We also asked him about cabling and the general market transition to USB 3.0, and he did note that USB 3.0 cables will be physically different inside.

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And how many of them are going to pick up an adaptor for their old 30 pin dock cables and peripherals to fit inside the new Lightning connector?

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Serious scholars of foreign policy will be able to have something of an inside track on US diplomacy for the years covered by these cables, at least in terms of being able to monitor some of the inputs coming into the foreign policy-making process.

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Since the government first announced its plans for the national internet in 2005, it has clearly invested a lot in state of the art technology infrastructure - fibre optic cables, and new data centres to enable many more sites to be hosted inside the country rather than abroad.

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