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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...
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...
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...
New Data Cables Offer 800GBPS Speed
After more than a decade of research, USENET posts reveal Intel’s new connector that uses light as a speedy way to shuffle data between computers is finally ready to replace slower copper cables. It’ll give network builders blistering fast transfer...
From USENET: Microsoft To Release Office For iOS
Microsoft is still working on Office for iPad, and it could debut before July, reports USENET newsgroups. While newsgroups had reported that Microsoft was working on Office for iPhone and iPad some time ago, it ultimately only rolled out an...
OCZ Is Sold To Toshiba According To Usenet Newsgroups
Last week, OCZ, the makers of some very fine SSD drives that are very popular with USENET newsgroup members, had filed for bankruptcy—and Toshiba had offered to acquire “substantially all” of its assets. Now, it looks like the Toshiba deal...
Current State Of Moore’s Law Graph Posted On Usenet
Posted to a USENET newsgroup recently, a graph currently shows how true Moore’s Law has been in practice since 1971. Moore’s Law famously predicts the steady rise in the number of transistors that can fit on a computer chip. Every...
Access USENET Faster From The Sky
Are you already part of the mile-high-usenet club? It should be easier to get in now. Faster in-flight WiFi is coming! Eventually. To Virgin America’s fleet thanks to a new solution unveiled by Gogo. The system, called Ground to Orbit...
Get Faster USENET Speeds With Your Frappe
You can get faster USENET speeds with your Venti as Google is giving WiFi systems inside Starbucks stores a big shot of network caffeine by bringing in new high-speed service, which promises to be 10 times faster than the existing...