From desert elephants to German colonial towns, Namibia has a richness of life in even the sparsest setting -- and its remote wonders are more accessible than you think.

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Virgin said it did not have the rights necessary to offer it over 3G or 4G phone networks - although other functions such as setting a Tivo recording from a remote location would be possible via cellular connections.

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Ensconced in this timeless setting, the world around feels as remote as it must have done to medieval castle-dwellers.

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Akerman conjures a timeless literary setting by blending modernity, with its remote controls, cordless phones, and sleek cars, with anachronistic luxuries, styles, and, above all, manners.

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The long-running TV series has been narrated by the likes of former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan -- not bad for an unassuming kid's show whose setting is based on the windy and remote Isle of Man, which floats between Scotland and Northern Ireland in the middle of the Irish Sea.

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Or setting up a private cloud using tools like Remote Desktop so that all of your data is on one server instead of spread around multiple workstations?

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Throw it, and its motor engages, setting it to fly a pre-programmed route or a path guided by remote control.

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Uses range from setting up retail kiosks, seasonal storefronts, temporary offices, lottery terminals and wireline backup to remote monitoring and home healthcare.

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