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Wayback Machine Celebrates Milestones on USENET

Thee Internet Archive today announced a massive milestone for its Wayback Machine: 400 billion indexed webpages. The data encompasses the Web as it looked anytime from late 1996 up until a few hours ago. To celebrate the milestone, the Internet...

May 27, 2014

SSD Technology Is Getting Faster According To USENET

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SSD Technology Is Getting Faster According To USENET

A post on technology USENET newsgroups details the announcement of the Japanese team at Chuo University that have made a breakthrough in SSD technology which will make a great drive all the better. The team has found a software/firmware solution...

May 23, 2014

General Newsgroups

Empire Of Data Caps Strike Back

Data caps for US ThunderNews customers may be a reality again from their ISP. A Comcast executive said that he is confident the company will roll out usage-based data pricing nationwide once it completes a series of “robust” trials it...

May 14, 2014

General Newsgroups

Symantec Claims Antivirus Is Dead On USENET

Symantec, maker of the widely used Norton Antivirus software suite, has declared that antivirus technology “is dead”. The company’s senior vice president of information security Brian Dye has been quoted on USENET that hackers were not only finding new ways...

May 8, 2014

General Newsgroups

USENET Reports On New 185TB Tapes

There was a time, in computing’s not-so-distant past, where magnetic tape was the best way to back up large amounts of data. In the mid-90s, tape could store tens or hundreds of gigabytes, while hard drive capacities were still mostly...

May 7, 2014

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ThunderNews SSL Patched For Heartbleed

Last week, we learned about a potential security exploit called “Heartbleed” on some websites that use an SSL to secure customer information. The problem affects a piece of software called OpenSSL, used for security on popular web servers. With OpenSSL,...

April 20, 2014

General Usenet

Chrome Remote Desktop Allows You Control Of Your USENET Newsreader At Home

Good news for Android users: You can now access your PC desktop and your USENET newsreader computer directly via your smartphone or tablet. Google announced the launch of Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android this week, which lets you access...

April 17, 2014

General Technology Usenet

Corning Releases 5Gbps USB 3.0 Cables

Move over, eSATA. Corning’s new optical USB 3.0 cables are finally on sale as discussed on popular newsgroups, and they can move data faster than you could ever hope to. Almost twice as fast, as a matter of fact. eSATA...

April 12, 2014

General

Seagate Sets New Standard With 6TB Drive

Seagate Technology is now shipping what it claims is the world’s fastest 6TB hard disk drive designed for hard core users and data centers. Version 4 of the Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD delivers supersize storage and enterprise reliability to...

April 9, 2014

General Usenet

ThunderNews Patch Prevents Heartbleed Vulnerability

ThunderNews has patched all SSL encryption channels and users are not at risk of the Heartbleed vulnerability. The recently discovered security weakness allows evildoers to steal the information that is normally protected by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure communication...

April 8, 2014

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Wayback Machine Celebrates Milestones on USENET

SSD Technology Is Getting Faster According To USENET

Empire Of Data Caps Strike Back

Symantec Claims Antivirus Is Dead On USENET

USENET Reports On New 185TB Tapes

ThunderNews SSL Patched For Heartbleed

Chrome Remote Desktop Allows You Control Of Your USENET Newsreader At Home

Corning Releases 5Gbps USB 3.0 Cables

Seagate Sets New Standard With 6TB Drive

ThunderNews Patch Prevents Heartbleed Vulnerability

Thundernews Independence Week Sale

ThunderNews Announces Upgrades for Full Header Depth

Wayback Machine Celebrates Milestones on USENET