Usenet News

Usenet and usenet industry news collected here. Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.

• What is NewzNab?

• Austria Government Facing Reaction to EU Data Retention Drive

• SABNZBD Has a New Beta Version Available

• What is CISPA and How Does it Affect USENET Users?

• Merlin’s Portal Gone for Good

• Easynews Has Several Announcements – 1330 Days Of Retention And More

• Newsbin Rolls Out Android Version Soon

• UK to Monitor Email, Web and Phone Traffic

• Popular Newsreader Now Has Free Version

• USENET to Be Monitored by RIAA

• Terrabyte Tuesday Is On Again – NewsgroupDirect

• Rapidshare Ordered to Filter Uploads

• NBRemote 1.0.5 Released

• Maintenance Release Out for SABnzbd

• Unlimited USENET vs. Block Access

• DumpTruck Adds Folder Uploads

• Astraweb for $80 per Year

• Newsbin Version 6.3 Now Available

• 1300 Days Of Retention Reached – And More Causes For Celebration

• Newzbin2.es Fully Functional – Admin Announces

• Terrabyte Tuesday Again With NewsgroupDirect

• British Blockade Pirates

• NewsDemon Introduces New Payment Options

• Dutch Celebrate Taking Down 600 Internet Sites

• Easynews Giving Free VPN Service To Their Members

• VyprVPN Application Now Available for Giganews

• Deep Discounts From Newest Provider – the Usenet

• A New Version Of SAABnzbd Has Been Announced: Version 6.14

• Easiest To Use Usenet Service For 2012: Easynews

• 2012 Best Usenet Newsreader Award: Newsbin

• Easynews Upps The Ante Again 1,275 Days Of Retention

• 2012 Best Small Usenet Newsreader Award: Binreader

• Astraweb Announces Improved Accounts And Speed Limits

• 2012 Award For Top Quality NZB Downloader: SABnzbd

• 2012 Top NZB Sites: NZBMatrix

• Burden Of Proof Should Be Put On Accused – Anti-Piracy Group Claims

• 2012 Top Usenet Search Service: Binsearch

• Usenet.net Offering Great Deal To Start Off Their 8th Year

• Twitter Censoring By Country – Is Google Next

• 2012 Most Improved Newsreader: Newshosting Newsreader

• Newsgroup Direct Offering $8 Unlimited Deal For First 200 New Members

• European File Sharing Site Ex.ua Shut Down – Back Up By Thursday

• MegaUpload Servers To Be Cleared Out Soon – Legit Users Getting Aid

• 2012 Just The Usenet Basics Award: Supernews

• Newzbin2 Relocates From .Com To .Es

• 2012 Most Anonymous/Private Usenet Provider Award: Astraweb

• 2012 Best Deal/Valued Usenet Provider: UsenetServer

• 2012 Top Quality Usenet Provider Award: Giganews

• 2012 Most Improved Usenet Provider: Newshosting

• Announcing The 2012 UsenetReviewz Awards

• SOPA And PIPA Losing Steam, But Nothing Is Guaranteed Yet

• Those Who Live In Glass Houses – Are Legislators Pirating

• Golden Frog Shows Off Dump Truck Storage Servers

• Surfers Trust Usenet Information More Than Online Sources

• NZB Leech For Android Now Available – For Free

• Newshosting Ends The Year By Releasing Their Newshosting Client From Beta

• Giganews Announces WebDAV For All Dump Truck Customers

• Hard Disk Issues Takes Binsearch.info Offline For A While

• The Christmas Sale Continues – Newzbin Keeps The Deals Coming

• Internet Censorship, Blacklisting, And Blocking – A Taste Of Things To Come

• NewsLeecher Adds In A New SuperSearch It, And Gets The Holiday Spirit

• Merry Christmas! Easynews Is giving Us More NNTP Retention, And Paypal Option

• Giganews Announces A VyprVPN App Is Available

• Giganews Adds Fully Functional Dump Truck Access For ALL Their Accounts

• Merry Downloading Christmas – The Best Of The Usenet Holiday Specials

• Like Your Remotes? Check Out NBRemote Newsbins’ New Control

• The SOPA Soap: A Story Of Bad Legislation Gone Too Far

• NZBsRus Beats FACT CAD Letter And Is Back Online

• SOPA Just Keeps Getting Less Popular – Even In Europe

• Net Neutrality: How Google Is Planning On Cleaning Up

• Press and Internet Freedom Under Attack Again – In S. Africa This Time

• Black Friday Usenet Deals 2011

• Giganews Announcement: 1,200 Days Of Retention

• A Remote For Newsbin: NBRemote Is In Development

• Nzb Matrix Server Problems Lead To New Hardware Upgrades

• UK Continues The Censorship Spree And Goes After NZBsRus

• NZBVortex Improves Their MacOSx Client

• British Telecom Censors Newzbin2

• SABConnect++: Instant SABnzbd Access For Chrome Users

• SABSheep – An Android NZBMatrix Browser With Some Cool Features

• Now You Can Monitor Your NZB Downloads In Firefox Using nzbdStatus

• Online Storage Provider Dumptruck Starting Early Access Accounts

• Newsbin Announces Release Of Version 6.11 RC1

• Newshosting Announces The Release Of New Client Version

• Marquee Hard Drive Joins POPCORN Hour With Their New Media Center

• Dutch Court Rules Against Usenet Provider News Service Europe

• Golden Frog’s New Header Control And User Interface Updates Released

• New Newsbin Client Update: Pro 6.1 Goes Remote

• Newshosting Client Comes Out Of Beta Testing – Free For Members Now

• Popcorn Hour A – 210: A Server for Your NZB’s

• How Usenet Looked 30 Years Ago

• New Mobile Phone Apps for Sabnzbd Released

• Easynews Ups Their Retention Levels Again

• Newzbin Versus Big Telecom

• Eminent Launches EM7280 Media Player With Usenet Features

• New VyprVPN Server location in France

• USENET Provides More Resources than in Past r1

• Unlimited USENET Widely Available

• Spain Fires on Pirates

• NewsDemon Hits 3 Years of Binaries

• Google USENET Service Drops

• New Version of NZBVortex Supports Mac OS 10.7 Lion

• Law Enforcement Data Leak in Arizona – Is LulzSec the Culprit?

• Find a Free Newsreader Client from One of these Usenet Providers

• Get A Free Giganews T-Shirt

• Find Your Favorite Newsreaders, Newsleecher and Newsbin, on Your iPad, iPhone, or Android

• Is the File Sharing Religion in Sweden Legitimate?

• Mimo Improves Their User Interface Again

• SABnzbd Releases Mobile Phone Applications For Usenet

• Giganews Announces Beta Testing For Online Personal Storage

• Supernews Updates Retention Again

• Easynews Jumps to 1050 Days of Binary Retention

• Newsbin Pricing To Be Increased

• Giganews Summer Special Just Launched

• Easynews Announces 100 Gigs Free Trial!!

• Easynews and Astraweb reach 1000 days binary retention

• Newshosting and UsenetServer reach 1000 days binary retention

• Giganews Has Announced Their 1,000 Day Retention Contest Winners.

• Giganews Breaks 1000 Days Retention and Contest Winners Announced

• Easynews Announces Affordable NNTP Only Plan

• Giganews Special Discount from UsenetReviewz

• UsenetServer, Newshosting and Easynews Retention Increases

• Introducing Binload: Free Usenet Access For Beta Test Volunteers

• Giganews Announces Personal Storage Space

• Newsbin 6 Beta 4 New Features And Interface

• Giganews Special Offer Ending At End Of Month

• Giganews Announces Prizes for Signing Up and 1000 day competition.

• Giganews Gives Up Discounts For VyprVPN Users

• Usenet’s Decentralized Communication Model

• NewsgroupDirect Starts New Memberhip Rewards Program For Twitter Users

• Newshosting Introduces New Tool To Assist In Account Selection

• NewsLeecher Introduces SuperSearch Watchdog

• What Hierarchies on Usenet are Casual?

• Ngroups Now Offering Over 900 Days Binary Retention

• Web Forums vs. Usenet

• Astraweb Announces Higher Download Speeds

• Giganews Announces The Release Of Mimo v2.0, And Upcoming Improvements

• How The New Giganews Security Works Using VyprVPN

• Giganews Launches More Secure Protocols, Eliminates Man-In-Middle Attack

• Easynews Announces Improved Search Speeds And Web Interface

• Newshosting Offers A Discount Deal Newshosting

• Easynews Announces New Dutch Interface, And Now, Paypal Too

• Giganews Increases to 900 Days Retention

• Easynews Adds iPhone And Android 3rd Party Apps

• Giganews extends Diamond pricing until March 31st, 2011

• Easynews Improvements

• FastUsenet.org wins Best New Usenet Provider for 2011

• Newshosting wins Best Total Package Deal 2011

• Newsdemon wins Most Innovative Provider Award for 2011

• Easynews wins Easiest Usenet Solution for 2011

• Supernews Wins Our Best European Deal 2011

• Astraweb Wins Our Best Value Award for 2011

• UsenetServer Wins our Best Deal Award 2011

• Giganews Wins Our Best Overall Provider for 2011

• UsenetReviewz’s 2010 – The Year in Review

• Giganews Announces An Extension Of The $29.99 Special

• Supernews Accepting Ideal Payments

• Easynews now accepting Paypal

• 4 Days Left for Giganews Discount

• Sabnzbd reaches 2 million downloads in 3 years

• Usenet community FTD Not Guilty

• Overview of recent EasyNews upgrades

• Astraweb takes the lead with 4 billion Usenet Message headers

• NewsLeecher 4.0 Final Released

• Overview of great Usenet mobile applications

• Newzleech is no more

• Exclusive discount coupon codes from NewsDemon

• Newshosting Partners with Easynews

• Giganews revamps their referral program

• Binreader Review

• NewsLeecher v4.0 Beta 21 released

• comp.sys.laptops.thinkpad: new IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad newsgroup

• Black Friday Specials

• NewsDemon’s block accounts now with no time limit

• Golden Frog released NAT Firewall feature

• New prices from Giganews

• Beta release of Mimo and Golden Frog Usenet Search now available

• HADOPI law “catches” 25.000 pirates each day

• New Servers at Astraweb

• NZBVortex 1.6.1 released

• Binsearch reaches 900 days of retention

• Better retention and free online storage from Ngroups

• Newshosting Lite plan now with 50 GB

• Giganews reaches 800 days of binary retention

• Newsdemon Premium Usenet service for free

• Ngroups.net celebrates Octoberfest 2010

• The pros and cons of USENET

• Merlin’s Portal is back online

• Golden Frog revised their VyprVPN website

• September 2010 Usenet Newz

• NewsDemon offers 50% of discount on premium USENET access

• News Rover released new version

• UseNetServer upgrades retention to 650 days

• Sneak Peek: New Easynews Interface

• USENET newsgroups and Google groups – what’s the difference

• NewsDemon retention increases Sept 2010

• Newshosting Upgrades Retention Sept 2010

• SABnzbd Software Updates For Sept 2010

• Improving programming skills with USENET Newsgroups

• Supernews Upgrades Service to 500 Days Retention

• UseNetServer Upgrades Their Website

• August 2010 Usenet Newz

• Giganews World Cup Special Ending

• July 2010 Usenet News

• June 2010 Usenet News

• May 2010 Usenet News

• Newshosting Special Offers and Giganews Updates

• Bit Torrents Poisoned ? Better Try Usenet

• Coxs Drops Their Usenet Service

• VyprVPN Updates

• Newzbin Found Guilty

• Newshosting updates their Usenet plans

• VyprVPN added to Giganews Diamond Plan

• Retention Rates On The Rise

• LimeWire is closing its online music store

• 2010 NANOG Meeting

• Newzbin Under Fire

• Mac USENET downloading tips

• France Getting Tough on Anti-Piracy

• Secure Internet Access in China with VyprVPN

• Black Friday Usenet Specials

• Is Astraweb Slow

• Newshosting Unlimited and Website Relaunch

• Usenet Retention Increases

• September Usenet News and Usenet Giants

• Usenet Net Neutrality

• Verizon Usenet Specials

• Supernews Upgrades their Usenet Service

• Usenet News for August

• Usenet Resource Downloader

• Giganews Binary Retention Increases

• Power Usenet Service Upgrades

• ThunderNews Upgrades

• Giganews Connection Increase

• ATT Discontinues Usenet Access

• Advantages of Usenet

What is NewzNab?

If you’ve ever wanted to run your own USENET indexing site, NewsNab may be what you’re looking for. An open source solution that is, as described by some users, a clone of Nzbs.org, it allows the creation of a USENET index on even a modest server. There are already popular sites running this software and, [...]

Austria Government Facing Reaction to EU Data Retention Drive

While controversial bills on their way through Congress in the United States have been quashed by citizen uprisings, lobbying by the United States and United Kingdom in Europe resulted in the European Data Retention Directive. Adopted in 2006, this directive orders very invasive monitoring of user activity on the Internet and the free handing over [...]

SABNZBD Has a New Beta Version Available

SABNZBD, a popular software option for downloading binaries from USENET newsgroups, has just released a new beta onto the market. SABNZBD version 0.7.0 has several new features that users may find very convenient and that may make it easier for certain users to ensure that they stay within their bandwidth limits. Manage Your Download Amounts [...]

What is CISPA and How Does it Affect USENET Users?

It seems to have become almost routine for bills to be introduced into Congress that seek to break down the barriers between private companies and law enforcement online. Sometimes the justification is piracy, as in the cases of PIPA and SOPA. In other cases, the justification is national security. CISPA is a bill that has [...]

Merlin’s Portal Gone for Good

For many years, Merlin’s Portal was one of the most popular destinations on the Internet for USENET users. This NZB site had a rather large following that kept it alive. Like many sites, however, the following was partially centered on what the site had to offer and partially centered on the individual who ran the [...]

Easynews Has Several Announcements – 1330 Days Of Retention And More

The folks at Easynews have been quite busy in the last few weeks preparing their latest improvements and announcements. The main improvement they expressed was the extension of their retention by 55 days to a total of 1330 days of retention for binaries. And while this announcement was the star of the show, it wasn’t [...]

Newsbin Rolls Out Android Version Soon

Newsbin will be rolling out an update for their popular newsreader very soon, according to their Facebook page. Users who have lamented not being able to hit the USENET newsgroups on their Android devices will soon have much to celebrate. The newsreader will be able to go to your favorite newsgroups and even download binaries [...]

UK to Monitor Email, Web and Phone Traffic

If you’re using the USENET system in the UK, you can anticipate that there may be other eyes watching what you’re doing and who you’re talking to on the service. According to a report in ZDNet, the UK intelligence agency GCHQ will soon be monitoring this traffic. It still requires that they get a warrant, [...]

Popular Newsreader Now Has Free Version

If you’ve been using the Alt.Binz newsreader, there’s now a free version on the market. If you’re thinking about switching to a new reader, this may provide you with just the reason to do so. This new version has most of the features that make Alt.Binz popular. There are some limitations. There are also some [...]

USENET to Be Monitored by RIAA

For the recording and entertainment industries, their copyrights are worth millions, if not billions. Your privacy is worth nothing. To prove that point, the RIAA and some ISPs have teamed up to monitor what you do online, including your use of the USENET system. Even if you’ve never pirated a thing in your life, you’re [...]