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ThunderNews Announces Upgrades for Full Header Depth

We are planning a software upgrade on February 23, 2016 to the news server software that manages messages and headers. This upgrade enables our news servers to display the full depth of headers going back 7+ years to match our...

February 23, 2016

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Google’s First Server Bill Surfaces On Usenet

An image has bee posted on USENET of Google’s first server bil. The bill, dated September 28, 1998 includes all the setup and maintenance fees Google paid to get online. The invoice lists two network connections, one 15Mbps connection with...

February 3, 2014

General Technology Uncategorized Usenet

USENET Uncovers Windows 9 Release Date

The next major Windows release is likely to be called Windows 9 and will be launched in April 2015 according to posts on Microsft related USENET newsgroups. The website reports that Microsoft will shed more light on Windows 9, currently...

January 14, 2014

General Technology Uncategorized Usenet

USENET Newsgroups Post: USB 3.1 Is Coming

In order to squeeze the ultra-fast 10Gbps USB 3.1 standard into the next gen of slim devices, the USB 3.0 Promoter group has just announced the USB Type-C connector. It’ll be similar in size to existing USB 2.0 Micro-B connectors,...

December 7, 2013

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USENET Newsgroup Posts New Record Set For Wireless Data Transfers

Think your 802.11ac router is pretty amazing? It’s got nothing on a new system created by the Franhofer Institute and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, which recently completed a 100Gbps data transmission. That’s roughly fourteen times faster than the...

October 15, 2013

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ThunderNews Now Offers Over 5 Years Of Article Retention

A recent upgrade to the Thundernews servers has now allowed us to offer all of our customers a tremendous increase in retention to over 1830 days for all USENET newsgroups. The increase in retention is yet another featured upgrade to...

August 20, 2013

General Technology Uncategorized Usenet

Google Goes Down, USENET Stays Up

Worldwide Internet traffic reportedly plunged by about 40 percent Friday night, when many of the tech titan’s services, including its trademark search engine, went dark for between 1 and 5 minutes, according to USENET newsgroup reports. The outage, which reportedly...

August 17, 2013

General Newsgroups Uncategorized Usenet

Get Faster USENET Speeds With Your Frappe

You can get faster USENET speeds with your Venti as Google is giving WiFi systems inside Starbucks stores a big shot of network caffeine by bringing in new high-speed service, which promises to be 10 times faster than the existing...

August 5, 2013

General Technology Uncategorized Usenet

300GB Of Usenet Storage Coming Soon

How much storage does a USENET newsgroup subscriber need? If you’re answer is in the range of 300GB, you’re in luck! First there was the CD, which held 700 megabytes. Then the DVD, which held 5 gigabytes. Then the Blu-ray...

July 29, 2013

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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