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Easynews Offers Free Unlimited NNTP Usenet Access

June 30, 2010 by

Easynews just announced they are offering unlimited NNTP Usenet access with Big Gig accounts.  Confused by what unlimited NNTP means?  There are two ways to use Easynews.  Web interface and via newsreader.  Using Easynews with a newsreader is considered NNTP and if you choose a Big Gig account unlimtied NNTP is now included free of charge.  Previously it was being sold as an add-on for $10 a month.

Here is the official Easynews press release:

Phoenix, AZ – June 29, 2010 – Easynews.com, the world’s leading browser-based Usenet newsgroup provider, is pleased to announce free Unlimited NNTP access for all Big Gig subscribers starting today. The price of the popular Big Gig plan will remain the same but now all current and new subscribers will gain unlimited access to over 100,000 newsgroups, both text and binary. The Unlimited NNTP add-on features 600 days of retention, secure SSL encrypted access and an unlimited number of connections, which is unrivaled by any other Usenet provider.

As part of its commitment to provide the world’s most comprehensive Usenet access, the announcement of Free Unlimited NNTP comes just weeks after the successful launch of its new website design. Additional enhancements will continue to be introduced over the coming months to further expand the overall Easynews offering. Subscribers can look forward to developments such as app-free support for mobile devices as well as usability enhancements to the Easynews browser application.

For more information read our Easynews review or sign up for a 14 day free trial.

Filed Under: Easynews, Usenet Providers Tagged With: , , ,

NewsDemon / NewsgroupDirect – Free Online Storage

June 24, 2010 by

NewsDemon and NewsgroupDirect recently added 30 GB of free secure online storage to their premium Usenet account offerings.  The free online storage / file backup solution is provided through StorageNinja.com.  Purchased separately their Pro Plan (30 GB) would cost $20 a month.

Secure online storage is useful for a number of reasons.  Not only can you protect important files.  You also get access to them while on the road.  Travel a lot for work?  No problem.  With the free StorageNinja.com account you can securely backup 30 gigs to be accessed from anywhere.  Just login to the file manager and instantly grab files.

Here are a few key features from the StorageNinja.com website:

1.  Files are securely stored and transmitted via 256-bit SSL
2.  Browse and access files using their free Ninja File Manager

Try it youself for free.  Both NewsDemon and NewsgroupDirect offer free trials.  Storage Ninja also offers 1 GB free accounts.

Filed Under: NewsDemon, Usenet Providers Tagged With: , , ,

Escape the Heat This Summer : 5 Great Usenet Offers

June 15, 2010 by

Escape the heat and enjoy unlimited newsgroup access this summer.  New to Usenet?  No better time than now to give it a try.  Below is our list of the top 5 summer Usenet offers.  Visit the Usenet specials section of NewsgroupReviews.com for a complete list.

1.  Giganews

Giganews is offering a World Cup special which includes unlimited Usenet access, 50 connections and SSL for $19.99 a month.  Read our Giganews review for more details.

2.  Astraweb

Astraweb is offering unlimited Usenet access, 20 connections and SSL for $11 a month or $96 a year.  Read our Astraweb review for more details.

3.  Supernews

Supernews is offering unlimited Usenet access, 30 connections and SSL for $9.99 a month.  Read our Supernews review for more details.

4.  UseNetServer

UseNetServer is offering unlimited Usenet access, 20 connections and SSL encryption for $10 a month.  Read our UseNetServer review for more details.

5.  NewsDemon

NewsDemon is offering unlimited Usenet access, 50 connections and SSL for $10.95 a month.  Read our NewsDemon review for more details.

Filed Under: Astraweb, Giganews, NewsDemon, Supernews, Usenet Providers, UseNetServer Tagged With: , , ,

Giganews World Cup Special : $19.99 Unlimited Usenet

June 10, 2010 by

Giganews is offering a World Cup special.  Sign up now and enjoy unlimited Usenet access, free SSL and up to 50 connections for $19.99 a month!

The Giganews World Cup special includes:
– $19.99 lifetime discounted price
– Unlimited Usenet access
– 670+ days of binary retention
– 2,500+ days of text retention
– Up to 50 simultaneous connections
– 256-bit SSL encryption
– Access to over 100,000 newsgroups
– Full header retention across all groups
– Giganews accelerator (header compression)
– Very reliable (99.9%+ completion rate)
– Server farms in the US, Europe and Asia
– Speeds exceeding 50+ Mbps
– 24/7 tech support

If you would like to add unlimited VPN access then move up to the Giganews Diamond account for $29.99 a month.  It has all the same great features plus VyprVPN access.  In addition Giganews is offering new Diamond customers a 14 day free trial and 50% off your first month of access.

Read our Giganews review to learn more or sign up for the Giganews World Cup special and enjoy!

Filed Under: Giganews, Usenet Providers Tagged With: ,

Personal Home Page Tools (PHP) Newsgroup Post

June 8, 2010 by

Happy birthday to PHP!  Fifteen years ago Rasmus Lerdorf announced Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools) version 1.0 via a Usenet post.

Here is the original post in the comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi newsgroup.  Archived in Google Groups:

Announcing the Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools) version 1.0.
These tools are a set of small tight cgi binaries written in C.
They perform a number of functions including:

. Logging accesses to your pages in your own private log files
. Real-time viewing of log information
. Providing a nice interface to this log information
. Displaying last access information right on your pages
. Full daily and total access counters
. Banning access to users based on their domain
. Password protecting pages based on users’ domains
. Tracking accesses ** based on users’ e-mail addresses **
. Tracking referring URL’s – HTTP_REFERER support
. Performing server-side includes without needing server support for it
. Ability to not log accesses from certain domains (ie. your own)
. Easily create and display forms
. Ability to use form information in following documents

Here is what you don’t need to use these tools:

. You do not need root access – install in your ~/public_html dir
. You do not need server-side includes enabled in your server
. You do not need access to Perl or Tcl or any other script interpreter
. You do not need access to the httpd log files

The only requirement for these tools to work is that you have
the ability to execute your own cgi programs.  Ask your system
administrator if you are not sure what this means.

The tools also allow you to implement a guestbook or any other
form that needs to write information and display it to users
later in about 2 minutes.

The tools are in the public domain distributed under the GNU
Public License.  Yes, that means they are free!

For a complete demonstration of these tools, point your browser
at: http://www.io.org/~rasmus

—
Rasmus Lerdorf
ras…@io.org
http://www.io.org/~rasmus

Filed Under: Usenet History Tagged With: , , ,

Newsleecher SuperSearch Now Supports 850 Days

June 3, 2010 by

Newsleecher released a new version of their popular newsreader (Newsleecher v4.0 Beta 18).  With the update comes a significant bump in SuperSearch binary retention.  Now you can search up to 850 days of posts inside SuperSearch.  The service is normally offered along with the newsreader for $2.99 a month or an annual membership.  However, Newsleecher is offering free access to the new SuperSearch update for the next couple weeks.  All you have to do is download version 4 beta 18 or newer release.

Here is an exert from the v4 Beta 18 release notes:

This beta release connects to a brand new, and much improved, SuperSearch service engine. The new engine currently runs with 850 days of retention in the General category and more than 300 days of retention in the Erotica category, including all the alt.binaries.pictures* groups.  Just like the old engine, the new engine supports true wildcard searching, and still uses the same Google-like syntax for searching. Note that advanced search features, such as specific Poster / Group searching haven’t been enabled yet. Also, because the engine is brand new, it might contain bugs which will be corrected as fast as possible.

Read our Newsleecher review to learn more about the newsreader and SuperSearch.

Filed Under: Newsleecher, Newsreaders Tagged With: , , ,