Why you’ll never see 200Mbps from a 200Mbps ‘Net connection


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Virgin announced the world’s fastest cable modem system this week: a 200Mbps trial it is conducting in the UK. But DSL and fiber providers are angry that cable uses these numbers, saying that they don’t reflect the shared reality of a cable network. Ars explains just what can go wrong on the way to 200Mbps.
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Posted on : May 11 2009
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Zen and the Art of Laptop Battery Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Laptop Battery Maintenance

We all own more battery powered products than ever before, and in most cases those batteries are rechargeable. Laptops, music players, phones – they all have rechargeable power packs, almost all of them using lithium.
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Posted on : May 11 2009
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