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FCC Broadband Plan May Effect USENET Access For Some

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday laid out a rough draft of its national broadband plan after weighing through 66,000 pages of written comments, 27 public notices, 100 items posted on its “blogband” web site, and 700 blog comments posted...

December 17, 2009

General Newsgroups Technology Usenet

AT&T May Want More Money To Access Newsgroups

Moving closer to charging special rates for data usage, AT&T is looking to charge more to access data. Especially concerning accessing USENET newsgroups on the go, the plan can have some damaging affects for some subscribers.

December 9, 2009

General Technology

Twitter Founder Is Making It Hip To Be Square

Newsgroups report that the new company, Square, will give practically anybody the ability to accept payment cards without having to go through a costly credit card processing service. Instead, the service will offer its users the ability to use their...

December 2, 2009

General Technology Usenet

Google Offers Free Wi-Fi To Access USENET Newsgroups

Google has announced that they will offer free Wi-Fi at approximately 47 major U.S. airports across the country running through January 15, 2010; ensuring that people can connect online and access newsgroups for free while they wait at airline gates...

November 12, 2009

General Science Technology Usenet

Study: USENET Newsgroups Does Not Cause Anti-Social Behavior

The project found that both the size and diversity of people's discussion networks are actually higher on average for those who participate on online social networks, like USENET newsgroups, challenging a 2006 report that blamed technology for an increase in...

November 5, 2009

Newsgroups Technology

Newsgroups: Net Neutrality Now!

The Federal Communications Commission last Thursday approved controversial proposed rules governing internet access during its monthly public meeting. Commissioners on all sides of the debate stressed the importance of having an open internet, and in engaging in constructive dialogue on...

November 2, 2009

Newsgroups Technology Usenet

New Finland Law: Broadband Access To Everyone

According to broadband newsgroups, the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Helsinki has pushed through a law that will force telecommunications providers to offer high speed internet connections to all of the country’s 5.5 million citizens. Starting July 2010, Finland’s...

October 14, 2009

Newsgroups Technology

T-Mobile Newsgroups: Sidekick Data May Be Permanently Lost

T-Mobile is blaming Microsoft subsidiary Danger, for a massive data loss issue for users of its Sidekick data service. Microsoft bought Danger in February of 2008 for around $500M, for Danger's Sidekick applications and services.

October 12, 2009

General Newsgroups Technology Usenet

O2 UK ISP Begins to Throttle USENET Newsgroups

If you’re in the UK and are a broadband customer of the 02 ISP, you may experience slower speeds during peak hours. O2 has announced that they will begin to throttle certain ports and protocols from 8-11pm to address bandwidth...

October 6, 2009

Newsgroups Technology

Google Newsgroups: Gmail Fail

Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine, said its e-mail program is working again after the second disruption in less than a month cut off service to some users. The latest outage from a company that...

September 24, 2009