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Newsgroups Report That More Than 20K HTTPS Sites Insecure

According to a newsgroup posting, Ninety percent of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS-enabled websites are vulnerable to known types of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) attack, according to a report released Thursday by the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), a nonprofit organization...

April 27, 2012

Technology Usenet

Inaugural Internet Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced

The names of the inaugural Internet Hall of Fame inductees were announced today at the Internet Society’s Global INET 2012 conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Internet pioneers and luminaries from around the world gathered at the conference to mark the Internet...

April 23, 2012

General Technology

USENET Discuss Ancient Texts Going Online

More world literature just got its door kicked open digitally. For the first time scholars will be able to compare material kept in the separate collections for centuries, according to USENET newsgroups. The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and the Bodleian Libraries...

April 16, 2012

General Technology Uncategorized Usenet

Tablets May Bring USENET To More Of The Masses

USENET may be coming to more than a million children across 42 countries. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is going to debut a $100 tablet at CES, which is a follow-up product to their low-cost laptop according to technology USENET...

April 3, 2012

Service Alerts Service Upgrades Technology Usenet

Virgin Media Begins To Throttle USENET Newsgroups

Virgin Media has introduced new throttling “trigger levels” for customers who make heavy use of its network. The updated policy was brought into place yesterday and will throttle both download and upload speeds if users go beyond a usage allowance....

April 3, 2012

General Technology

ExaFLOP Computers May Make USENET Even Faster, Richer

A new era in computing that will see machines perform at least 1,000 times faster than today’s most powerful supercomputers is almost upon us. By the end of the decade, exaFLOP computers are predicted to go online heralding a new...

March 29, 2012

General Technology Usenet

One Minute In The Online World

Few things in technology have been as transformative as the Internet. It has reshaped business and in some cases, made industries redundant. Don’t believe it? Think about what’s happened to neighborhood video rental stores now that we have Netflix and...

March 26, 2012

Technology

USENET Reveals The Intel on Intel’s New TV Service

The world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductor products, Intel Corp. plans to launch a Web-based TV service for U.S.consumers, according to some newsgroups. As proposed, the plan would let consumers get their shows on any Internet-connected device without subscribing to traditional...

March 13, 2012

Technology

Windows 8 Preview Released

Staring today users of Windows 7 will be able to try out the “reimagined” Windows 8 operating system ahead of its full release. Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 for public testing on Wednesday in the hope that it will help the...

February 29, 2012

Technology

USENET Anonymity Finally Coming To The Net

Consumer protection on the Internet is getting a big boost from the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed Privacy Bill of Rights and following in the footsteps of the benefits of being anonymous on USENET newsgroups. This would give you a right to know...

February 27, 2012