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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.
writenews.com/

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."
www.atnewyork.com/

Google: Time Warner's AOL and Google to Expand Strategic Alliance
Press release announcing that Google is to invest $1 billion for a 5% stake in AOL.
www.google.com/

NewsFactor: Google Puts Blast from Internet's Past Online
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."
www.newsfactor.com/

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."
www.infotoday.com/

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."
www.nytimes.com/

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."
news.com.com/

Wired News: Google's Gaggle of Discussions
"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."
www.wired.com/

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

Panida: Google Groups Opens Up for Posting Usenet Messages
Finally, you can post Usenet messages at Google.
www.pandia.com/