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Internet Use has Plateaued in the United States

The Pew Research Center found that the number of adults in the United States that said they use the internet, social media, own a smartphone or own a tablet computer are nearly identical to the amount who said the same in 2016. Parts of the population have reached near saturation level. Perhaps that isn't surprising. It might alarm social media

Netflix launches its own speed test website thanks to frustrating ISPs

A big deal has been made of bandwidth when using Netflix, especially so after the streaming service had to arrange a payment agreement with Comcast because it was throttling customers -- a fee that amounted to little more than protection money from a mob shakedown. Netflix also publishes a monthly report that calls out ISPs for their speeds. Since that

Goodbye, Internet. Hello, internet

We will lowercase internet effective June 1, when the 2016 Stylebook launches. #ACES2016 pic.twitter.com/vv53323GL6

VNC Roulette Will Make You Double-Check Your Remote Connections

Connecting to a computer over a remote connection is nothing new. Most often, this technology is employed by people who need to connect to a work computer from home. Having a remote connection makes it possible for users to do all kinds of computer-related tasks without having to actually be on site with the host machine. This practice is typically referred

Xi3 Low Power PCs

David shows off Xi3's latest developments including the X7A modular computer and the Z3RO Pro. If you haven't seen Xi3's offerings before, you need to check them out - they're small cube-like units totally unlike your normal case. The X7A is aimed at the power user with a quad core AMD Trinity processor, Radeon graphics, 8 GB RAM, SSD (up to 1

Philips Hue and IFTTT

In my first post on Philips Hue, I referred to "The Internet of things" where normally dumb devices such as fridges and washing machines are connected to the network. Having a washing machine with an IP address may mean that I can check whether the spin cycle has finished without getting out of my chair, but the real value of

Posting a Negative Review Could Harm You

What happens when you receive bad customer service? For many people, the answer to that question is that they go online and post a negative review of the company that treated them badly. It turns out that, in at least some cases, doing so can result in harm to the person who posted the negative review. KUTV.com and CNN both