Archive for May 11th, 2009:
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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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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