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» BBC News: Digital History Saved
   "Millions of messages posted on electronic bulletin boards over the past 20 years have been saved from digital oblivion."
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1709527.stm

» CNet: Deja.com Struggles After Google Buyout
   Stefanie Olsen's article: "Deja.com, a popular newsgroup search service, has been hit with glitches after its buyout this week by Web search provider Google, ruffling the feathers of some longtime customers."
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-252701.html

» Google Groups
   Enables users to search and browse the Usenet archives which consist of over 700 million messages, and post new comments.
   http://groups.google.com/

» Google Groups Simplifier
   Simplifies Google Groups' URLs for easier inclusion in e-mails/posts/web pages. With bookmarklet.
   http://www.bleb.org/google/

» New York Times: Privacy Concerns for Google Archive
   Susan Stellin's article: "Being able to search archived postings online raises questions about the implications of increasingly sophisticated search technology."
   http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/technology/07NECO.html

» NewsBreaks: Google Seeks to Restore Deja Functionality
   Richard W. Wiggins' article: "Since the February acquisition, Google has restored some of the lost searching functionality, and the company also says that by mid-May users of the Google Usenet index will have the ability to post new messages."
   http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=17594

» Panida: Google Groups Opens Up for Posting Usenet Messages
   Finally, you can post Usenet messages at Google.
   http://www.pandia.com/searchworld/2001-30-usenet.html

» Silicon Alley News: Deja Usenet Archives Restored on Google
   "To the delight (and possible consternation) of old-school Usenet fans, Web search site Google has restored more than 650 million individual messages dating back to 1995 that were acquired from New York-based Deja.com."
   http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/8471_755181

» The Write News: Google Provides Access to Full Usenet Archives
   Google, a provider of search technology, announced that it has integrated the full Usenet archive formerly maintained by Deja.com with recent posts to provide complete access to Usenet data since 1995.
   http://writenews.com/2001/050401_dejanews_archives.htm