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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

General Technology

FCC Net Neutrality May Help USENET

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today new Net Neutrality” rules that would require carriers to deliver broadband in a non-discriminatory manner and to disclose their network management policies in a transparent manner. While the FCC is a US-only...

September 21, 2009

General Technology Usenet

Microsoft Newsgroups Announces Visual Search

Today, Seattle giant Microsoft announced on their newsgroups and website the latest feature to its Bing search engine: Visual Search. The new Visual Search feature is primarily used for when you’re shopping for products. The search function allows you to...

September 14, 2009

General People

Remembering September 11, 2001

Today, many in the United States are noting and remembering the events that shaped September 11th, 2001 in the minds of countless people. When the Twin Towers were hit and started to come down, so did the range of questions...

September 11, 2009

General Science

Medical Newsgroups: Virus May Cause Prostate Cancer

Medical newsgroups are reporting a finding with potentially major implications for identifying a viral cause of prostate cancer. The report states that researchers at the University of Utah and Columbia University medical schools have discovered a type of virus known...

September 8, 2009