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General Feb 26, 2010 1 min read

Virgin Media Plans To Offer 100MB Connections To USENET

UK members may be getting a speed bump when accessing USENET Newsgroups. Virgin Media, the UK's leading cable, phone and internet service provider, has announced it will begin the roll-out of a 100Mb broadband service, t

General Feb 23, 2010 2 min read

FCC Promotes US Broadband Initiative

According to the latest study by the Federal Communications Commission, one in three people in the U.S. don't have broadband connections. In fact, only a small minority of these 93 million Americans even use the...

General Feb 17, 2010 2 min read

Happy 32nd Birthday Computerized Bulletin Board System (BBS)

On February 16, 1978, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launched the first-ever dial-up BBS in Chicago. The idea stemmed during a blizzard that kept them indoors that helped create the first electronic bulletin board and...

General Feb 11, 2010 1 min read

NewsDemon.com Newsgroups Offers Free USENET Access

NewsDemon.com Newsgroups is giving back to the community and offering University faculty and staff, media and website owner’s free access to USENET. Students, teachers, faculty and/or members of the media are now abl

General Feb 01, 2010 1 min read

NewsDemon.com Newsgroups Now Offers 50 Simultaneous Connections

NewsDemon.com Newsgroups recently upgraded its services again which now allow access to a total of 50 simultaneous connections. The connection upgrade now allows for faster connections and overall speed when accessing an

General Jan 25, 2010 2 min read

Wireless 500 MPS Connections Now Possible

Hey Newsgroups, ready for some really fast speeds? A research project conducted by Siemens, together with the Heinrich Hertz Institute, has recently broken all records for wirelessly transmitting data. By making use of w

General Jan 21, 2010 3 min read

Young Adults Online More Than Ever

According to a survey released Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, American youths are spending far more time consuming media on a daily basis than just five years ago. Young people now devote an average of 7...

General Jan 18, 2010 1 min read

Twitter Threat Treated As Terrorism

Newsgroups hosts one of the longest running online discussion systems on the planet. As much trash talk newsgroups may have generated, not a single case has ever led to someone being banned for life from every flying aga

Entertainment Jan 11, 2010 2 min read

Newsgroups Recount CES Highlights

It's 2010 and it’s already been a long hard week for many people in Las Vegas this week, as over 100,000 people flocked to the city for the Consumer Electronics Show that ended this past Sunday. Many reports on the posit

Entertainment Dec 17, 2009 1 min read

McDonalds Now Offers Food, Folks and USENET

Not even the Dollar Menu can top this deal. Road warriors who stop at McDonald's for a quick cup of joe and/or a snack now get online and access USENET.

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