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USENET Reveals The Intel on Intel’s New TV Service

The world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductor products, Intel Corp. plans to launch a Web-based TV service for U.S.consumers, according to some newsgroups. As proposed, the plan would let consumers get their shows on any Internet-connected device without subscribing to traditional...

March 13, 2012

Technology

Windows 8 Preview Released

Staring today users of Windows 7 will be able to try out the “reimagined” Windows 8 operating system ahead of its full release. Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 for public testing on Wednesday in the hope that it will help the...

February 29, 2012

Technology

USENET Anonymity Finally Coming To The Net

Consumer protection on the Internet is getting a big boost from the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed Privacy Bill of Rights and following in the footsteps of the benefits of being anonymous on USENET newsgroups. This would give you a right to know...

February 27, 2012

Technology Usenet

Wi-Fi USENET Hotspot Growth

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) predicted on Thursday that seamless WiFi offloading solutions will begin deployment within the next 12 months, allowing better access to USENET anywhere you go. Early trials of so-called “Next Generation Hotspots” have successfully been completed,...

February 23, 2012

Technology Usenet

USENET Discuss Faster Computers

According to technology related USENET newsgroups, researchers are getting down to the atomic level in the pursuit of smaller and more powerful computers. Using a scanning-tunneling microscope (STM), the scientists were able to precisely manipulate hydrogen atoms around a phosphorus...

February 20, 2012

General Technology Usenet

Newsgroups Report Interactive Web Patent Fails In Court

There was a battle taking place in the city of Tyler, Texas that had Yahoo, Amazon, Google, YouTube and even the internet’s father himself, Tim Berners-Lee, involved in a legal dispute over the future of the World Wide Web. According...

February 10, 2012

General Technology Usenet

Newsgroups Post About Google Privacy Changes

Two days after Google announced a change to its privacy policy that made it clear to users that Google would now share user information with advertisers across the broad spectrum of products the company offers, lawmakers stepped in demanding answers...

January 26, 2012

General Technology Usenet

Website Blackouts In Protest of SOPA

Many leading internet companies chose Jan. 18 to register their opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, known as SOPA in the House of Representatives and PIPA in the Senate. Both pieces of legislation are...

January 18, 2012

General Technology

Global USENET Access Speeds On The Rise

Did you know that Bulgaria has the highest level of broadband adoption at 96 percent? Or that average connection speed in South Korea is 16.7 megabits per second (Mbps) versus the global average connection speed of 2.7 Mbps? These are...

January 12, 2012

General Newsgroups Usenet

Facebook Tops Search According to USENET

The social network topped the search charts in the US, accounting for just over three per cent of all searches, which was a 46 per cent rise on the year according to USENET newsgroup posts. The newsgroup post credits online...

December 22, 2011