Though considered a dying breed by most, dial-up connections are still used by many users staying in hotels without high-speed access, or in geographical regions to which broadband connectivity does ...

Having duplicate modem scripts in both the System Library folder (System/Library/Modem Scripts) and the user Library folder (user/Library/Modem Scripts) under Mac OS X 10.2.x can cause external and ...

Well, ok, relatively speaking.<BR><BR>Here in the land of dial-up (there is no pragmatic ($)alternative) I have just installed a USR 2977. This is replacing a CL Modem Blaster 56k. They are both v.90 ...

Researchers have found how slow the human brain is: it process information at a rate of around 10 bits per second. In comparison, the average Wi-Fi download speed in the U.S. is 260 million bits per ...

Dial-up modems used to be the default way of accessing the Internet, but times have moved on. They’re now largely esoteric relics from a time gone by. With regular old phone lines rather hard to come ...

For the past several years, both Steve and Jim have been working in an environment where they felt like some form of backup for network access is mandatory. And, since customers can purchase both DSL ...

There are few things less hip than dial-up Internet access. Most folks don't even remember what a dial-up modem sounds (or looks) like. Nevertheless, there are millions of people that use pokey ...

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If you’re using AOL dial-up internet to read this story, you might want to put down your can of Surge and turn off your episode of “ER.” We have some bad news. The landline-based service, a mainstay ...

Beyond trying to find the right remote control, one of the last remaining bastions of consumer electronics irritation is pairing wireless devices. We've all been there, either when trying to pair a ...

I've seen that Electronics Boutique is taking preorders for the PS2 network adapter, and it's supposedly shipping on August 27th. It has both an ethernet interface ...

As part of the Xbox 20th anniversary celebrations, Xbox leaders past and present sat down for a wide-ranging discussion about the past, present, and future of Xbox. Retired Nintendo of America ...