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The World Wide Web, USENET and the Internet are not the same thing. Some may be surprised to know that there is a difference. The Internet (where USENET resides) and the World Wide Web have become integral parts of our...

The state recently passed a bill to crack down on gambling in Internet cafes. In a potentially unfortunate twist for anyone using a computer or smartphone in the state, a new lawsuit alleges the wording on the bill is so...

Douglas Engelbart, the computing visionary, who invented the first computer mouse and paved the way for the internet and the information age, passed away at 88, as posted on USENET newsgroups. Born in Portland, Ore. in 1925, Engelbart obtained his...

Microsoft on Wednesday released a preview version of an update to Windows 8, aiming to address some of the gripes people have with the company’s flagship operating system online and on USENET newsgroups. On paper, the list of changes that...

Want to store lots of USENET content on your thin laptop? Well, good news as Toshiba launched the new 7 mm MQ01ABFH hybrid drive series, two drives that are packed with both hard drive platters and NAND flash memory. It’s...

Posted on USENET Newsgroups, The PlayStation 4 will launch at $399 in the US, €399 in Europe and £349 in the U.K. and will release this holiday, Sony announced. In addition to the price and time frame, Sony said that...

Is there any specific reason an ISP will need to change your IP address? What is the purpose of a dynamic IP versus a static IP? Every 6 months or so, its common that ISPs tend to change your IP....

Cisco expects global IP traffic to reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes — that’s more than a trillion gigabytes per year — by 2017. On a monthly basis, global IP traffic is expected to reach nearly 121 exabytes...