A submarine cable map was posted recently in a Guardian article about the ship that cut two of the cables which had the result that more than 70 million Internet were left with limited access to the Internet. The ship’s anchor cut two submarine cables which had the result that the bandwidth capacities were severely reduced.

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Subjoost is a widget for Joost that adds subtitle support to Joost. The widget can be added by downloading it to your computer and adding it from within Joost. To do that start Joost after downloading the widget and go to My Joost > Widget Menu (bottom-left) > Widget Manager and select the subjoost.joda widget after clicking on add widget.

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Ever wanted to know how to tie a Windsor knot, Reuse an old PC as a server or eavesdrop on a bluetooth headset ? If you answered that question with yes you should be heading out to Wonder How To, a website containing thousands of how to videos that explain things visually the easy way.

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I normally do not write about file hoster because most simply offer the same service using a different interface and website address. Drop.io on the other hand is pretty unique because of several features. Users do not have to signup to store (drop) their files at Drop.io and the only limitation is a maximum size of 100 Megabytes per drop.

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AT&T are currently evaluating if they should implement a system that would in effect monitor all traffic coming through their lines in an effort to stop sharing of copyrighted material on the Internet using P2P networks. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson came up with a weak analogy to prove his point: “It’s like being in a store and watching someone steal a DVD. Do you act?”

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