IBM is working on something very interesting - water cooled servers and super computers. With 2% of the globes power going to produce and run computers, news levels of green savings are being found. Reported by BBC, here is an interesting look into IBM's attempts to achieve new levels of efficiencies...

It was just announced that the lifespan of the well known transpacific Southern Cross submarine cable is being extended by 5 years. A number of factors led to this decision some of which is increased customer demand. This should bode well with the impending system upgrade which is believed to be based on the new 40-Gbps technology. More details regarding this announcement can be read here...

GAO Fiber Optics just launched a new 6416 Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer. For all you fiber techies this new measurement and test instrument should provide a boost over existing equipment. For a full list of specs check out Azooptics article.

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