Fibre optic cable can be found in some unusual places, as this photo exploration of London's Victorian sewers reveals.
Pipe Network's Sydney to Guam fibre-optic cable, which is due to go online June next year, makes its way up out of the sea to this landing station in Cromer, where the data from the undersea cable is transferred to terrestrial cables.
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Installing cables can be difficult especially if they're 9,000 kilometres long and up several kilometres underwater. Our photo gallery gives you a look inside the 'Ile de Sein', a ship used to lay Telstra's latest fibre optic cable, which will become part of Australia's global Internet network backbone.
The second-generation Microsoft Zune media player was intended as an iPod killer, but the Zune never made the splash Microsoft had hoped it would. Which is strange, considering our inside look will reveal just how similar the two media players are.
Follow along as our daring surgeons dive inside this year's hottest personal media player.
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The Apple Mac is one of the most famous and easily recognisable personal computers ever manufactured. This photo gallery takes a look inside Mac Classic -- and what technology was like in 1991.
Canon's PowerShot S45 further blurs the line between semi-professional and keen amateur cameras. Read our Australian evaluation of this exceptional camera.
Researchers in England explore an always-on, wearable camera that could capture images automatically.
Kodak's 3.1-megapixel addition to its EasyShare line predictably focuses on ease of use rather than on camera features.
Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.
It may not be the sexiest notebook in town, but Asus' 14.1-inch laptop is Centrino 2 certified, and sports some excellent multimedia capabilities.
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