Or she confided in you that when she leaves work for the day, she goes home to a television-free home to spend time with a cup of coffee, her husband and absolutely no connection to the internet (it must be torturous to not understand technology).

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So the 24% of households in America that have no internet connection are missing out on many things, not least information on products and prices.

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There was no Internet connection, which made my Belkin N300 USB WiFi adapter the only piece of hardware that needed to be re-installed from its CD before I had a basically operational system.

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But when things are happening live in front of a camera, the flagging feature is no protection against what anyone with an Internet connection might be able to see.

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If you want to play one of these games on the go and find yourself without an internet connection, you have no option to play offline.

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