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AT&T, Time Warner offer cheaper broadband (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Broadband Internet access continues to get cheaper as providers aggressively target residential customers who don’t have the Internet now or are among the dwindling group of “technology laggers” with dial-up service. us.rd.yahoo.com
RUMOUR: Virgin Media 50Mbps cable in a few weeks? (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) ThinkBroadband are reporting that a poster to their forums has leaked some info regarding a 50Mbps product from Virgin Media on their cable broadband network. The rollout is apparently due to start in "two weeks", and should be completed by April 2009. us.rd.yahoo.com
Comcast's Broadband Usage Cap Won't Hurt My Mom (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News) Net-neutrality issues aside, Heavy Net users should pay more for broadband than those who simply dabble. us.rd.yahoo.com
Verizon bets big on network infrastructure (CNET) While other companies try to scale back the bandwidth their customers use, Verizon is going the other way, spending billions to get people the high-definition content they want everywhere they go. us.rd.yahoo.com
5 High-Paying Stocks (The Motley Fool) High-yielding stocks look great in times like these. But be careful. us.rd.yahoo.com
In tough times the tough stay online (Media Life Magazine) The times couldn't be tougher, with all the talk now of a consumer recession looming before us as Americans cut and cut and cut their nonessential spending in the face of a teetering global economy. us.rd.yahoo.com
Japan rolls out gigabit broadband networking service (Yahoo! Tech Advisors) Think your broadband speed is slow? Now it's going to look positively archaic. KDDI, one of Japan's largest telecommunications outfits, has (as of October 1) launched 1Gbps service throughout the country , specifically designed for consumer use in homes and apartment buildings. That's a ten-times boost over the previously available top speed, a puny and pathetic 100Mbps, which had been ... us.rd.yahoo.com
In Down Times, Even Techies Cut Back (Hartford Courant) News flash: The economy stinks. us.rd.yahoo.com
The cloud finally comes to education (ZDNet) Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services to our desktops via the Internet. On the other hand, with the maturation of virtualization technology, the idea of virtual ... us.rd.yahoo.com
5 thrifty saving tips (iVillage) Shopping around to get the best deals for smaller items and financial products as well as big spends could save you thousands of pounds each year. us.rd.yahoo.com
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