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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 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

General Usenet

USENET Reports An End To The Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica will switch to an all-digital format, bringing its 244-year printing history to a close, as reported on USENET newsgroups. It’s time to concentrate on expanding coverage for digital consumers rather than continuing to print the heavy, relatively expensive...

March 14, 2012

Technology Usenet

Wi-Fi USENET Hotspot Growth

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) predicted on Thursday that seamless WiFi offloading solutions will begin deployment within the next 12 months, allowing better access to USENET anywhere you go. Early trials of so-called “Next Generation Hotspots” have successfully been completed,...

February 23, 2012

Technology Usenet

USENET Discuss Faster Computers

According to technology related USENET newsgroups, researchers are getting down to the atomic level in the pursuit of smaller and more powerful computers. Using a scanning-tunneling microscope (STM), the scientists were able to precisely manipulate hydrogen atoms around a phosphorus...

February 20, 2012

General Technology Usenet

Newsgroups Report Interactive Web Patent Fails In Court

There was a battle taking place in the city of Tyler, Texas that had Yahoo, Amazon, Google, YouTube and even the internet’s father himself, Tim Berners-Lee, involved in a legal dispute over the future of the World Wide Web. According...

February 10, 2012

General Technology Usenet

Newsgroups Post About Google Privacy Changes

Two days after Google announced a change to its privacy policy that made it clear to users that Google would now share user information with advertisers across the broad spectrum of products the company offers, lawmakers stepped in demanding answers...

January 26, 2012

General Technology Usenet

Website Blackouts In Protest of SOPA

Many leading internet companies chose Jan. 18 to register their opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, known as SOPA in the House of Representatives and PIPA in the Senate. Both pieces of legislation are...

January 18, 2012

General Newsgroups Usenet

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