How Special Are You?
Working with multiple US databases of names, you can see how unique your first and last name is to the rest of the country with this free search from HowManyOfMe.com. Around the office here at Newsdemon.com, this...
Star Trek DJ Spock
Something fun for Friday, DJ Spock takes the Star Trek Turntables for a spin.
NetZero and Comcast Bow Down to Cuomo
Recently, we had commented on how Cuomo had been putting pressure on Comcast to join its other ISPs in complying with its request to remove specific groups from its Usenet groups. Today, both Comcast and NetZero have...
New Harry Potter Trailer Released
Today, the new Harry Potter trailer was released. Judging by the trailer Half Blood Prince will kick some serious tail and rightfully so as Dumbledore looks to be even angrier than in the last film.
Happy Birthday NASA
On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed National Air and Space Act, establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a civilian agency in response to the challenge of the Soviet launch of...
Former Google Employees Launch New Search Engine - Cuil
A group of former Google engineers Monday unveiled a new search engine they hope will challenge the Internet giant's supremacy. Cuil, (pronounced "cool"), takes a different tack than previous threats to Google. Instead...
Linux Commands for Usenet
Printed with permission, is a small tutorial on common commands for Linux users to work with Usenet files. How do I extract multiple-part Rar archives with Linux ? ( rar r00 r01 r02, etc ) With the unrar command line....
Source of Northern Lights Discovered
U.S. scientists working with NASA said they've uncovered the source of substorms in space that fuel the explosive energy behind the northern lights. Vassilis Angelopoulos, a professor at the University of California,...
Newsdemon.com Usenet Trivia Contest July 24th, 2008
Here is today’s usenet trivia question: When Did UUCPNET become the common name for the Usenet online network ? The FIRST person to reply to the following email address with the correct answer PLUS their Name, City,...
New York Attorney General Puts More Pressure on Comcast Usenet
New York Attorney General has been set on an initiative on pressuring ISPs to either filter or eliminate Newsgroups altogether. We recently posted on how Verizon, AT&T, AOL, Time Warner and Sprint have already taken...
NASA May Be Turning Japanese
Nasa is talking to Japan's space agency about using one of its spacecraft for servicing missions to the International Space Station, according to Japanese media reports. Nasa has been considering various options to...
Newsdemon.com Usenet Trivia Contest July 16th, 2008
Here is today’s usenet trivia question: This one is a bit tricky....The USENIX Association is an umbrella of what Association? The FIRST person to reply to the following email address with the correct answer PLUS their...