Usenet News

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

• Newshosting Upgrades their Newsreader

• Newsbin Upgrades to Version 6.50

• Giganews Breaks 1,700 Days Retention

• Easynews Ups Retention Times

• Newshosting Improves Retention and Newsreader

• How to Manage Your USENET Apps on the Go

• UsenetServer Improvements in 2013

• 2013 Most Innovative Usenet Provider Award: Giganews

• Easynews Relaunches Their Website

• 2013 Most Improved Usenet Provider Award

• Asustor Adds USENET Programs to Its App Library

• Bitcoin to Save NZB Sites

• 2013 Most Anonymous/Private Provider Award: Astraweb

• USENET Crawler Throws in the Towel

• 2013 Best Usenet Client Search Award

• Sickbeard Version 500 Released

• 2013 Best NZB Site

• 2013 Best Usenet/Usenet Search Package Combo: Newshosting

• EZ Global Lite App Released

• 2013 Most Improved Simple Usenet Provider: Usenet.net

• USENET Usage Post NZBMatrix

• 2013 Most Improved Newsreader Award: Newshosting Newsreader

• ISPs Launch New Copyright Alert System – Here’s What You Need To Know If You’re A Subscriber

• Secure Your USENET Access as ISPs Roll Out Six-Strikes Law

• 2013 Best Small Newsreader: Binreader

• 2013 Best Web Based Newsreader: SABnzbd

• Pirates Run Rampant Or Big Brother Is Watching?

• DumpTruck Launches Mobile App and Referral Program

• A Closer Watch on Illegal Downloads in the USA: Big Brother is Watching

• UK High Court Rules that USENET Does not Offer Piracy Profits

• UK High Court Rules Against MPA

• LazyLibrarian Review

• Best Newsreader Award For 2013: Newsbin Newsreader

• 2013 Top Quality Usenet Provider Award: Giganews

• 2013 Just The Usenet Basics Award: Supernews

• 2013 Easiest To Use Usenet Service Provider: Easynews

• 2013 Best Deal/Valued Usenet Provider Award: UsenetServer

• UsenetServer Increases Header Retention Times

• USENET Headers Making a Comeback

• Newshosting Improves Header Retention

• Easynews Updates iPhone App

• Newsbin Getting Version 6.5 Ready to Go

• EasyNews Upgrades Retention Times

• USENET 2012 in Review Part II

• USENET 2012 in Review

• DumpTruck Sharing Opens Up

• NewNZB.tv Improves Service

• VyprVPN and Giganews Now Come with Encrypted Storage

• US and Other Nations Back Out of ITU

• NewsgroupDirect Having Holiday Block Sale: 500 Gigs Or Unlimited, Your Choice

• Getting Started with Bitcoin

• DumpTruck Gets An Upgrade With Their Desktop Client

• USENET Targeted by Copyright Holders

• Newshosting Needs 9 Lucky People For Survey Madness

• Newsleecher Launches USENET Service

• Some Text USENET Article Newsreader Options

• Alternatives To NZBMatrix

• SABnzbd 0.7.6 Now Available

• Mysterbin Is Down

• Dutch USENET Providers Banned by PayPal

• Newzbin2 Is Gone

• Unzbin is No More

• Binload Goes Premium

• SABnzbd Releases 0.7.5 Update

• Giganews Releases New VPN Client Version 1.4

• Black Friday and CyberMonday Usenet Deals for 2012

• Another Interface Update for Newnzb.tv

• NZBVortex on Sale, Great for Mac Users

• ISP Monitoring Is Starting in the US

• DogNZB.cr Review

• What Comes After SOPA

• Astraweb Starts Automated DMCA Takedowns

• Newsbin Celebrates 15 Years

• PhoneNZB Allows You To Download USENET Files to Your iPad or iPhone

• Newsbin Final Release Updated

• NewsgroupDirect Starts The Holiday Season Off Right With Their Blocktoberfest Sale

• Easynews Offers Lifetime Challenge

• SABnzbd Readies Version 7.4

• MegaUpload Ready to Return

• DogNZB Closed to New Registrations

• Qouch is Gone, How Do You Manage USENET from iPhone?

• NZB 3.0 Out, Sickbeard In

• Giganews Hits 1,500-Day Retention Milestone

• NewsDemon Offers a Serious Deal

• Floppy Disk Error Leads to USENET Data Loss

• NZ Three-Strikes Policy in Effect

• Pirate Bay Founder Arrested in Cambodia

• Want to Beta Test for Easynews? Here’s How!

• NewsgroupDirect Offers Back to School Sale

• Maxxo Launches Cloud Torrent Download Feature

• Kim Dotcom Gets Good News

• Zumron Project Integrates USENET Resources

• Sickbeard Review

• Couch Potato V2 Review

• USENET Deals Still Availble

• NewsDemon Offers VPN Access

• Four-Year Retention Mark Crossed by Several USENET Providers

• USENET Connections and Speed

• Internet-Based USENET and Security

• Easynews Increases Retention Times

• Newzbin Source Code, Subscriber E-mail Addresses Stolen

• Newshosting Debuts Updated Newsreader

• Block Accounts and Takedown Orders

• USENET in the Age of Internet Censorship

• Choosing the Best USENET Newsreader for You

• USENET Indexes and Torrent Sites Under Attack

• File Sharing Continues, Despite Legal Efforts

• Is USENET Secure?

• Is Free USENET too Good to Be True

• SABNzbd Updated to version .72

• @Horse_ebooks Is Nothing New to USENET Users

• Giganews Adds File Sharing to Dump Truck

• Your ISP and Your Logs

• USENET Users May Get Relief from Entertainment Industry Snooping

• Summer USENET Specials Won’t Be Here for Long

• Getting More out of Summer USENET Deals

• Like Spoilers? Try USENET!

• NZBsRUS Apologizes for Downtime and is Back Online

• Giganews Offers Creative Competition

• Binreader Allows Video Streaming During Downloads

• What Your ISP Will Do If They Think You’re a Pirate

• Newshosting Still Offering their 21-Day Trial Offer

• Newshosting and UsenetServer Offering Summer Specials

• Giganews Offers Improvements and Discounts

• Encrypted Chat Developer Held By US Border Security – Questioned About Encryption Methods

• NewsGroupDirect Announces Holiday Weekend Terrabyte Tuesday Deal

• 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

• 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 for 2010

• 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 is 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 Septemeber 2009

• 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

Newshosting Upgrades their Newsreader

Newshosting is the latest provider to upgrade their newsreader. The new version of their newsreader makes it possible to conduct automatic searches. This is a feature that Newsbin recently added to its newsreader, as well, and one that’s likely to be more popular in the future as the convenience it offers becomes more apparent to [...]

Newsbin Upgrades to Version 6.50

Newsbin has announced that the new 6.50 beta version is available as of May 1. The new version features plenty of features, including a brand new watch feature that makes it easy to take a look at anything you’re particularly interested in when you’re getting headers. The newsreader has some other changes that users will [...]

Giganews Breaks 1,700 Days Retention

Giganews has gone beyond 1,700 days of retention, being at 1,725 days of retention as of this writing. The company keeps a counter on their site that shows the current figure. Retention Rates and Competition Many USENET access providers have been upping retention rates recently. Many of them are now well over the 1,500 day [...]

Easynews Ups Retention Times

Easynews is the latest provider to upgrade its retention time. The company announced that it’s gone from 1,610 days to 1,700 days. This doesn’t change the price of the service for anyone. It simply offers an additional 90 days of retention for those who access USENET through NNTP. There are several different plans from this [...]

Newshosting Improves Retention and Newsreader

Newshosting has crossed the 1,700 day mark for retention on their servers. This marks the latest in what has been a host of improvements to the service over the last year. This latest step forward means that users have access to articles posted to their favorite newsgroups that spans 1,700 days. This company only had [...]

How to Manage Your USENET Apps on the Go

If you’re looking for a way to manage all of your USENET apps from a mobile device, you have some good options to choose from. Popular USENET programs such as SickBeard, SabNZBD and others can be managed from mobile devices, allow you to start downloads and to perform other tasks no matter where you are. [...]

UsenetServer Improvements in 2013

UsenetServer has passed a major milestone where retention is concerned. The USENET access provider now offers a full 1,700 days of retention. The company had announced on its blog in January of this year that it was looking into increasing retention times and has come through, with the new figure being a significant jump over [...]

2013 Most Innovative Usenet Provider Award: Giganews

This is the first year for this category, and we will be giving this one to the Usenet Providers who show the most innovation in combining their offerings to suit the average Usenet community member. And in this category, Giganews stands out as the Usenet provider who, with their partners at Golden frog, have provided [...]

Easynews Relaunches Their Website

Easynews, one of our preferred providers, has made some substantial changes in their website. They have to do with both the quality of the access that members using the web interface get and the way that the website works. These are worth noting, as they’ll affect how people who use this USENET provider can access [...]

2013 Most Improved Usenet Provider Award

Having a lot of improvements and upgrades to the service and/or software throughout the year isn’t enough to win in this category…but it will get the Voting Editors to take a closer look. When taking their second look the VEs will examine the quality, added features, or functions, and relative value to the user, or [...]