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Newsgroups: Top Tech of 2009

Technology certainly delivered a shock and awe campaign thru the year. With both new and upgraded version of tech unveiled, 2009 saw some real greats as well as some questionable applications and hardware. A great source to find out about...

December 30, 2009

General Technology Usenet

FCC Broadband Plan May Effect USENET Access For Some

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday laid out a rough draft of its national broadband plan after weighing through 66,000 pages of written comments, 27 public notices, 100 items posted on its “blogband” web site, and 700 blog comments posted...

December 17, 2009

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ThunderNews extends USENET Status Updates to Social Networks

ThunderNews.com, a leading provider of Usenet, has announced today that it will extend its support and status updates to include Facebook and Twitter. The two social networks will provide an additional channel to communicate to members as well as offer...

December 11, 2009

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AT&T May Want More Money To Access Newsgroups

Moving closer to charging special rates for data usage, AT&T is looking to charge more to access data. Especially concerning accessing USENET newsgroups on the go, the plan can have some damaging affects for some subscribers.

December 9, 2009

General Technology

Twitter Founder Is Making It Hip To Be Square

Newsgroups report that the new company, Square, will give practically anybody the ability to accept payment cards without having to go through a costly credit card processing service. Instead, the service will offer its users the ability to use their...

December 2, 2009

General Science Technology Usenet

CERN Hadron Collider Back Online Causes Newsgroup Spike

Science, Physics, Chemistry, Astrological and even more themed newsgroups are all about the Hadron Collider again. The world's most powerful particle accelerator, designed to recreate the Big Bang of the universe, has been restarted after more than a year of...

November 24, 2009

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Verizon Offers Free High-Speed DSL For 6 Months

The ISP is offering big incentives toonline users who make a switch to Verizon’s High Speed Internet. Verizon plans to offer free DSL to its customers during the holiday season.

November 17, 2009

General Technology Usenet

Google Offers Free Wi-Fi To Access USENET Newsgroups

Google has announced that they will offer free Wi-Fi at approximately 47 major U.S. airports across the country running through January 15, 2010; ensuring that people can connect online and access newsgroups for free while they wait at airline gates...

November 12, 2009

General Science Technology Usenet

Study: USENET Newsgroups Does Not Cause Anti-Social Behavior

The project found that both the size and diversity of people's discussion networks are actually higher on average for those who participate on online social networks, like USENET newsgroups, challenging a 2006 report that blamed technology for an increase in...

November 5, 2009

General Technology

Microsoft Newsgroups: Windows 7 Is Coming!

Microsoft newsgroups are buzzing with the launch if the latest version of its Windows operating system on Thursday in a bid to “make it easier for people to do the things they want on a PC”. The new Windows 7...

October 21, 2009