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The Gathering 2012 to bring world's fastest internet to Norway, leave Swedish laundry out to dry Mar 2nd 2012, 06:49 Dreamhack's record breaking 120Gbps connection was fast enough to replace a certain household appliance, but next to what's Norway's cooking up it looks almost antiquated. The Gathering, Norway's annual week-long LAN party, plans to set a new world record for the "fastest internet access in the universe" with a 200Gbps connection. "No way we would let the Swedes keep the lead on this," says Gathering head of information Simon Eriksen Valvik, "we didn't just raise the bar a little, we moved it a story up." The connection is reportedly faster than the combined bandwidth of Thailand, and will be capable of downloading 5,120 songs a second. Don't bee too envious though, the ludicrously quick network is only temporary. Representatives from Altibox, the Norwegian network that's partnering with The Gathering to break the record, say that Norway simply doesn't have the capacity to support these kinds of speeds on a day to day basis. The gap is being filled with foreign internet capacity, piped in by Level 3. Tickets for the event are already sold out, so speed freaks desperate for the fastest internet in the universe will just have to settle for the fastest internet in the neighborhood. At least until next year. The Gathering 2012 to bring world's fastest internet to Norway, leave Swedish laundry out to dry originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Digi.no  |  The Gathering  | Email this | Comments Storage Options intros Scroll Extreme, says it's 'world's most powerful tablet under £200' Mar 2nd 2012, 05:36 Sure, CES and MWC brought along a plethora of Ice Cream Sandwich slates this year. So what sort of harm can adding one more to the pile do -- especially if it claims to be the most powerful sub-£200 Android slab on the globe. Enter Storage Option's Scroll Extreme, which sports a 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display, 1.2GHz Cortex A8 CPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of built-in storage with an option to expand via microSD. Also included in the £189.99 ($303) deal are front 0.3 and 2-megapixel rear shooters, as well as allowing you to output regular and 3D content (because it knows you'll only watch Hugo on the big screen). It's also worth mentioning that your app needs have to be fulfilled by the SlideMe store (we don't blame you if you're unfamiliar), since this beast lacks the right credentials to access the Android Market. If you're brave enough to put its claims to the test, you'll have to wait until April and live in the UK to do so. In the meantime, you can flip through the glammy press shots below to catch all of its revealing angles. Gallery: Scroll Extreme press shots Continue reading Storage Options intros Scroll Extreme, says it's 'world's most powerful tablet under £200' Storage Options intros Scroll Extreme, says it's 'world's most powerful tablet under £200' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Storage Options  | Email this | Comments

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