New Google Usenet interface
A new Google Groups (Usenet) interface is in beta. You need to sign up with a username to use most fearures.
I haven't been looking too much around, but it appears very impressive indeed.
Usenet may be a well guarded secret for people who joined the net over the last few years. Most people who are active on Usenet are probably happy that this is the case. Even if you have no intention of being active on Usenet, it is still worth knowing about. If a normal web search for solutions to technical problems fails to help, a Usenet (groups) search typically provides much more depth.
So what's really new with Google news? It allows tracking which threads/discussions you want to follow. You can have news sent to you by email, based on search/thread criteria. Also, Google integrates Usenet news with a new Google email based news in a seemless interface, allowing you to create your own mailing lists. The best part: All those messages/emails will be searchable!
Google Groups provides in improved interface to Usenet news, and also an obvious competitor to Yahoo Groups.
PS: Google Weblog (the unofficial one) has more.
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