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    Weekly Roundup: Moore’s Law vs. the Law of the Jungle

    The last telegram in India will go out on Monday. For many Indians, this is a little more than a nostalgic goodbye, much like the end of Kodak’s Kodachrome film here a few years ago. For others, particularly those across the rural landscape, there is no cell tower, there is no Internet connection - at least not yet. These are the folks caught between the old and the new worlds, and despite massive adoption of mobile technology, about 74 percent of the country is still without a cell phone.

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