If you aren’t familiar with Usenet, but heard about its magical powers, you came to the right place. First the basics: Usenet is a communication network for chatting and discovering interesting ...

If and when the **AA have Usenet shut down after the piece appears, feel free to blame Biggs. He’s making me write it. I occasionally mention Usenet when talking about piracy here, but I’ve never ...

The first in a series of articles about how to get the most out of your broadband ISP: learn how to take advantage of Internode's USENET server using free, open source software. * 2008/04/07: Included ...

It’s the tree of life, and for no particular reason, either. What? Today we’ll be setting up our Usenet software to look at an RSS feed. (You can also accomplish pretty much the same thing using ...

The internet as we know it was formally invented in 1983 even though the planning for this global network began decades ago. It began as ARPANET, a research program funded by the U.S. government, and ...

Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system, often known as newsgroups, first introduced in 1979. By no means is this a modern example, however, it is a useful way to gain specialised tech ...