VPN Setup Guide: VyprVPN
A quick guide to setting up Giganews' VyprVPN and protecting your traffic from the prying eyes of hackers and govts, and thwarting geographic content restrictions and Internet filtering regimes.
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Hollywood Wins Court Case – ISP Ordered to Block NewzBin2
While major entertainment corporations are working hard at censoring the internet in the United States through the PROTECT IP Act, it corporate sponsored censorship has already become a reality in ...
BREIN Shutters 11 “Illegal” Usenet Forums
Uses earlier ruling that ordered Usenet forum FTD to remove links to copyrighted files to press other Usenet forums to remove them as well.
After having successfully convinced a Dutch court ...
The End of Music Piracy? O RLY?
A provocative headline can generate a lot of readers and a lively debate, but it can also do a poor job of indicating what an article is ...
10 Alternatives to LimeWire
Now that LimeWire is gone for good, I've taken the time to compile a list of 10 alternative P2P programs that are available.
With U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood having ...
The Limewire Loss, Where to From Here? (Alternatives to Limewire)
With the loss of Limewire in court earlier this month, many are reflecting what was Limewire and the developer behind it. The next question is, where do ...
Cox to Drop Free Usenet Service June 30th
Cites "declining newsgroup usage" as the reason it will become the latest ISP to discontinue free Usenet service, though partners with Giganews to offer customers who switch over ...
Giganews VPN Service Leaves Beta
VyprVPN now included free with Giganews Diamond Accounts for the lifetime of the account!
Last December I mentioned how the popular Giganews Usenet service had begun offering customers who subscribe ...
Giganews Adds FREE VPN to Usenet Service
For a limited time customers who subscribe to the "Diamond" package ($30p/mo) will be able to encrypt their true IP address and protect themselves from the prying eyes of identity ...
Dutch Anti-Piracy Group Trying to Ban Usenet Discussions
BREIN says what Usenet community Fill Threads Database (FTD) does is "simply criminal" even though it doesn't provide hyperlinks, torrents, NZB-files or any other way to download content.
The ...
Android Phones and Downloading On the Go
After a somewhat rocky start, the Android platform from Google is beginning to pick up steam, and with the new Motorola Droid model from Verizon, and with multiple new ...
AT&T Quits Free Usenet Access July 15th
Caves to demands that it "protect its customers from child pornography" even though discontinuing free service will do little to fight the problem since pedophiles will simply switch to third ...
UseNet Service UseNet.com Loses Copyright Infringement Case
While a few NZB sites have been targeted before, this may be the first time a service that offers UseNet access has been dealt with a blow. In court, ...
How to Download From Newsgroups
An easy-to-use reference guide for those looking to get started with Usenet newsgroups.
Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications still in use, having been first conceived way back ...
EFF – Blocking UseNets Alt Hierarchy Would Violate First Amendment
It's been widely reported that American ISPs are being pressured to drop their UseNet service by the New York Attorney General. Since ISPs are "voluntarily" bowing to political pressure, ...
Pulling the Plug on American UseNet
UseNet seems to have always been like Fight Club to many users - you don't talk about Fight Club. The question is, is the first rule about targeting UseNet, ...
How To Download From UseNet For Free Using NZB Files Via ISP
Usenet is a network that is often referred to as a service that allows people to communicate to one another. However, there is an interesting quirk to UseNet - ...
French ISP Ordered to Suspend 39 Newsgroups
French users who use Internet Service Provider "Free" recently found out that their ISP was ordered by the court to suspend access to 39 newsgroups. The order came after ...
Newzmonster.com Closes Down
It looks like Newzmonster has finally closed down their site after many promising comments stating they would stay online despite if legal pressure came their way. But things didn’t go ...
Groundbreaking Anonymous Download Service Attacks iTunes, Kazaa
SC Mediom Global SRL today released MacLoader for both PC and Mac, the most modern way to download to your heart’s content around the clock with blazing-speed, from the only ...
