Panic Raises $56,000 for Japanese Relief Efforts

Panic, the developers of Unison newsreader and a number of other popular Mac apps including Transmit and Coda recently helped raise money for the relief efforts in Japan.  An announcement on the Panic Blog explained their personal connection to the tragedy in Japan.  As they have an office and staff in the country.

The event took place on March 17-18.  With Panic donating 100% of their sales to the disaster relief.   They raised over $56,000 for the Japanese Red Cross and Mercy Corps.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Panic employees and their families in Japan.  Along with everyone else affected by the tragedy.

Please consider donating to the Red Cross to help in the Japanese relief efforts.  Apple has made it easy for iTunes members to donate.  You can donate between $5 and $200 through iTunes.  With 100% of the money going to the American Red Cross.

Latest Usenet Newsreader Updates : February 2010

While we spend a lot of time covering Usenet providers the newsreader vendors have been quite busy as well.  Let’s take a look at some of the major updates and version changes over the last few months.

Visit our newsreader section to compare and contrast all the newsgroup clients.  Then head over to the downloads page to grab the latest version of your favorite Usenet reader.

Newsreader: SABnzbd+
Latest version: 0.5.0 RC6
Release date: Feb. 7, 2010
Operating system support – Windows, Mac, Unix
Helpful links:  Free download, SABnzbd+ 0.5.0 Quick-start, Release notes

Newsreader: Unison
Latest version: 2.0.4
Release date: Feb. 2, 2010
Operating system support – Mac OS X 10.5+
Helpful links: Demo download, Unison setup guide, Unison 2 features

Newsreader: News Rover
Latest version: 15
Release date: Sept. 8, 2009
Operating system support – Windows
Helpful links:  Trial download, News Rover setup guide, News Rover 15 features

Newsreader: BinTube
Latest version: 2.8.9.3
Release date: Feb. 12, 2010
Operating system support: Windows
Helpful links:  Free download, BinTube setup guide, BinTube review

Newsreader: Forte Agent
Latest version: 6.0
Release date: Nov. 21, 2009
Operating system support – Windows
Helpful links:  Trial download, Forte Agent setup guide, Agent version 6 info

Newsreader: Thunderbird
Latest version: 2.0.0.23
Release date: Aug. 20, 2009
Operating system support – Windows, Mac, Unix
Helpful links:  Free download, Thunderbird setup guide, Thunderbird newsreader info

New to Usenet?  Take a look at our newsreader tutorial to learn more about how Usenet clients work and tips for choosing the right software for your needs.