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General Oct 22, 2008 1 min read

Britain Blows Wind Power Forward

Britain has stepped onto the global energy stage and become the largest producer of power from wind technology, outstripping countries like Denmark (19% wind) and Spain (9% wind). Off the coast of Skegness they have set...

General Oct 21, 2008 1 min read

Britain UFO Files Released to the Public

Officials easily dismissed numerous reports of UFOs tracking the London sky in 1989 as a laser light show at an outdoor Tina Turner rock concert at Wembley Stadium. But not all "flying saucer" sightings between 1986 and...

Technology Oct 17, 2008 1 min read

MicroBerry May Come Soon

Microsoft said that they have no plans to create a mobile device of their own, but they might have bigger plans to enter the business. According to a TelecomTV report, the monumental software company is planning to make...

General Oct 14, 2008 1 min read

Newsdemon.com Provides Free Newsgroups Access to Media Members

Newsdemon.com is expanding its free Usenet program to all members of the media. The Free Usenet Newsgroups program, initiated by Newsdemon.com initially for educators and charities, has expanded to cover members of the...

General Oct 12, 2008 1 min read

Comcast Shutsdown Usenet Access For Customers

Comcast has recently announced that they will no longer provide free Usenet services for its customers. The service, which officially ended on September 17th, has been extended to use until October 25th. A recent...

General Oct 10, 2008 1 min read

Cool article about saving the USENET.

The article is a little aged, but its still a great read. Highly recommended! http://www.boutell.com/boutell/usenet.html

General Sep 30, 2008 1 min read

Bug Fix for Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla pushed out an update to its e-mail client Thunderbird last friday. The 2.0.0.17 update, for both Windows and Mac versions, corrects two potential exploits. Centered around Newsgroup functionality and an obscure...

General Sep 27, 2008 2 min read

Our Dancing Galaxy

Is there a genocidal countdown built into the motion of our solar system? Recent work at Cardiff University suggests that our system's orbit through the Milky Way encounters regular speedbumps - and by "speedbumps" we...

General Sep 23, 2008 1 min read

Newsdemon.com Upgrades Data Center

Newsdemon.com will be upgrading all users currently using the following nntp addresses to our new data center: · us-east.newsdemon.com · us-secure.newsdemon.com With this change, which will take place between midnight...

General Sep 23, 2008 1 min read

Rover Caters to Mars Crater

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is about to set off on what may be its final odyssey - a seven-mile jaunt to a crater around 20 times larger than the Victoria Crater from which it extricated itself earlier this month. The...

General Sep 19, 2008 1 min read

Discover Your Future with a DNA Fortune Teller

Want to know what you might die of? The company, called 23andMe, uses DNA to predict health risks and provide ancestry information to consumers. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company is just one of many that, with a...

General Sep 17, 2008 1 min read

Newsdemon.com Extends T-Shirt Program

Newsdemon.com announced today that it will extend it's current T-Shirt program until October 31st. Any new users who sign up for select unlimited plans are automatically eligible to choose t-shirts between three colors...

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