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Internet: Lights go out on two fiber backbones
A reminder on how dependent we already are on global communication networks and how quickly these can fall apart has again been provided yesterday afternoon.
Close to the Egyptian harbor of Alexandria, ships that could not enter the harbor due to weather conditions have stripped apart underwater fiber network cables for Internet and telephone communications with their anchors. The damaged cables are part of the “SEA-ME-WE 4″ fiber backbones reaching from Europe to Asia and into Africa. As a result from these damages Internet connectivity in Egypt has dropped to about 30% of the normal bandwidth and also Arabian countries as well as India have reported substantial impairments within data traffic to and from these countries…
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Opinion: David Lynch on watching movies on mobile phones
The last days we have again got the whole shebang – mainstream media praising the great idea, the movie conglomerates already counting the money (but the writers still on strike), the yay-sayers on the gadgets megasites frolocking and the pilot fish bloggers on their sites joining in with the song…
But wait a minute! What is so great about watching a movie on a cigarette box size display that was originally created to be experienced on a silver screen hundred times bigger with professional sound equipment providing the surroundings…
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OLPC: Give One Get One
MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte’s “OLPC program” has started delivering the long awaited One Laptop Per Child computers in the US and Canada.
We have recently seen how greatly these small computers were received by children in Africa and how cleverly features have been designed into it. They create mash networks between them automatically so that children can communicate with each other, can change from color to B&W so that the display is still readable outside in bright sunlight and you can – a key feature in many countries for which this computer is intended – recharge its batteries without electricity from the grid. But most importantly we’ve seen the joy and fun the children had while using the XO laptops.
So this month until November 26, OLPC is offering a “Give One Get One program” in the United States and Canada. And it works like this…
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Images: IPhone Hacks
For those who can’t wait to get “their” Apple iPhone or if you just want to get a closer look – there is a “Flickr group” with hundreds of images of iPhone screen-shots and hacks.
Have a look…
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Gadgets: Night Reflective Tires
For US company “SweezSkinz” black tires were yesterday.
Their line of bicycle tyres (BMX, cruiser, mountains, kid) are colorful during the day and reflective through the night – combining safety with style. In difference to other add-on products the rubber of these tires itself is reflective.
Have a look at some of their “patterns” below. Upper row is day-view and lower row shows how the same tires look in the night…
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Gadgets: Segway Ferrari Edition
Still looking for the latest geeky present (for your son / daughter) and a Ferrari is out of reach…
Well how about this one: The Segway PT i2 Ferrari Limited Edition
Segway has together with the famous Italian car maker Ferrari created a special limited edition version of
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