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Intel’s New Processor, Ivy Bridge, Offer Greater Speed, Efficiency

Intel’s new Ivy Bridge line of processors is the first to include features at 22 nanometers. Other chips offer feature as small as 32 nanometers, and Intel’s new processors allow transistors on the chips to be more densely arranged. The...

May 15, 2012

Technology Usenet

Disney Researching Screen-Less Touch Technology

Science fiction movies are becoming closer to reality; or rather reality is catching up with science fiction. Disney Research is developing a new technology called Touché that uses your body and other objects as in place of a touch screen....

May 9, 2012

Technology Uncategorized Usenet

Newsgroups Report That More Than 20K HTTPS Sites Insecure

According to a newsgroup posting, Ninety percent of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS-enabled websites are vulnerable to known types of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) attack, according to a report released Thursday by the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), a nonprofit organization...

April 27, 2012

Technology Usenet

Inaugural Internet Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced

The names of the inaugural Internet Hall of Fame inductees were announced today at the Internet Society’s Global INET 2012 conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Internet pioneers and luminaries from around the world gathered at the conference to mark the Internet...

April 23, 2012

General Technology

USENET Discuss Ancient Texts Going Online

More world literature just got its door kicked open digitally. For the first time scholars will be able to compare material kept in the separate collections for centuries, according to USENET newsgroups. The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and the Bodleian Libraries...

April 16, 2012

General Technology Uncategorized Usenet

Tablets May Bring USENET To More Of The Masses

USENET may be coming to more than a million children across 42 countries. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is going to debut a $100 tablet at CES, which is a follow-up product to their low-cost laptop according to technology USENET...

April 3, 2012

Service Alerts Service Upgrades Technology Usenet

Virgin Media Begins To Throttle USENET Newsgroups

Virgin Media has introduced new throttling “trigger levels” for customers who make heavy use of its network. The updated policy was brought into place yesterday and will throttle both download and upload speeds if users go beyond a usage allowance....

April 3, 2012

General Technology

ExaFLOP Computers May Make USENET Even Faster, Richer

A new era in computing that will see machines perform at least 1,000 times faster than today’s most powerful supercomputers is almost upon us. By the end of the decade, exaFLOP computers are predicted to go online heralding a new...

March 29, 2012

General Technology Usenet

One Minute In The Online World

Few things in technology have been as transformative as the Internet. It has reshaped business and in some cases, made industries redundant. Don’t believe it? Think about what’s happened to neighborhood video rental stores now that we have Netflix and...

March 26, 2012

General Usenet

USENET Reports An End To The Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica will switch to an all-digital format, bringing its 244-year printing history to a close, as reported on USENET newsgroups. It’s time to concentrate on expanding coverage for digital consumers rather than continuing to print the heavy, relatively expensive...

March 14, 2012