Blogging at the extremes of Asia

Word on blogging from two of the extremes of our Asia/Pacific territorytoday with a lengthy piece in USC Annenberg's Online Journalism Review about how online forums and bloggers have become vital media outlets in Bahrain. Meanwhile, down-under the Australian newspaper reports that the behemoth of the Australian internet, nine msn (a possibly unholy alliance between Kerry Packer's Channel 9 and Microsoft) is claiming 100,000 users after a month online for its bloggers home Spaces.