Neowin News Feed for: Cable

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Neowin Deals — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:00:01 +0000

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Deal of the Day: Up to 46% off Anker Charging Accessories

Steven Parker — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:38:01 +0000

Whether it is just a cable you need, or a full charging dock/pad, powerstrip or 10,000mAh powerbank, Anker has you covered today. But please note that these discounts end after today. Read more...

CHOETECH USB C to HDMI 6FT (Thunderbolt 3 compatible) cable for under $10

Steven Parker — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:30:01 +0000

Right now you can save $6.39 off the list price of this 6FT USB C to HDMI cable. It supports 4K at 60Hz and Thunderbolt 3 so you can easily extend your laptop or phone to a big screen presentation. Read more...

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Steven Parker — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:46:01 +0000

Neowin readers can save 50% off the cost of this 2-Pack USB-C to USB-C cables; in the package is a 3.3ft and 6.6ft sized cable and they have a good rating on Amazon. Use our discount code. Read more...

Comcast outage hits millions of customers nationwide, services now being restored

Jay Bonggolto — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 02:22:01 +0000

Comcast suffered a major outage on Friday that knocked down the internet, cable, and telephone services for millions of customers across the country. The disruption was caused by cuts to its fibers. Read more...

Comcast allegedly cut a smaller ISP's cables to sabotage its business

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 04:54:01 +0000

A smaller ISP formerly operating in the state of Texas has accused its larger competitor of cutting its cables, thereby sabotaging its business and stealing its customers due to interrupted service. Read more...

Apple's Single sign-on feature is now available for iOS and tvOS devices

Michael Firth — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 22:32:01 +0000

Apple just enabled single sign-on for the first wave of cable/satellite TV providers, allowing users to access content in various apps without signing into every app individually on iOS / Apple TV. Read more...

Multiple cable companies ready to charge more in 2016

Chris Schroeder — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 01:14:01 +0000

If you think your cable TV bill is already high, you're going to be disappointed to hear what your service provider could have in store for you next year. Read more...

Refunds being offered for the OnePlus 2's faulty USB Type-C cable

Matt Brown — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:34:01 +0000

OnePlus has acknowledged the recent issue with the OnePlus 2's USB Type-C to USB Type-A cable, and are offering refunds and replacements to those who purchased the standalone cable. Read more...

TechSpot: Life Without Cable - My Experience as a Cord Cutter

Julio Franco — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:22:01 +0000

I'd always told myself that if there was a way I could watch my team during football season that didn't involve cable service, I'd drop it in an instant. Well, I'm now an official cord cutter. Read more...

A reporter calls the mother of Comcast's CEO to complain about service

Chris Schroeder — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:10:01 +0000

As the result of a complete failure of customer support, one Philadelphia reporter found a way to twist the arm of an entire network hard enough to make refusal of service impossible. Read more...

Apple is reportedly in talks to launch its own web TV service

Andy Weir — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:54:01 +0000

Apple is rumored to be working on an iTunes-branded subscription music service, but it's also said to be developing a new web TV service, offering "bundles of programming" directly to its customers. Read more...

Comcast looks to offer gigabit internet speeds in 2015

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:04:01 +0000

With gigabit Internet services slowly gaining momentum in parts of the world, Comcast is positioning itself to offer blazing fast Internet speeds with the help of new Broadcom chips. Read more...

Ziggo sponsorship deal with Dutch football club backfires as customers leave en masse

Steven Parker — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:14:01 +0000

Dutch cable operator Ziggo announced on Friday morning that they will grace the football shorts of Ajax FC, the current champions of The Netherlands, from 2015. The result? Customers leave en masse. Read more...

DisplayPort 1.3 details announced

Byron Hinson — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:25:50 +0000

A update to the DisplayPort standard was announced today. DisplayPort 1.3 will allow bandwidth up to 32.4 Gbits/second and connections to much higher resolution displays and multi-monitor setups. Read more...

Time Warner Cable suffers major outage across the U.S.

Steven Parker — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:06:42 +0000

Subscribers to Time Warner Cable woke up this morning to find they could no longer check Facebook, email or anything else as a major outage affecting cable services swept across much of the U.S. Read more...

Comcast CEO: We don't wake up every day wanting to be hated

Brad Sams — Wed, 28 May 2014 19:08:48 +0000

Comcast doesn't want to be the most hated company in America, according to its CEO - but when you are making boatloads of money, why would you change your business practices? Read more...

Cable companies begging you not to cut the cord with awful new campaign

Brad Sams — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:59:10 +0000

Cable operators have banded together to launch a new campaign to convince you to not ‘cut the cord' with a ridiculous new website that tells you why your life will be incomplete without it. Read more...

Next-gen Xbox will reportedly work with set-top boxes to let console control TV services

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:27:07 +0000

Microsoft's next-gen Xbox will reportedly work with television set-top boxes to provide content to users, although the service will require a persistent Internet connection. Read more...

Rumour: Apple's set-top cable box will not appear until 2013

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:45:30 +0000

Being revolutionary in the past, Apple continually adds to their product portfolio. With Apple TV already established, there are claims the often rumoured set-top box will miss out on a 2012 release. Read more...

The new iPhone cable with mini-connector image leaks online

Steven Parker — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:18:06 +0000

As if we didn't have enough evidence that the new iPhone will ship with a mini dock connector, an employee of an online accessories shop has leaked an image of the cable on his Twitter account. Read more...

Boxee Box Live USB Tuner "coming soon"

James Woodfin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:11:10 +0000

Boxee, maker of the Boxee entertainment software and the Boxee Box, is set to release a USB TV tuner for the Boxee Box. It will enable live, over-the-air HD broadcasts. Just don't cut your cable yet. Read more...

"World's fastest cable broadband" unveiled in UK by Virgin Media

Andy Weir — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:26:57 +0000

Most of us can still remember the horrors of dial-up internet: being unable to make a phone call while online; the seemingly endless wait while the modem tried to establish a connection; the pain of... Read more...

Xbox 360 could serve up cable TV channels in the US

John Callaham — Sun, 01 May 2011 20:43:17 +0000

The Xbox 360 game console could double as a cable TV service in the US if preliminary plans from Microsoft come into fruition. Advertising Age reports that the company has recently started looking into securing... Read more...

Virgin Media has faux pas with 30Mbit service upgrade

Ross Dundas — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:57:39 +0000

Virgin media broadband users have fallen foul of technical problems with UK cable broadband giant's new SuperHub. The hub which is custom built Netgear hardware, combines a cable modem and wireless router in one. It... Read more...

Virgin bringing 100Mb service to more UK homes

Mike Brown — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:04:03 +0000

Virgin Media has introduced their 100Mb broadband service to another 150,000 homes, adding to the 200,000 already with access. Homes in Pentwyn, Southport, Treforest, Cheshunt and Hatfield are the newest additions to the growing fleet... Read more...

Microsoft making Xbox 360 an AT&T U-Verse receiver

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:33:10 +0000

Microsoft has been trying to make its Xbox 360 into much more than a gaming console. What once was a pure gaming system has quickly transformed into a centralized media hub for your entertainment center.... Read more...

Virgin Media to offer 100Mb broadband by end of the year [UK]

Tom Warren — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:24:01 +0000

Virgin Media said on Thursday that it plans to offer 100Mb broadband services to customers by the end of 2010. Virgin claims its customers will be the first to receive broadband speeds "more than 24 times... Read more...

Time Warner Cable seeks customer sympathy, assistance

Chris Carera — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:15:09 +0000

As the second largest company in an industry known for tiered pricing of its services, Time Warner Cable may seem like an unlikely candidate to appeal to its subscribers for help. Just this week, the... Read more...

Time Warner Cable to expand bandwidth caps, 40GB per month

Brad Sams — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:08:55 +0000

TWC will be expanding its test of bandwidth caps to more cities in the coming weeks. Beaumont, Texas was the testing ground for TWC and has decided that its 40 GB caps for internet... Read more...

New Trans-Pacific Submarine Cable Completed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:22:51 +0000

A six-company consortium has completed the first phase of a new submarine cable that will connect the United States with China and Taiwan, allowing for faster telecommunications speeds between the U.S. and Asia, the companies... Read more...

Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:10:53 +0000

You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance? Time Warner Cable Inc. customers... Read more...

Fourth Undersea Cable Cut

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:45:07 +0000

Internet services in Qatar have been seriously disrupted because of damage to an undersea telecoms cable linking the Gulf state to the UAE, the fourth such incident in less than a week. Qatar Telecom (Qtel)... Read more...

Third undersea cable cut in Middle East

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:36:48 +0000

A third undersea cable was cut on Friday, just two days after two breaks near Egypt disrupted Web access in parts of the Middle East and Asia, Indian-owned cable network operator FLAG Telecom said. FLAG,... Read more...

Damaged Cable Disrupts Internet in the Middle East

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:28:20 +0000

A breakdown in an international undersea cable network disrupted Internet links to Egypt, India and Gulf Arab countries on Wednesday, and Egypt said it could take several days for its services to return to normal.... Read more...

Cable Company Empties 14,000 E-Mail Accounts

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:57:21 +0000

Charter Communications officials believe a software error during routine maintenance caused the company to delete the contents of 14,000 customer e-mail accounts. There is no way to retrieve the messages, photos and other attachments that... Read more...

CES2008: Cisco plans 100Mbps+ Cable Modem for this Spring

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:37:51 +0000

At the CES 2008 show in Las Vegas, Cisco Systems Incorporated announced that the DPC3000 Channel Bonded Modem, which is designed to facilitate broadband services in excess of 100 Mbps, would be commercially available to... Read more...

More Cable Providers offer On-Screen Caller ID

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:09:09 +0000

Ok couch-potato, this one is for you. If you get telephone service through your cable TV provider, you may be able to stay put and keep watching TV when checking to see who is calling.... Read more...

Google Building Pacific Fiber Cable

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:44:35 +0000

Google is reportedly in negotiations to build a fibre optic cable across the Pacific to link its US operations with Asia. Australian magazine Communications Day claimed that the search giant is in talks with Asian... Read more...

Consumers can soon stream cable TV over home networks, DRM

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:57:14 +0000

CableLabs has announced its approval of a new streaming protocol called DTCP-IP (Digital Transmission Copy Protection), allowing consumers to stream cable TV programming across their home networks for viewing on devices that aren't attached to... Read more...