Remember upgrading your 14.4 modem to a 56k one? Or when you first surfed the web on broadband? Here's a comparison of popular Internet connection speeds, and more traditional means you could use to move the data:
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It would be legitimate to think that with the US coming out of a recession, shoppers would be more pre-occupied with the economic downturn than saving the planet, and according to the fifth annual ImagePower Green Brands Survey that appears to be the case, although there is a growing concern for green practices.
Money issues, Especially keeping up with routine bills and carrying debt are, By FAR, The things that young people worry about most in life. Check out these fascinating survey results.
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The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.
The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.
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Facebook’s demographics have changed dramatically in the last several years and site is now attracting more older users. And, this got us thinking: why did this never happen to Myspace? This graphic illustrates some of the trends across the two sites, and highlights some of their distinct differences, which especially with regards to features, may help to explain why Myspace never ‘grew up’.
Common sense dictates that while operating a piece of machinery capable of killing you and others around you, the timing is probably not the best for focusing on text conversations or emails. Common sense apparently hasn’t taken hold as the infographic clearly depicts.
Who is driving while texting?
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What exactly is going on with all the oil spewing into the Gulf, biologically speaking? MSNBC explains in a series of graphics
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Early attempts at using windmills to create electricity were quite successful, but the energy provided could not compete with the output of a fossil fuel burning plant and the technology was widely abandoned. Recently, as global warming has increased and oil supplies have decreased, wind power is being looked at again as a clean energy source.