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Super-fast broadband: Coming soon to a sewer near you

A British firm called H2O Networks has spent the last 6 years developing a new way of providing faster broadband connections to its users. It utilizes the underground sewer system in order to distribute the fibre-optic cables directly to the premises. Not only is it cheaper, it takes a lot less time to implement compared to the alternative, digging up the roads.

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Stuttering Vista and Office sales:

Sales figures from Microsoft show that Vista and Office sales do not appear to be keeping pace with PC sales for the first three months of this year.

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DSL to match Cable speeds:

According to recent theoretical reports from communications regulator Ofcom, speeds on copper lines used for broadband could reach 50Mbits/sec if operators’ modems were moved from exchanges to street cabinets.

Fibre-optic cable would need to be run to the street cabinets to achieve the high speeds, but this is far cheaper than running it to the home.The top broadband speed would be available to anyone living within 2km of a cabinet, which is nearly everyone. Current modems in local exchanges provide top data rates to only 18% of homes.

HD-DVD is DEAD! Long live Blu-Ray:

The HD-DVD disk manufacturer, Toshiba, have decided to pull the plug and stop production of their hi-definition media leaving Sony’s Blu-ray as the leading hi definition movie format.

US reports indicated that Blu-ray movies were out selling its rivals by as much as 10 to 1 during the start of the year. This was also before one of the leading studios (Warner Brothers) committed to Blu-ray for its forthcoming titles.This comes as good news for consumers - because it'll finally be worth investing in a hi-def video player without the fear of being stuck with the next Betamax.

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