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...which is part of the bigger, better-known Internet2 initiative -- is named after a major railhead built in Abilene, Kansas, in the 1860s. You can see the point of the analogy: The same way railroads opened up the western United States, superseding those low-tech cattle trails, this new high-tech network will supersede the laggy and unstable Internet that exists today. The present Internet was built on a network of wires that were designed only to carry voice communications -- telephones. Full-motion video takes a lot more bandwidth. The Abilene Project runs at 2.4 gigabits per second -- about...
...parts that matter; it's how they fit together that counts. Dennis Blommers, a plant manager for Magna's Decoma division, which specializes in exterior systems, has been along for much of the company's ride to success; he now oversees 300 employees who engineer and make high-tech plastic bumper covers and grilles for Chrysler, GM and Honda at a plant near the company's headquarters in Aurora, Ont., about 20 miles north of Toronto. "Each year we get more and more into what the customers are asking for," he yells over the roar and hiss of 15 molding...
...sell China products it doesn't need while restricting sales of some things it wants to buy. "If you sell us high-technology products, we will pay you royalties," he said, but warned that if we refuse to sell such products to China, it will buy them elsewhere or build them itself. "The Chinese are very smart. On our own, we developed the hydrogen and atom bombs. If you refuse to sell us satellites and other new high-tech products, we may be able to develop them by ourselves. And then we won't have to purchase yours...
...HIGH-TECH GIRL TALK...
...right there. The Apple ad makes the entrance to the station a lot nicer." Another benefit? The MBTA receives $45,000 in revenue for each three month advertising cycle. Apple, in charge of the kiosk's upkeep, outfitted the cylinder with the latest in anti-vandalism technology. Made of high-tech 3M vinyl covered with plexiglass, the surface of the ad works like nonstick coating on pans. Posters don't stay on very well and graffiti washes right...