Neowin News Feed for: Newsgroups

Usenet communities closing down

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:49:19 +0000

Usenet, short for User Network, is a distributed Internet discussion system similar to a web forum, like Neowin. You can join and participate in Usenet communities from a wide variety of places using a wide... Read more...

Giganews to Sponsor Mozilla's Newsgroups

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:58:37 +0000

The world's largest Newsgroup Service Provider has announced a partnership with Mozilla which will allow the non-profit organization to focus more on their software, and less on server infrastructure. ... Read more...

Microsoft Beta Newsgroups 'Wide Open' (again)

Tom Warren — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:49:26 +0000

Just over a year from the last "opening" of the beta newsgroups, several Microsoft Beta testers are reporting they have full access to a lot of beta announcement newsgroups this evening. Much like... Read more...

PC Satisfaction newsgroups closed

Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:35:22 +0000

I'm wondering if there is something more behind this program ending.... Here's an email I received from the PC Satisfaction team: We would like to take the opportunity to once again thank everyone... Read more...

Windows Update V5 newsgroups appear, beta not far behind?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:32:00 +0000

Windows update V5 beta invitations were sent out on 5th September, requesting testers to participate in this new program. The vision for Windows Update V5 is to provide an efficient and effective... Read more...

MS Beta newsgroups security flaw fixed

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 17:39:38 +0000

As we posted early yesterday, we received information that there was a security hole in MS beta newsgroups, which let anyone with a valid beta account view all the newsgroups on the server. This issue... Read more...

Update: Microsoft Beta Newsgroups 'Wide Open'

Steven Parker — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:27:15 +0000

Thanks to a prying eye and probably a stroke of luck, a user has managed to exploit Microsofts Newsgroups via Microsoft BetaNews. That user can gain access to any Beta newsgroup as long as he... Read more...