For anyone who experienced it, the screeching hiss of a modem handshaking over copper phone wires is unforgettable. The technology may have tied up the family phone line, but modems were the gateways ...

ANSWER: The computer world has its share of misinformation. One is the measurement of the 56K modem, which rarely delivers a speed of more than 50K. You have to read the fine print to discover these ...

An Oregon hardware hacker and author has been hit with federal criminal charges arising from his longstanding business of selling unlocked cable modems that can be used to steal extra speed from a ...

first off, my statistics. <BR><BR>router: befsr41<BR>1st computer: 1600+, linksys network card, kt266a chipset, 512ram, gf3ti200<BR>2nd computer: 1600+ kt266a chipset, onboard LAN, gf2gts-v<BR><BR>the ...

Now Illinois Bell is reaching out to touch something, instead of someone. It`s after your home computer, which it would like to make into a telephone customer. One in every four American homes has a ...

Don Frey, the director of Lincoln Technical Institute, is busy explaining how to play a golf game on his Apple computer. Although he wears a dapper gray suit, he speaks with the enthusiasm of a kid ...

Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. I've known my friend Jeff since I was 2 years old. He was one year ...

Computer memory chips and modems worth an estimated $80,000 to $100,000 were reported stolen in a burglary Tuesday night or early Wednesday at A.B. Distribution, 300 Lexington Drive, police said.

Q: I am a customer of Comcast/Xfinity. Recently, I changed my old modem/router for a new modem/router and everything connected without issue except for my printer, which is an Epson Workforce 645.