Category: Technology
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Quantum key distribution, human minds changing “Reality”…
The “uncrackable codes” made by exploiting the branch of physics called quantum mechanics have been for the first time sent down kilometres of standard broadband fibre. [1] This “quantum key distribution” has until now needed a dedicated fibre separate from that used to carry data. Sending faint, delicate quantum keys required dedicated, so-called “dark fibres”,…
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Pigeons win Broadband in data transfer rate. True. Scary.
Everything is a matter of perception. And it is true that the perception of the “fast Internet we cannot live without” is part of our modern culture. However it takes a small pigeon to see more clearly what your blind eyes cannot. It is true. In many occasions have pigeons won the locan Broadband Internet…
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New York Times, Internet, medium…
Staffers at the New York Times briefly walked out Monday afternoon in protest of the management’s position on contract negotiations. [1] Among others, the newspaper’s owners call for separate contracts for print and digital employees… Yes, we live in the era of “appearances”… Internet appears less… (what?) … so editors for the Internet edition of the…
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Sophos, viruses, not so “sophos”…
Sophos has admitted that it suffered a false positive incident last night when its own anti-virus software began detecting an update as malware. [1] For most people a computer virus is a “bad” thing. However few people actually understand that usual update programs actually replicate many of the functions of a computer virus, even the…
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