No more telex, more Vista

Time of the telex system is running out. Last week KPN downed the dutch telex network because there weren't enough customers left. Only 200 clients were still using the network that had been introduced in the Netherlands in 1933. New technologies like fax and email caused the telex to become obsolete. The first telex was designed to send text at 5 bits. The transfer speed back in 1933 was 45.5 bit/sec. Which was a rather nice achievement for that time. Now we'll never be able to send telex messages ever again.

Also US computer sales have increased by 173 percent due to Microsoft's Vista release. The increase is measured over the first week of February and compared with one year ago. Computer hardware stores are hoping to be able to fill up sales gaps left from the decrease in sales in the last quarter of 2006.