Category Archives: Technologies



Is a Newsreader Hard to Use?

By: Marion Marshall on Nov 7th, 2011

When you connect to the USENET system, you connect with a news reader. This is a specific piece of software that allows you to hook into what is usually termed the server's news feed. It provides the means by which you download articles, download attachments and by which you upload both of those items, as well.

Migrating Virtual Private Servers

By: Nova Johanson on Nov 7th, 2011

Migrating virtual private servers within a network environment or virtualized network environment.

Introduction to Usenet Hierarchies

By: Marion Marshall on Oct 18th, 2011

On Usenet, the largest categories of information are referred to as hierarchies. These hierarchies let you know what type of information is contained in the newsgroup in the broadest terms.

What Is A DNS Server And How Can It Run On A VPS Server?

By: Nova Johanson on Oct 4th, 2011

When you sign up for an e-mail account, or register for a website or blog, you are using a domain name server, or DNS. A VPS, or virtual private server, acts like an individual environment with its own memory, IP address, and files. In order to help you better understand how DNS VPS works hand in hand, this article will offer more detail and explanations of DNS and VPS and how they work.

Usenet Newsgroup Classification and History

By: Marion Marshall on Oct 4th, 2011

Once Usenet became available to the general public in the 1980s, the amount of discussions increased very rapidly. Because of the broad number of topics being discussed, there needed to be some sort of organizational scheme.