Duke University Shuts Down Usenet Server
A sad day for some as today Duke University, home of Usenet, has shut down their Usenet servers.
Cox Communications and Atlantic Broadband Discontinue Usenet Access
ccess, both Internet Service Providers have made a June cutoff date announcements. ThunderNews welcomes all customers of both Altantic Broadband and Cox Communications. Details and coupon code of the special are available on our website. The current special is applicable...
Best Usenet Newsgroup AntiVirus 2010
While browsing through Usenet newsgroups and accessing articles, a secure system offers piece of mind to make sure that the accessed post won’t make your system roast.
Coalition Targets Online And USENET Privacy Laws
A broad coalition of privacy groups and technology companies, calling itself Digital Due Process, sent a set of principles to Capitol Hill Tuesday to try and convince Congress to update digital communications privacy laws. The companies have teamed with more...
Neilson: TV Watching On Par With Online Access
The number of US TV watchers that also cruise the internet and USENET is up more than 35 percent from a year ago, according to a new report released Monday.
FCC Releases Mobile Usenet Access Speed Tester
The mobile version of the Consumer Broadband Test is available in the Apple iPhone App Store and the Android App Market. Using this tool alongside your portable newsreader can help determine and tweak Usenet access speeds.
Survey Says: Online Newsgroups Popular Platform For News
If you’re like us, you catch up on news in multiple ways – thru TV, mobile, web and of course, Usenet newsgroups. If you are, then you are also one of today’s archetypal news consumers, according to a new study...
Netflix Leads Newsgroup Inquiry on Comcast-NBC Merger
Netflix, the Web’s hottest video service, is voicing the worry that many media related newsgroups have that bandwidth providers could abuse their position as the gatekeepers of Internet access and purposely damage competing Web-video distributors. With a strong voice coming...
LTE Technology Brings Faster Wireless Broadband Speeds
The Long Term Evolution wireless broadband technology which initially boasted speeds of 20-80Mbps is expanding to new markets. The technology which benefits mostly mobile devices has been reported be different newsgroups of having mixed end results in speeds depending on...
Apple iPad Tablet To Support Newsreader?
Although Apple has never confirmed that such a device is in the works, many Apple/Mac newsgroups agree that the Apple Tablet is imminent. Steve Jobs has recently been overheard and quoted as stating that the Apple Tablet may be the...
