Internet speed is more important than it's ever been before. Our entertainment is increasingly dominated by massive files, like video games that take up dozens of gigabytes and 4K movies. The ...

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 ...

Some VPNs are better than others, but we will show you an easy way to know how much your VPN is slowing you down. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, ...

Google PageSpeed Insights is the gold standard when it comes to checking website loading time. But that’s primarily designed for developers. Non-techies can look at Pingdom and GiftOfSpeed instead.

I am testing a range of web server products and I would like to know how best to test the performance of any given web server. Whats the best way to 'benchmark' performance (speed per connection, mem ...

If you’ve spent the last year on lockdown wondering whether your online connection is delivering the speed you’re paying for, you’re not alone. This is all the more frustrating if you’re one of the ...

When Andrew M. Odlyzko investigated why the Internet connection from his home in Minneapolis to his office just over two miles away was so sluggish, he found the answer: the data was taking a round ...