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The protests sending Iran offline

Iran witnesses multiple internet blackouts as protests against the regime intensify. Also: what does online knowledge sound like - and the last man supplying floppy disks.

This week: Iran suffers internet blackouts and mobile phone outages as protestors mount angry protests against the country's morality police. Will it help stifle dissent? Wikipedia on their competition to find the sound of all human knowledge. And how one man is still going strong in the floppy disk business.

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