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Dialing back: Cost-cutters return to slow-speed Internet

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With his work hours cut and an investment portfolio in the tank, Arnold Zimmerman is considering the unthinkable: ditching his blazing-fast cable Internet service and going back to dial-up.





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2,200 applicants in play for federal Internet grants

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The federal government is sorting through 2,200 applications seeking $28 billion to bring high-speed Internet access to more people, officials said at an Orlando technology conference Monday.


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New Opera Web browser offers more tab options

Technology / Software

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(AP) -- Web browsers from the Norwegian company Opera Software ASA have been better known for their innovation than their usage.


In Brief: New Edge speeds non-broadband card payment

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created Apr 20, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Edge Networks has a narrowband Internet solution to process credit-card transactions in areas without broadband access.


Briefs: McAfee provides security for MSN dial-up

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created Dec 28, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Users of MSN's dial-up Internet service will have access to anti-virus and firewall protection from McAfee.


A no-tech world is no place to be

Technology / Hi Tech

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 2

I felt desperate as I drove. My second trip to Starbucks in four hours; how pathetic was this? But I had to have a fix. Caffeine? Sure, I'd take some. But that wasn't what I really needed. I was there, again, as I would ...


AT&T to try selling wireless broadband laptops

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. is going to go beyond cell phones and test selling laptops in its stores in Atlanta and Philadelphia.


In Brief: 6M homes seen having municipal broadband

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created Jun 12, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

About 6 million U.S. households could have public broadband networks within the next five years, according to one study released Monday.


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Make Free Internet Calls From Your Regular Phone With Internet Phone Wizard

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created Jan 08, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (97) | comments 1

Telephone communication just got easier --- and cheaper --- with the Actiontec Internet Phone Wizard, a small hardware device from Actiontec Electronics that enables consumers to make and receive free or low-cost ...


Review: How an iPod can be a poor man's iPhone (AP)

Review: How an iPod can be a poor man's iPhone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- I try to keep a stiff upper lip about not having an iPhone. Just couldn't afford it - not with the $75 a month or so AT&T charges for service on top of the $199 upfront cost for the device.


AOL to lay off a third of staff (AP)

AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force

Technology / Business

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs - more than a third of its work force - as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.



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