topics in distributed systems

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what do you think is an interesting topic in distributed systems.
i should pic a topic and present it on monday. at first i chose to talk about Wuala, but after reading about it, i don't think its that interesting.
so what is an interesting (new) topic in distributed systems that i can research about.
sorry if this is the wrong place to post.

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