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Computing, Gaming | by Samuel Axon | Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:30PM | 0 comments

NVIDIA's Tegra platform, which includes both a CPU and a GPU, has been selected as the basis for the hardware of the successor to the wildly popular Nintendo DS handheld gaming console.

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that upgrades to the standard Wi-Fi technology will enable direct connections between Wi-Fi enabled devices without a WLAN router in between, with a maximum radius of 300 feet. The technology is expected to debut in the middle of 2010.

The Finnish government has passed a law that guarantees broadband internet access to all 5.5 million residents of the country. It's the first country to guarantee its citizens broadband — an impressive feat, considering that many other countries are struggling to guarantee much more basic needs.

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