When the Apple's external USB modem is in use, users may experience what appears to be a system hang after a few minutes of being connected. For some users the computer must be reset multiple times ...

Will flexible data contracts like Apple have negotiated for the iPad – and Spring Design are planning for their Alex ereader – drive adoption of integrated 3G/4G data connections rather than external ...

My grandparents have a couple-years-old eMac, and are still on dial-up. They live far enough out in the country that while broadband is available, it's expensive enough to not be worthwhile for their ...

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 ...

MODEM stands for Modulator-Demodulator, translating digital to analog signals. MODEMs connect devices to ISPs, converting internet signals into readable data. Types include Cable, DSL, Fiber, Wireless ...

Yes, it's unlikely that a modem would require more bandwidth than the ISA bus provides. Also, most PCI modems are Winmodems which rely on the CPU to do most of their work, so ISA modems are usually ...

This alarm system senses motion and then alerts you by phone. [Oscar] had an old external modem sitting around and, with some wise hardware choices, he came up with a simple circuit to use it. First ...

From the weather standpoint, it was a rotten week – hot and humid, with a seemingly endless supply of thunderstorms that rolled from the Midwest into the Northeast, one after the other, with ...