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UK USENET Speeds On The Rise

Faster USENET access is one the rise as UK residential broadband average speeds have increased by 1.4 meg to 9.0 meg according to speed research conducted by Ofcom. The increased speeds recorded in May 2012 show an 18% increase on...

August 15, 2012

General Newsgroups Technology Usenet

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

General Technology Usenet

United Kingdom ISPs Pledge Support of Open Internet

Several internet service providers in the United Kingdom have pledged that they will provide their customers will open access to the Internet. Participants in the pledge will not restrict access to legal content and will not employ traffic controls that...

August 6, 2012

Technology Usenet

Outlook.com Replacing Hotmail as Microsoft Online Email Service Sans USENET

Not to be confused with the Microsoft Outlook program available through Microsoft Office packages, Outlook.com is an online email service in the vein of Gmail and Yahoo!, and is replacing Microsoft’s Hotmail service. But the changes go beyond simply swapping...

July 31, 2012

Technology Usenet

Google Fiber TV and Super-Fast Internet for Kansas City

Great news for USENET Newsgroup users of Residents of Kansas City! They will have the opportunity to purchase super-fast fiber-optic Internet service from Google. The service will feature 1Gbps download and upload speeds. The company has laid optical fiber in...

July 26, 2012

Science Uncategorized Usenet

New Software Allows Large Data Analysis on Personal Computers

Need to analyze big data (i.e. large computations analyzing data from a large sample)? Your own computer may now be able to help thanks to new software developed by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University. What was once the domain...

July 19, 2012

General Technology Usenet

Students Create Sign Language-to-Speech Gloves

First reported on USENET newsgroups, Ukrainian students participating in the Microsoft Imagine Cup in Sydney, Australia have revealed a new glove system called Enable Talk. The team of students, called QuadSquad, aimed to create a solution that would allow mute...

July 12, 2012

Technology Usenet

New Windows 8 OS Should be Available in New PCs Starting in October

Expect to see new Windows 8 operating system installed in new PCs by late October. Windows CMO/CFO Tami Reller told the annual Worldwide Partner Conference on Monday that the new operating system should be released to manufacturing (RTM) in August...

July 10, 2012

Technology Usenet

Could You Be Without Internet on Monday?

Unfortunately, it’s a possibility. Your connection will seem fine, but you may be unable to open your favorite websites. Why? Because of a computer virus that had circulated from 2007 until last Fall according to some USENET newsgroups. You may...

July 6, 2012

Technology Usenet

In Honor of Ray Bradbury, Error Message 451 Proposed

You might remember Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 from high school. Or perhaps you chose to read the book after reaching adulthood. But whether you’ve read it or not, most know that it is a book about censorship. The novel...

June 23, 2012