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Why people living on a farm in the geographical center of the United States were repeatedly accused of crimes they did not commit.

Interesting article!

Networking basics include switches and routers, which can help your business share applications, speed information access, and enhance customer service.

The technology provides an innovative alternative to bricks-and-mortar schooling, enabling personal learning, interactive learning and many-to-many learning. The cloud also allows students to interact and collaborate with an ever-expanding circle of their peers, regardless of geographical location.

How to wire your own ethernet cables and connectors. You can find bulk supplies of ethernet cable at many computer stores or most electrical or home centers. You want UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) ethernet cable of at least Category 5 (Cat 5).

This article was extremely interesting, and it was really relevant to the CMST250 class, especially with the Lab02 being about Ethernet cables. It appears to me that the T568A and T568B could be used interchangeably since the same pins on the RJ45 connector are used for the same things, regardless of the fact that different wires are used within the cables. I wonder if that is the case; do you know, Ashley?

Google today announced that it wants to fix your home Wi-Fi, but internally, it has long been working on far more complex networking issues. To connect the hundreds of thousands of machines that make up a Google data center, you can't just use a few basic routers and switches.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is at the center of an historic debate over how we'll all use the Internet. Fans applaud a consumer-friendly approach. Critics say he'll strangle innovation. Both sides agree he's not afraid to do what he thinks is right.

The new Microsoft, under the leadership of Satya Nadella, is making surprising and positive moves. The company just announced a Linux powered operating system for data center networking. Kamala Subramaniam, Principal Architect, Azure Networking wrote on the company blog, "The Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) is our foray into building our own software for running network devices like switches.