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5G Speeds Coming For Fast Wirless USENET Access

The world’s biggest cell-phone maker, Samsung, caused a stir last week by announcing an ultrafast wireless technology that it unofficially dubbed “5G.” And the technology has, in fact, been tested on the streets of New York. The system is impressive...

May 23, 2013

General Technology Usenet

America Speaks Against ISPs on USENET

Internet service providers are pretty awful. It seems that most Americans agree if a recent survey is to be believed. The American Customer Satisfaction Index has released its report for 2013 on USENET. This year is particularly interesting as ISPs...

May 20, 2013

General Technology

A Hack Proof Online World On Its Way?

LZeave it to the quantum physicists at Los Alamos National Labs to have run for the past two years something that sounded like science fiction: a quantum Internet that promises perfectly secure online communications. While hackers have gotten much better...

May 14, 2013

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First Online Website Announced On USENET Gets New Home

The first website ever popped onto the internet on April 30, 1993. In celebratory fashion, the site is coming back to computers everywhere. According to USENET newsgroup reports, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) plans to recreate the first...

May 6, 2013

General Technology Usenet

USENET Celebrates 20 Years Of The Web

We’re all pretty immersed with our digitally-driven lives, probably too preoccupied with our gizmos, gadgets, and social media accounts to even wonder how we got to be so technologically advanced in this day and age. Ever wonder about the Internet’s...

April 30, 2013

Technology Usenet

Online USENET Speeds On The Rise Nationally and Internationally

Akamai published its quarterly State of the Internet report on Tuesday covering global Internet speeds and Internet security from the last quarter of 2012. South Korea remained the leader in terms of Internet speeds, averaging a connection of 14 Mbps,...

April 23, 2013

Technology Usenet

The Biggest and Baddest USENET Server Ever

According to tech newsgroups, the Titan supercomputer over at Oak Ridge National Laboratory already proudly wears the mantle of being the world’s most powerful supercomputer, but you know what they say about power. Now, the Titan is set to amass...

April 22, 2013

Technology Usenet

Fastest Home Online Service Now Available In Tokyo

According to USENET, a Sony-backed ISP in Japan has launched a 2Gbps Internet service, which it said is the world’s fastest for home use. So-net Entertainment began offering its “Nuro” fiber-based service on Monday to homes, apartments, and small businesses...

April 15, 2013

Technology Usenet

USENET Reveals Apple Patent On Hybrid Notebook Tablet

Apple has filed a patent for hybrid notebook/tablet whose display can be removed from the base containing the keyboard, reports Apple related USENET newsgroups. “The patent filing includes details of a very cool display with a retractable magnetic mechanism that...

April 4, 2013

Technology Usenet

Roadrunner Supercomputer Goes Offline

With the flip of a switch on Sunday, Los Alamos National Laboratory will shut off the Roadrunner supercomputer. The five-year-old computer was the first to break the petaflop barrier, or a million billion calculations per second, and was key to...

March 30, 2013