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Gaming Dec 30, 2011 1 min read

USENET Stats Regarding Technology Sales

Apple sold 925 iPhone 4S handsets each minute during the device’s debut weekend, and it sells 81 iPads every 60 seconds on average. Research In Motion sells 103 BlackBerry phones, Amazon sells 18 Kindle Fire tablets and...

Entertainment Dec 12, 2011 2 min read

USENET Finds The Force

If confirmed next week, this will be the biggest news in the history of physics since the birth of the Theory of Relativity: USENET newsgroups report that CERN scientists may have already found evidence of the existence...

General Nov 10, 2011 1 min read

Happy Binary Day USENET

Today, 11/01/11 (or 11/1/11 - the choice is yours) is one of a select few dates solely composed of only 0s and 1s. In fact, the year 2011 has 9 binary days, just like every other binary date-capable year. But enjoy it...

Entertainment Oct 25, 2011 1 min read

Windows XP Turns 10 On USENET

Windows XP officially turned 10 years old on USENET newsgroups on Tuesday. Microsoft introduced the software back in 2001, following development under the code name Whistler. It featured numerous enhancements compared...

General Oct 11, 2011 1 min read

FCC Plans to Bring Broadband to Rural Areas

The Federal Communications Commission plans to bring access to broadband service to Americans currently unable to take advantage of the service. The plan is to adapt the Universal Service Fund to allow the FCC to bring...

General Sep 23, 2011 1 min read

25th In Internet Speed Makes United States USENET Slower

According to a post found on USENET Newsgroups, Pando Networks has released a study of internet speeds in different countries. South Korea came in first, while the United States finished 26th according to the study. The...

Entertainment Sep 16, 2011 2 min read

Large Reward to Define Large Internet

Google wonders, 'how expansive is the world wide web?' They're giving a $1 million grant to a group to answer just that question. Founded by Tim Berners-Lee, who actually created the Internet and first announced it on...

General Sep 11, 2011 1 min read

eBook Inventor Passes Away, Remembered on USENET

Michael Hart, who invented the eBook in 1971, passed away on Tuesday, September 6 at the age of 64. You've probably heard of Amazon's Kindle, or Apple's iPad. Those products got their idea from Hart's idea, which he...

General Sep 02, 2011 1 min read

Microsoft Windows 8 Explorer to Include Ribbons

According to reports on Microsoft related newsgroups, Windows Explorer in Windows 8, will utilize the Ribbons interface currently used in Microsoft Office 2007 and beyond. The decision has been met with hostility from...

People Aug 24, 2011 1 min read

New USENET and Online Slang Terms Enter Dictionary

By now everybody knows full well what the USENET born terms like 'OMG', 'LOL' and 'FYI' mean, and this year the Oxford English Dictionary caught up by adding these to the dictionary. Now, newsgroup subscribers report...

General Aug 08, 2011 1 min read

World Wide Web Turns 20 On USENET

On Saturday, the World Wide Web celebrated its 20th anniversary on USENET, marking two decades of the openness of the internet to the public. Way back in 1991, Tim Berners-Lee, who has since been knighted, took to...

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