If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...

When I call my parents and get a busy signal, I know my dad isn’t walking in the door with arms full of groceries or sudsing up the dog. He’s surfing the Internet, and he’s disabled his phone’s ...

Does anyone know where I can get an external 56k modem that is USB and has an external power supply? I would like it to be under $150 if possible. IF anyone could let me know of a modem like this, I ...

FROM time to time, I like to let the readers take over, and the last few weeks have produced some particularly good questions. So here we go. Q: Please address in your column why monitors cost so much ...

If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...

Sun Denshi, the parent company of the Japanese software company SunSoft, announced today it will release a 56k "OnlineStation" modem for the Sony PlayStation 2 console. The modem will be plugged into ...

The latest episode published by tech channel The Serial Port began with an interesting question: Is it possible to stream YouTube via dial-up internet? As the headline suggests, the answer is a ...