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A network of supercomputers, known as the Grid, consisting of 100,000 computers is called the latest evolution of the Internet and computer scientists will announce on Friday that it is ready to be connected to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Murad Ahmed, Times Online technology correspondent reports:

It is designed for schemes where huge quantities of data need crunching, such as large research and engineering projects. The Grid has the kind of power required to download movies in seconds, and the ability to make high-definition video phone calls for the same price as a local call. More importantly, it should help to narrow the search for cures for diseases. However, it is unlikely to be directly available to most internet users until telecoms providers build the fibre-optic network required to use it.

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