If you are an old technology geek, then you are no doubt familiar with Usenet. Long before Facebook, Twitter and Google+, Usenet was the social network of its day. Initially launched in 1979 as a way ...

It’s been several months since I updated my complete list of Usenet newsgroups, so the other morning, I finally got around to this. Usenet is the Internet’s version of a computer bulletin board system ...

A high speed Usenet service with server clusters worldwide and some of the best retention anywhere. It’s also surprisingly cheap and includes unlimited access to a Usenet search engine. Why you can ...

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 ...

You've heard its name countless times. You've probably even tried to use it to download a file. But what exactly is Usenet, anyway? Simply put, Usenet is a network of ...

Usenet is a wonderful service for finding and downloading digital media, giving you speed and reliability you won't find with other file-sharing options—like, say, BitTorrent. Here's a quick guide on ...

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 ...

The big picture: The first Usenet servers opened in 1980, over 10 years prior to the inception of the original World Wide Web. After 40 years, this distributed discussion system is still thriving, and ...