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    • 'The grid' may replace 'the internet'

      The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new "grid" system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections. Scientists in Switzerland have developed a lightning-fast replacement to the internet that would allow feature films and music catalogues to be downloaded within seconds, and the human brain to be downloaded into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where your only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.

      (edit: I may have nicked that last bit about downloading brains from the synopsis to the movie 'Tron'. Zing!)
      The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new "grid" system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections. Sci... more

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