And be sure to consider what happens when always-on access is distributed through home LANs.

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"Wireless LANs solve the problem of the last mile, particularly in a metropolitan area, " says Ma.

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He was at Edinburgh University's Computer Science Department in the 1970s, researching what was needed to run early Local Area Networks (LANs).

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Also, the digital imaging group can access the main network, while using virtual LANs to segment large-file traffic and avoid causing bottlenecks.

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There are 29 LANs, two WANs and, incredibly, just two support staffers, one of whom is Larry Burwell, the director of computer technology services.

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Arji Lans Bovenberg at Tilburg University in the Netherlands (born in 1958) wonders if parents should be given an extra vote at elections for each young child in their charge.

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At the same conference, ZDNet covered a talk by German researchers Enno Rey and Daniel Mende, showing how they could break the encryption on two generations of Cisco Wireless LANs.

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LANs will sooner or later encounter free-rider problems.

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Red Bull has hosted a number of LANS in New York City, Los Angeles and Florida, inviting some of the best StarCraft II and Halo: Reach players to fine-tune their skills before big league tournaments like Major League Gaming (MLG).

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