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USENET Asks: Is Windows 8 A Failure?

Although most USENET newsgroup clients work well on the new OS, Windows 8 has had a tough run, and the number of people taking issue with the OS keeps growing. Now Samsung executive Jun Dong-soo has taken shots at the...

March 8, 2013

Technology Usenet

National Unplug Days Starts Tonight

After work today, the National Day of Unplugging could give you just the break from USENET you may have been desiring. The National Day of Unplugging is a 24-hour period – running from sunset to sunset – and starts tonight....

March 1, 2013

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New Windows Blue Announced On Usenet

According to some newsgroup posts, Microsoft and its Windows Blue team are gunning hard to push Windows Blue out by the end of summer. They’re both hoping to get out a public preview for Windows Blue within the coming months....

February 25, 2013

Technology Usenet

Oscar Nominees Voted For Online – Are The National Elections Next?

A long time ago, many USENET newsgroup posters predicted a time where online voting would become commonplace and for the first time ever, this year’s Oscar winners were selected online. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to...

February 19, 2013

General Technology Usenet

USENET Report States US Based ISP Speeds As Advertised

Internet service providers are continuing to deliver the speeds they advertise, as consumers migrate to faster speeds, a USENET reports. The Federal Communications Commission has released its third “Measuring Broadband America” report and finds that Internet service providers (ISPs), on...

February 16, 2013

General Technology Usenet

Online Users Demand USENET-like Anonymity

Consumer efforts to protect personal data and remain “invisible” online is leading to a “data black hole” that could adversely impact digital advertisers, according to USENET newsgroup reports. The move to seek “new tools that allow them to remain ‘invisible’...

February 6, 2013

General Technology Usenet

FCC Proposes Free USENET Super WiFi

A new FCC plan is rattling the bottom lines of wireless companies and cable outfits. It proposes a government run, free super WiFi network to connect online and to USENET that would be available in nearly every urban and rural...

February 5, 2013

General Technology Usenet

FCC Pushing For Gigabit Broadband Speeds Across America

For millions of Americans, having access to speedy Internet and USENET is still an impossibility. The FCC has promised it would fix this when it announced the National Broadband Plan in 2010. Since then, there hasn’t been much progress made...

January 22, 2013