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Super Internet Grid to Be Switched on Along With Large Hadron Collider, Also Used to Transmit Holographic Images

THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less [...]

Computer Magazine Claims Britain’s ID cards scrapped in Favour of RFID Implants for Infants

The government is to scrap its controversial £30 voluntary ID card system in favour of having every child born in the UK implanted at birth with a free radio frequency-based (RFID) identity marker.The plan is part of a £100bn 10-year project to put the UK at the forefront of post-internet information technology. It will lead [...]