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Coming soon: superfast internet - Times Online - 0 views

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cern cloud computing grid internet network superfast the grid web

shared by Stephanie Sandifer on 07 Apr 08 - Cached
  • At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection,
  • the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
  • “With this kind of computing power, future generations will have the ability to collaborate and communicate in ways older people like me cannot even imagine,”
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  • “Projects like the grid will bring huge changes in business and society as well as science,”
  • “It will lead to what’s known as cloud computing, where people keep all their information online and access it from anywhere,”
  • “Holographic video conferencing is not that far away. Online gaming could evolve to include many thousands of people, and social networking could become the main way we communicate.
  • Stephanie Sandifer on 07 Apr 08
     
    The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
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