maochenzhen (B) 11-05-05
----- Hunan Province
-------- Xiangtan County
----------- Wantang Village (B) 10-22-05
----- Jiangxi
-------- Kiangsi Province (B) 12-15-05
----- Liaoning Province
-------- Beining (B) 11-06-05
-------- Chaoyangsi (B) 11-06-05
-------- Daling (B) 11-06-05
-------- Jinzhou Municipality
----------- Badaohao (B) 10-26-05
----------- Heishan County (B) 10-26-05
----- Ningxia
-------- Yinchuan
----------- Shangqian Cheng (B) 11-17-05
----- Shanxi
-------- Xiaoyi
----------- Gaoyang (B) 11-11-05
----- Sichuan
-------- Dazhu
----------- Yang Jia
-------------- Liu Jian (B) 1-4-06
----- Xinjiang
-------- Miquan
----------- Niuzhuangzi (B) 11-15-05
-------- Shanshan (B) 11-22-05
-------- Urumchi
----------- Beidalu (B) 11-9-05
----------- Daban Cheng (B) 11-16-05
----------- Wulabo (B) 11-12-05
-------- Yutian
----------- Gujiangbage (B) 11-10-05
-------- Zepu
----------- First (B) 11-9-05
----- Yunnan
-------- Chuxiong
----------- Hehua (B) 11-17-05
----- Yingshang
-------- Jitai (B) 2-26-06
----- Zhejiang (B) 2004
-------- Anji (H) 2-10-06


-- Afghanistan
----- Nangarhar (B) 3-14-06
-------- Kabul (B) 3-14-06
-------- Jalalabad (B) 3-14-06
-- Albania (B) 3-11-06
----- Vlore (B) 2-16-06
------- Cuke (B) 3-8-06
-- Algeria (H) 2-25-05
-- Austria (B) 2-14-06
----- Mellach (B) 2-13-06
-- Azerbaijan (B) 2-9-06 (H) 3-5-06 (Dog) 3-15-06 (WHO - 7 cases/5 dead)
----- Absheron (B) 2-11-06
----- Khyzy (B) 2-22-06
----- Salyan
-------- Daikyand (H) 2-23-06 (4 dead)
----- Gilyazi (B) 2-27-06
----- Bilyasuvar (B) 3-3-06
----- Fizuli (B) 3-3-06
----- Tartar (H) 3-9-06 (1 dead)
----- Baku (Dog) 3-15-06
-- Belgium (B) 10-?-05 (imported eagles)
-- Bosnia/Herzegovina (B) 2-17-06
-- Bulgaria
----- Bourgas (B) 2-13-06
----- Nova Zagora (B) 2-17-06 &
----- Sliven (B)
----- Sofia (B)
----- Vidin (B) 2-3-06,
-- Cambodia (B) 1-24-04 (H) 2-?-05 (WHO - 4 cases/4dead)
----- Kompong Cham (B) 2-6-06
-- Croatia (B) 10-26-05
----- Draz (B) 3-3-06
----- Pantana (B) 3-14-06
-- Cyprus (B) 1-30-06
-- Denmark (B) 3-15-06
-- France
----- Ain (B) 2-18-06
----- Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts (B) 3-5-06
----- Birieux (B) 3-8-06
----- Marlieux (B) 3-3-06
----- Prevessin-Moens (B) 2-28-06
----- Saint Marcel en Dombes (B) 2-28-06
----- Villars les Dombes (B) 3-6-06
-- Georgia (Europe)
----- Khelvachaurskeyeo
-------- Adliya (B) 2-23-06
-- Germany (B)
----- Baden Wuerttemberg (B) 2-24-06
----- Bodensee (B) 3-1-06
----- Femerne island (B) 3-2-06
----- Lower Saxony (B) 3-5-06
----- Mannheim (B) 3-3-06
----- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Ruegen Island) (B) 2-14-06 (Cat 2-28-06) (Stone Marten 3-8-06)
----- Schleswig-Holstein (B) 2-24-06
----- Singen, Germany (B) 3-7-06
-- Greece
----- Paralia-Katerini (B) 1-30-06
----- Asprovalta (B) 2-3-06
----- Fanari (B) 2-06-06
----- Polychrono (B) 2-10-06
----- Central Markrygialos (B) 2-11-06
----- Paralia-Katerini (B) 2-11-06
----- Thessaloniki (B) 2-11-06
----- Stavos (B) 2-12-06
----- Epanomi (B) 2-13-06
----- Nea Pella (B) 2-13-06
----- Amoliani Island (B) 2-14-06
----- Halkidiki Peninsula (B) 2-21-06
----- Lagadas (B) 2-21-06
----- Rhodopes (B) 2-21-06
----- Skyros (B) 2-21-06
----- Evros (B) 2-28-06
----- Rodopi (B) 2-28-06
-- Hungary (B) 2-15-06
----- Nagybaracska (B) 2-04-06
----- Csatalja (B) 2-04-06
----- Szentendre (B) 3-1-06
-- India (B,H)
----- Maharashtra (B) 2-18-06 (H) 2-22-06
-------- Jalgaon
----------- Hated (B) 3-14-06
----------- Marul (B) 3-14-06
----------- Salve (B) 3-14-06
----------- Sawada (B) 3-14-06
-- Indonesia (B) 2-2-04 (H) 7-?-05 (WHO 29 cases/22 dead)
----- Bali Island
-------- Padang Sambian Village (B) 10-26-05
----- Batam (B, H) 3-2-06
----- Central Java (H)
-------- Surakarta (H)
----- East Java
-------- Madium (H)
-------- Malang (H)
----- Jakarta (B, H)
----- Kediri (B) 10-8-05
----- Riau Islands
-- Iran (B) 2-14-06
-- Iraq (B) (H) 1-2-06 (WHO 2 cases - 2 dead)
-- Israel
----- Negev (B) 3-16-06
------- Amioz (B) 3-20-06
------- Kibbutz Nir Oz (B) 3-20-06
----- Beka'ot (B) 3-22-06 (results "appear to be positive")
-- Italy (B) 2-11-06
-- Japan (B) 1-?-04
-- Kazakhstan (B) 8-2-05
-- Kuwait (B) 11-11-05 (migratory flamingo)
-- Laos (B) 1-27-04
-- Malaysia (B) 8-?-04
----- Selangor 2-20-06
-- Mongolia (B) 8-12-05 (Bar-headed goose, Whooper Swans)
----- Tengjiaying Village (B) 10-14-05
-- Myanmar
----- Mandalay (B) 3-13-06
-- Pakistan (B) 2-26-06
----- Abbottabad (B) 2-27-06
----- Charsada (B) 2-27-06
-- Poland
----- Bydgoszcz (B) 3-11-06
----- Kostrzyn (B) 3-11-06
----- Swinoujscie (B) 3-11-06
----- Torun (B) 3-5-06
-- Romania (B) 10-15-05
----- Agighiol (B) 12-3-05
----- Albesti (B) 12-27-05
----- Borcea (B) 3-5-06
----- Braiesti (B) 12-13-05
----- Braila (B) 10-7-05
----- Buzau (B) 10-7-05
----- CA Rosetti (B) 10-15-05
----- Calarasi (B) 10-7-05
----- Caraorman 10-?-05
----- Ceamurlia de Jos (B) 10-4-05
----- Cetate (B) (2005-2006?)
----- Constanta
-------- Ostrov (B) 2-17-06
-------- Topraisar (B) 2-?-06
-------- Vlahi (B) 2-?-06
----- Crisan (B) 12-3-05
----- Dunarea (B) 3-14-06
----- Ialomita (B) 10-7-05
----- Konstanca
-------- Cherna Voda (B) 3-13-06
----- Lake Razim (B) 10-31-05
----- Maliuc (B) 10-7-05
----- Mangalia (B) 3-9-06
----- Odaile (B) 12-?-05
----- Padina (B) 12-13-05
----- Sarina Suf (B) (2005-2006?)
----- Scarlatesti (B) (2005-2006?)
----- Tulcea (B) 10-7-05
----- Vadu Oii (B) 10-31-05
----- Vaslui County (B) 10-?-05
----- Valea Nucarilor (B) 3-14-06
-- Russia (B) 7-23-05
----- Adygea (B)
----- Altai Territory (B) 10-12-05
-------- Grjaznova Village (B) 10-31-05
-------- Novichiha Settlement (B) 10-27-05
-------- Pokrovka Village (B) 10-26-05
----- Astrakhan (B) 3-7-06
----- Chechnya
-------- Achkhoi-Martan (B) 3-1-06
----- Chelyabinsk
-------- Shatrovo Village (B) 10-31-05
-------- Sunaly Village (B) 10-22-05
----- Dagestan (B) (2006)
----- Gilyazi (B) 2-?-06
----- Kabardino-Balkaria (B)
----- Kalmykia (B)
----- Kurgan (B) 10-?-05
-------- Polovinnoe Village (B) 10-29-05
----- Krasnodar (B) 2-28-06
----- North Osetia-Alanii (B) 3-7-06
----- Novosibirsk (B)
----- Omsk
-------- Novosanzharovka (B) 11-3-05
-------- Rozovka Settlement (B) 10-27-05
----- Stavropol (B) 3-10-06
-------- Izobilnensky
-------- Kislovodsk
-------- Neftekumsky
-------- Shpakovsky (B) 3-11-06
-------- Vladimir (B) 3-11-06
----- Tambov Region
-------- Ioujniï Village (B) 10-21-05
-------- Morshansk (B) 10-24-05
-------- Morshanskogo (B) 10-24-05
-------- Streltsy Settlement (B) 10-26-05
----- Tyumen (B) 8-30-05
----- Tula Region
-------- Yandovka settlement in (B) 10-17-05
-- Saudi Arabia (B)
-- Serbia & Montenegro (B) 2-16-06
----- Sombor (B) 3-9-06
-- Slovakia (B) 2-16-06
----- Gabcikovo (B) 2-23-06
----- Sturovo (B) 2-16-06
-- Slovenia (B) 2-12-06
-- South Korea (B) 12-19-03 (H) ?-03
-- Sweden (B) 2-28-06
----- Faro (B) 3-15-06
----- Gotland
-------- Farosund (B) 3-16-06
-------- Sjaustru (B) 3-10-06
----- Karlskrona (B) 3-3-06
----- Nyköping (B) 3-14-06 (Owl)
----- Oskarshamn (B) 3-3-06
----- Oxelösund (B) 3-8-06
----- Simperarp (B) 2-24-06
----- Stockholm (B) 3-20-06
----- Torhamn (B) 3-17-06
-- Switzerland
----- Feuerthalen (B) 3-15-06
----- Geneva (B) 2-26-06
----- Kreuzlingen (also known as Bodensee) (B) 3-1-06
-------- Allensbach (B) 3-3-06
----- Ramsen (B) 3-3-06
----- Schaffhausen (B) 3-3-06
----- Stein (B) 3-3-06
-- Taiwan (B) 10-?-05 (consignment of smuggled birds)
-- Thailand (B) (Tigers 1-23-04) (H) 9-?-04 (WHO 22 cases/14 dead)
----- Nakhon Nayok (H) 2-19-06
-- Turkey (B) 10-13-05 (H) 1-1-06 (WHO - 12 cases/4 dead)
----- Adiyaman (B) 2-10-06
----- Aralik (B) 1-3-06
----- Balikesir
-------- Manyas Lake (B) 10-1-05
----- Bartin (B) 2-10-06
----- Burdur (B) 1-31-06
----- Catalca (B) 3-3-06
----- Dogubeyazıt (H) 1-5-06
----- Eskisehir (B) 1-31-06
----- Mardin (B) 2-10-06
----- Malatya (B) 1-31-06
----- Rise (B) 2-17-06
----- Samsun (B) 2-12-06
----- Silivri (B) 3-3-06
----- Tokat (B) 2-12-06
-- UK (finches in quarantine) (B) 10-?-05
-- Ukraine (B) 12-5-05
----- Crimea
-------- Predmostnoye (B) 1-20-06
-------- Primorskii (B) 1-9-06
-------- Sevastopol (B) 1-18-06
-------- Solnechnoye (B) 1-12-06
-------- Tsvetochnoe (B) 1-31-06
-------- Zolotoye Pole 1-20-06
-- VietNam 1-8-04 (H) 12-?-04 (WHO - 93 cases/42 dead)
----- Dong Thap (B) 10-3-05
----- Bac Lieu
-------- Hong Dan (B) 10-18-05
----- Bac Giang
-------- Viet Yen (B) 10-25-05
-------- Yen Dung(B) 10-25-05


Confirmed H5 - strain unknown - 6 countries

-- Bosnia/Herzegovina
----- Srednjobosanski (B) 2-16-06
-- Ethiopia
----- Endibir (B) 2-28-06
-- Germany
----- Bavaria (B) 2-28-06
----- Brandenburg (B) 2-25-06
-- Switzerland
----- Thurgau (B) 3-4-06
----- Zurich (B) 3-4-06
-- Zimbabwe (Peacock & Ostrich) 12-9-05

bluepulse Blogger widget

We just heard from the Ozzie developers at bluepulse that they've whipped up a Blogger widget for their mobile phone platform; here are a few details from their post about it:
Supports HTML, so you can link to a site, another post, or another blog from your post
Supports multiple Blogger blogs.
Create a new post, or edit an existing post from the widget and republish it
Save a post as a draft and then edit and publish it from the widget or your desktop laterCheck it out!