Thee Internet Archive today announced a massive milestone for its Wayback Machine: 400 billion indexed webpages. The data encompasses the Web as it looked anytime from late 1996 up until a few hours ago. To celebrate the milestone, the Internet...
A post on technology USENET newsgroups details the announcement of the Japanese team at Chuo University that have made a breakthrough in SSD technology which will make a great drive all the better. The team has found a software/firmware solution...
Good news for Android users: You can now access your PC desktop and your USENET newsreader computer directly via your smartphone or tablet. Google announced the launch of Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android this week, which lets you access...
Move over, eSATA. Corning’s new optical USB 3.0 cables are finally on sale as discussed on popular newsgroups, and they can move data faster than you could ever hope to. Almost twice as fast, as a matter of fact. eSATA...
ThunderNews has patched all SSL encryption channels and users are not at risk of the Heartbleed vulnerability. The recently discovered security weakness allows evildoers to steal the information that is normally protected by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure communication...
After more than a decade of research, USENET posts reveal Intel’s new connector that uses light as a speedy way to shuffle data between computers is finally ready to replace slower copper cables. It’ll give network builders blistering fast transfer...
Microsoft won’t be officially releasing Windows 8.1 Update 1 until after their conference in April, but late on Thursday the company accidentally leaked the update to the public. Posted on USENET newsgroups, eager users were able to make a small...
Microsoft is still working on Office for iPad, and it could debut before July, reports USENET newsgroups. While newsgroups had reported that Microsoft was working on Office for iPhone and iPad some time ago, it ultimately only rolled out an...
ThunderNews is now able to provide even further retention benefits to its customers with 2,000 days of retention on more than 140,000 active newsgroups. With over five and a half years of retention, it serves as a new mildstone for...