“Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster.” –Actress Sandra Bullock, a computer buff who plays a hacker in her latest … ...

A modem connects your home network to the internet, and a router lets your devices talk to one another and use that internet connection. Most people need both.

These two devices help power your home internet connection. It helps to know how they function. Here are the details.

Those of us with separate modems and routers (some Internet connections have the two functions combined into a single device) are likely to focus on the router and ignore the modem. But, like a ...

Photos: AT&T The first civilian commercial computer modem In 1962, AT&T introduced the Bell 103 Data Phone (seen here), which set the standard for 300-baud (approximately 300-bps) full-duplex modems.

The local cable television company says a few of its Internet customers with computer communications hookups dating back nine or more years must buy new equipment.

Like the home computer itself, modems were sold as transformative technologies, consumer electronics with the potential to change your life.

Dedicated direct PC-to-Web broadband connections also offer convenience. T-carrier lines, cable modems and DSL stay on continuously with no dialing required.

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My mom just called me tonight telling me that she came home this evening and her home office circuit breaker was tripped. The cable modem is burnt, with visible black marks on the outside of the ...

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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 ...