Third Snapped Line

   Posted in World by Amanda Roberts on Feb 1, 2008

On Wednesday, two undersea cables carrying internet cables were broken by a boat anchor. The cables stretched from Italy to Alexandria, Egypt and affected telephone and internet access throughout the Middle East. India was also affected, with its bandwidth being reduced by half, and Sri Lanka was also affected.
A third undersea cable was cut today, [...]




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The Analog TV Graveyard

   Posted in Science/Technology by Amanda Roberts on Jan 27, 2008

In this day of high definition television and LCD TVs, the mention of the word analog seems foreign and archaic. But the truth is, television sets were not required to be digital (and therefore not analog) until last year. In fact, you can still find analog televisions in stores today. So what is the big [...]




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