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My name is Dario Borghino, I'm 21 and studying telecom and software engineering at Turin's Polytechnic, Italy. Since I was a kid, I've always loved everything is connected to the worlds of science and technology as a whole, and I started writing at an early

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Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance How to check your Internet connection speed: 4 of 4
While most home PC use a (A)DSL Internet connection that is said to run at a high speed, you may have noticed that the actual speed you are experiencing is actually lower than the telephone company asserted. Not everybody knows that this is due to the fact that DSL Internet connections in general suffer a severe loss of spee... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Childhood Development How babies learn to talk: 2 of 2
Living in a polyglot family, one of the aspects that more than others trigger my curiosity is understanding the mechanisms through which people, and especially newborns, learn a new language. According to common sense, babies are less intelligent than adults, as intelligence is thought to be something that naturally grows wi... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance Best free backup utilities: 2 of 2
When introducing for the first time his 'Time Machine' back in October 2007, Steve Jobs briefly mentioned that, based on a survey made by Apple, only about 5% of PC users use an automated backup software to protect their data against hard disk failures or accidental data loss. The aim of Apple's new software would therefore ... More..