Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Calling ethernet a success story is the understatement of the year. Ethernet is about as ubiquitous as you can get. Whatever happened to ARCnet, AppleTalk, Token Ring, MAP, FDDI, and the many other ...

In the future, broadband will mean Ethernet to the home, instead of existing ADSL or cable, according to Ericsson. However, few people have the necessary fibre-optics to their home or office, and ...

The origin of Ethernet began some 25 years ago, and over time, has evolved to meet the increasing demands of packet switched networks. Today, Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3z) has become a mainstay ...

A standard for carrier-class Ethernet services for network service providers. Carrier Ethernet extends Ethernet from the local area network (LAN) to the wide area network (WAN), enabling companies to ...

The networking platform that ships with virtually every modern computer was born at Xerox PARC around 1973. Ethernet was a groundbreaking technology that revolutionized computer networking. Robert ...

Meta to introduce switches built on NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet for its Facebook Open Switching System platform. Oracle to build giga-scale AI supercomputers with Spectrum-X Ethernet switches. SAN JOSE, ...

The sysadmin's guide to repurposing an RJ45 port ...

Wi-Fi doesn’t always work as expected, and it’s not your only networking option. Ethernet provides the best speeds but looks ugly draped from devices and running along floorboards. That’s where ...

Ether surged as much as 8% on Thursday following a network upgrade to Ethereum. The upgrade, codemaned EIP-1559, aims to make transaction fees more predictable and will slow the creation of new tokens ...

If you want to get your Mac to have high and reliable file transfer speeds, over a network, you're best off switching from Wi-Fi to wired networking. Here's all the information you need about things ...