Enables users to search and browse the Usenet archives which consist of over 700 million messages, and post new comments. http://groups-beta.google.com/
"Geek-beloved search site Google has fully recovered from last year's public relations gaffe by giving Internet historians exactly what they wanted and more: the most comprehensive collection of Usenet posts available on the Internet." http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49016,00.html
Jay Lyman's article: "The Google Groups Usenet archive takes surfers on a two-decades-long ride through the early history of the Internet - before there was a World Wide Web." http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15280.html
"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
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://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb010514-1.htm
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
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