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 ...

Analog modem support is the latest casualty to have been discovered with Apple’s new OS X Lion software. Joining the list with others such as Rosetta and Quicken, which have also lost support and ...

A California inventor of a standard for dial-up modem technology has settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Analog Devices Inc. over charges that the company was improperly using patented ...

Readers of a certain age will no doubt remember the external modems that used to sit next to their computers, with the madly flashing LEDs and cacophony of familiar squeals announcing your impending ...

Mac OS X Lion has killed off a number of things including, but not limited to Rosetta, visible scrolls bars, Quicken (see Rosetta), and unnatural scrolling. Now another casualty is the venerable ...

The Siemens SpeedStream asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) Model 5100 modem represents a typical client-side terminus to the broadband world. But despite the “digital” nature of the ...

LAS VEGAS -U.S. Robotics (USR) hit its first CES as a privately owned company with the introduction of a slew of new analog and broadband modems. The company, which had been a division of 3Com until ...

The Toshiba PCX2600 Cable Modem highlights the commoditizing pattern in the cable business. Driven by the industry-standard DOCSIS data-over-cable specification and enabled somewhat misnamed ...

You can use the cell phone as a "regular" modem, but you'll have to check your service plan, etc. I have an older Motorola StarTAC and a CF card that allowed me to do that with my Pocket PCs. Still ...

I have no other option but the following setup for any kind of high-speed access:<BR>One-way cable modem and upload through analog modem. Doesn't bother me that much (DSL would be nice or 2-way cable ...