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- Critical Path Continues Focus on Consumer Messaging With Sale of Usenet Service
- SAN FRANCISCO -- Critical Path, Inc. (OTC:CPTH), a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced that it entered into an agreement as of February 29, 2008, and on March 3, 2008, completed the sale of certain assets of its SuperNews Usenet access business, including its software, commercial customer...
- Research articles 2008-03-06
- Usenet file sharing thrives despite AOL dropping access to it
- When Internet behemoth America Online told 24-million-plus subscribers last month it was dropping access to Usenet in mid- March, the response was nearly universal.
- Research articles 2005-03-14
- First Integer Release Of Pine Since 1992
- Venerable Unix application Pine (Program for Internet News & Email) has entered version 4.00. This is the first integer release of Pine since 3.00 in 1992. Since its inception at the University of Washington in 1989, Pine has always emphasized ever-present command menus and high tolerance for user errors; new...
- Research articles 1998-07-10
- First Integer Release Of Pine Since 1992
- Venerable Unix application Pine (Program for Internet News & Email) has entered version 4.00. This is the first integer release of Pine since 3.00 in 1992. Since its inception at the University of Washington in 1989, Pine has always emphasized ever-present command menus and high tolerance for user errors; new...
- Research articles 1998-07-10
- Google killed the usenet newsgroups?
- With apologies to the Buggies--their not-so prophetic hit "Video Killed the Radio Star" was big in the 80s--it appears that Google may be looking to usurp or outright replace newsgroups.
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- ClariNet Communications Announces the First Formatted News on Usenet
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 8, 1996--ClariNet Communications, today announced the launch of the first formatted news on Usenet.This technological breakthrough is available to ClariNet's 1.5 million subscribers and will require them to use Netscape browsers to enjoy the new formatted ClariNet e.News."This technology will continue changing the way the world...
- Research articles 1996-08-08
- Free speech on the Internet. (includes related article on Internet messages to the White House) (Cover Story)
- At a time when Paramount Communications and Time Warner and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation have achieved near-total domination over all hitherto existing media, many people have come to view the Internet - the computer network linking millions of users in a hundred countries - as a...
- Research articles 1994-06-13
- Online service not liable for user's infringement
- Can an Internet service provider ISP be held liable for copyright infringement because an Internet user turned someone else's data into an e-book and used the ISP to "store" the data online? In Harlan Ellison v. Robertson, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California took...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- America Online's Influence Has Internet Filled with Chatter.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
- Jun. 10--Three years ago, America Online became the first of the Big Three consumer online services to open a gateway from its walled metropolis to the section of the Internet called Usenet newsgroups. The old guard on Usenet was somewhat divided Jun....
- Research articles 1997-06-10
- Netcom Prevents USENET Death Penalty Order; Anti-SPAM Measures on Track
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 23, 1998--Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc., a leading global Internet service provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of ICG Communications, Inc., (NASDAQ:ICGX) today announced that the USENET Death Penalty ("UDP") order which was to be carried out by an anti-SPAM advocacy group today at 5:00 PM, PST, was...
- Research articles 1998-02-23
- Adelphia Chooses Giganews to Deliver Usenet Newsgroups to Over One Million High-Speed Internet Subscribers
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2004-06-08
- bCandid Concludes Licensing Deal with Road Runner for Usenet Discussion Software; New Agreement with High-Speed Online Service Valued at Over $1 Million
- BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 1, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-06-01
- bCandid Announces Licensing Agreement With Cable & Wireless for Usenet Discussion Software
- BOULDER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 12, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-08-12
- Usenet service changes name, partners with Excite.
- Supernews, a Usenet service and directory, today changes its name to remarQ communities and announces a content deal with Excite. Results from remarQ's Usenet directories will appear with Excite's search results in a ... Supernews, a Usenet service and directory, today changes its name to...
- Research articles 1998-12-07
- TALKWAY SIGNS UP 1ST ADVERTISERS: BOOKS, MUSIC, PERIPHERALS & COFFEE PITCHED TO USENET NEWSGROUPS.
- Talkway, a San Francisco start-up that wants to be the Yahoo! of Usenet newsgroups, has lined up its first advertisers -- BarnesandNoble.com, N2K's Music Boulevard. Logitech and the Colombian Coffee Federation -- and is aiming for more this month. Talkway, a San Francisco start-up that wants...
- Research articles 1998-06-08
- Prodigy licenses Cyber Patrol to enhance parental controls for Internet, Chat; Access controls allow parents to restrict access to inappropriate Web sites, USENET newsgroups and Chat Rooms
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 26, 1996--Prodigy Services Co. and Microsystems Software Inc., of Framingham, Mass., today signed an agreement to offer Microsystems' Cyber Patrol Internet access management software to Prodigy members at no additional charge.
- Research articles 1996-02-26
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- UseNetServer Announces Architectural Upgrades, 400 Days Retention
- UseNetServer , a top-tierprovider of Usenet newsgroup access, today announced details of its massivenetwork infrastructure upgrade to support an enhanced Usenet servicefeaturing 400 days of retention. This multi-million dollar investmentincludes increased network backbone capacity for faster article delivery, anew datacenter and over 100 new storage servers. These serviceenhancements...
- Articles 2009-05-08
- Studios target Newzbin over file-sharing.(LEGAL MATTERS)
- The movie studio trade group the Motion Picture Association MPA it taking aim at the UK Usenet newsgroup search engine Newzbin, accusing it of copyright infringement. The MPA, big brother to the MPAA, is suing for copyright infringement. The case is expected to...
- Articles 2009-04-10
- Newshosting Announces 400-Day Retention Commitment
- Newshosting , the world's leading provider ofpremium Usenet newsgroup access, today announced they are extending Usenetcontent availability to an unprecedented, industry-leading, 400 days. Newshosting will continue upgrading data storage in theUnited States and Europe, ultimately providing members with access to 1year and 35 days worth of content....
- Articles 2009-03-19
- Looking good on social networking sites.
- Every time a new digital communications medium becomes popular, along with ushering in a wave of new users, it also ushers in a wave of complaints about these users as they behave in ways considered inappropriate or impolite by more experienced users. With...
- Articles 2009-02-01
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