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BBC Tech Tent: How a tumbling cow is a webpage crash in west Africa

Colin Baker September 24, 2014
...Plus, what a server crash and a lopsided cow share in common when it comes to translating the Mozilla web browser in Mali. And technology start-ups with the need for speed. We hear from entrepreneurs trying to woo venture capitalists in the business of motor-sport. 
 
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p025n89v
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