Engineers from Arqiva, which owns the transmitter, had to switch off the power supply to the transmitter to assess the damage to the structure.

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The device is also made out of 65% recycled plastics, and comes with a 0-watt hard switch that lets you cut power completely off from the monitor for zero power consumption.

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In his latest book, tech pundit Nicholas Carr put a name on a trend that's transforming information technology: As the world becomes more networked, he points out, computing power is undergoing "the Big Switch, " moving off of desktops and into massive data centers, where it's cheaper and more efficient.

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New power centres will force a new breed of politicians to switch off their pagers and think for themselves.

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And I heard an interesting comment the other week from someone connected with grid issues - that the engineers like to have a bit of wind power in the mix because wind turbines are the easiest thing by far to switch on and off.

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With no hard drive, and a switch to turn off the wireless connection (not the fastest in the world), power can be conserved.

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