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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

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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

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Newsgroup Posts Story On First Successful Teleportation Of Objects

The long-range teleportation barrier has already been broken multiple times, but the information being transported, such as a single quantum bit (qubit), has always been relatively small, usually between two photons. This time around, as USENET space related newsgroups report,...

November 16, 2012

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U.S. May Regain Title For Fastest Supercomputer

Posted recently on USENET newsgroups, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, part of the US Department of Energy, has announced that its three-year Titan supercomputer project is complete. The supercomputer can handle 20,000 trillion calculations a second, which in computing language...

October 30, 2012

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ThunderNews Reaches 1500 Days Article Retention

ThunderNews has reached yet another milestone: 1,500 days of retention! We expect retention to continue to grow over time as we strive to bring our customers the very best Usenet newsgroup experience. If you’re already a member, congratulations, you already...

September 24, 2012

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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Not Worried About Microsoft 8

Should you worry that Microsoft 8 isn’t all that great? Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer isn’t. In fact, when asked about his company’s plan should the new operating system not “take off”, Ballmer brushed it off, responding, “You know, Windows 8 is...

September 21, 2012

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Windows 8 90-Day Trial Available

IT professionals and developers may now download the latest Microsoft operating system, Windows 8. Downloads are available through Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet to subscribers. The general public will have access to the new OS on October 26. However, a...

August 20, 2012

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DNSChanger Server Shut-Off Goes Smoothly, According to ISPs

For about eight months, the FBI had kept temporary servers operating so that users whose computers were infected with a DNSChanger computer virus would not lose internet access. On July 9, the FBI shut off the servers, and some...

August 8, 2012

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Newsgroups Reveal Microsoft Office Soon Available on iOS and Android

Rumors of Microsoft Office soon to be available for the iPad (and other products using iOS) and Android tablets are not completely new, but now USENET newsgroups are citing a source in claiming a November release for the new Office...

May 24, 2012

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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