If you want the fastest possible home network, you’ll want to go wired, not wireless. Download speeds for consumers using Wi-Fi stations are on average 30 percent slower than they are for users of fixed connections, because of physical barriers and interference from devices like microwaves, reports “Reuters” (http://macte.ch/CNPg4).
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By Greg Mills
As I mentioned in my article yesterday, I live in Kansas City, Kansas, where Google is planning to launch a state of the art “1 Gigabit fiber optic Internet” system as a test. As news of this development came out questions came up that are slowly finding answers. The cost per month for residential service is expected to be similar to what broadband cable Internet costs now. That is from US$30 to $50 per month.
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By Rick Sutcliffe
“The word processor is mightier than the sword” or so it has been said. (Well, the Spy just said it, didn’t he?). More than that, the words a person speaks or writes are a window on the soul — from one acquainted in the spirit with the spirit of love and truth come both; from one not so, the opposite. The lips, pen, and typing hands of the blessed yield blessings, praise, encouragement, and exhortation–a stirring to decency, honour, valour, and all things both good and sanctified.
Read MoreI like The Daily — the first iPad only, digital magazine — well enough, but to attract a large number of users and generate substantial subscription revenue, The Daily — released by News Corp. in February — will need to overcome a few obstacles with iPad owners who consume news online.
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By Greg Mills
Craig Mundie, the chief research and strategy vice president at Microsoft lowered the boom recently and caused Apple management and Steve Jobs himself to reconsider the folly of manufacturing and selling iPads. The Apple iPad has no keyboard and Mr. Mundie thinks touch screen tablet computers are just a fad that won’t last.
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