First tests have been spotted with immense data speeds in the
upcoming LTE generation. Not less than 3.67GB/s have been
recently reached in a field test in Zurich. Huawei has tested the
thoughput of a 5G cell using multiple devices.

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Netflix already got more expensive in the USA. Meanwhile
the prices in Europe have been risen as well. But just six
months later, Netflix rises prices again. Netflix states that
the higher prices result from a lot more investments…

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LTE Advanced (5G) is proceeding fast. Today Switzerland has
finished the auction-sale of the frequency bands used for 5G
to the three major mobile providers (Swisscom, Salt, Sunrise).
But as always there are doubters who think, 5G is bad for us!

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On October 24th a new temperature record in
Locarno, Ticino (Switzerland) has been recorded
While the thermometer was still reading 23.1 °C
at 5:30am, the temperature rose to 30.1 °C later!

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When it comes to supercomputers, there are
challenges all over the world. If you take a look
at the TOP500 list then you’ll see that Asia and
USA are currently fighting for Rank 1 on this list.

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The weather is merciless. For weeks the
temperature is always above 30 degrees
and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end
soon. But some refreshment would be good!

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Well, it seems as if Intel faces new challenges. As of yesterday
Apple has announced that it won’t use Intel’s 5G modems in
it’s Apple product portfolio in 2020. So Intel is now reducing
production capacity significantly as other brands do not…

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Now the statistics are official: Rendezvous bern 2012 has attracted no
less than 500’000 spectators have seen the lightshow that illuminated
the federal parliament building in Bern in 2012 and 2011. In 2011
330’000 people have watched the lightshow. A good result!

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So Tina Turner finally has decided to get the swiss passport and also become
swiss citizen. Living for over 20 years in Küsnacht (Zurich), Tina Turner has
enjoyed the decent respect she got in Switzerland. No picturehunters at her
doors waiting for a shot. And swiss fans didn’t bother her every time.

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Long awaited, LTE finally goes online and allows owners of appropriate
hardware to surf the internet with tremendous speeds. However owners of
the iPhone will still not be able to hop on as the hardcoded baseband does
not yet understand the LTE band. And it’s not sure when it’ll be done.

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Things could not be worse between Germany and Switzerland. The object of
desire: Money! Germany wants of it… lots of it and from Switzerland. As
Germany suspects Switzerland of holding lots of financial ressources from
german citizen who don’t declare their money to the Finance departement.

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And again there are 43 billion Euro for the rescue of Greece so that it doesn’t
have to leave the financial union. While Greece is happy about how the things
finally turned for them, most other countris and their people get upset more
an more. Why is so much money burnt in a country that wastes it so much?

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As already posted last year, Starlight Events has again taken the idea to make
the Bundeshaus Bern a giant screen. This year’s show deals with the topic
technics, science, lifestyle of Switzerland. An impressive lightshow is ahead of
you. This show is 22 minutes long. Simply said: Fascinating and enchanting!

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Someting that can be considered quite rare these days is, when snow comes
down in October. Much rarer when the amount of snow hits 15cm within one
night. Exactly this has happened this night. Now one could say: “Nothing
special, happens often at my place” – But is yours only 550m above sea level?

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The times change, as it does in the internet (speeds, availability) and also TV.
While many cable service providers have a crypted basic cableTV service or
at least only viewable if you own hardware from the certain provider, here
in switzerland, the UPC cablecom is going to change things now.

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As you may have noticed already, I am also blogging about great technical
achievements. The one I am posting about right now is one of such. In this
case an old building at Zurich main station has to be moved by 60 metres to
make room for more tracks to the main station. This timelapse shows the…

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Ever wondered what a sunrise and sunset on the Jungfraujoch, the highest
mountain in the Bernese upper lands looks like? Seems as if Switch fulfills
your dream of your imagination and installed a high-resoluting camera at
the Sphinx laboratory on the Top of Europe.

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The weather in Switzerland could not be more different. While
villages in higher regions are almost cut off from the rest of the
country due to heavily snow-blocked roads, in other regions a
storm called “Andrea” brought rain and heavy winds.

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After a real fancy night out. I am back to the business and keep this place busy as always.
Hope you all have enjoyed New Year’s Eve and slipped into 2012 without any problems.
My “night” ended at 06:30 and gave me the chance to get home with the public
transportation service and not by taxi (which is awfully expensive in Switzerland!)

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A rough day for the Euro is coming ahead. Within 10 days the currency will
again face a very rough wind as Italy has announced that it will probably need
400 billion(!) Euro out of the rescue bond. This is more than double the money
Greece has claimed! So what will be the result out of this?

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As I have already posted some videos on lightshows in Dresden and Prague, I was
finally able to witness such an event myself in Bern. The Bundeshaus is the stage.
The 17 minutes presentation shows the history of Switzerland and how the swiss
confederation assembled over the years. Spectacular to see!

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Today is the Swiss national Day: But what exactly was on the first day of August?
This historical specific date marked the initial beginning of the Swiss
confederacy. Earler, namely in 1291, a significant event has been held at
that specific date that has been remembered with a national holiday until today.

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As you might already know, the world economy is very upset…
Bad messages every day about some country facing a complete
financial bankruptcy or at least payment difficulties and the cry
for help…

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