Single and multipart binary article retention has increased to 100 days at Giganews

Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/06/2007 -- Today Giganews announced the completion of major storage upgrades for its global Usenet cluster which will increase binary newsgroup retention to 100 days over the next 2 weeks. 100 day retention across all binary hierarchies is a first for the Usenet community and part of a series of recent service improvements offered by Giganews.

In September of 2006 Giganews was the fist Usenet provider to offer 90 days binary retention across all binary hierarchies, and followed that announcement with the release of 256 Bit Encrypted Usenet Access - http://www.giganews.com/news/article/encrypted-usenet.html.

"As the world's leading premium Usenet provider, Giganews is constantly raising the bar by expanding on existing features such as retention as well as releasing cutting edge technologies such as 256 bit encrypted Usenet access. We feel we have a responsibility to our customers to constantly re-invest in our service so we can continue to offer the best value on Usenet. Our recent storage upgrade and subsequent increase to 100 days retention is just part of this ongoing effort." says Jonah Yokubaitis, Giganews CEO.

In addition to Giganews' upgrade to 100 days retention in binary newsgroups, Giganews continues retain text articles indefinitely, and the current text retention of 1300+ days grows day by day.

All Giganews accounts will benefit from the storage upgrades and customers will begin to notice the binary newsgroup retention levels grow over the next 2 weeks. There are no configuration changes necessary for Giganews customers to enjoy the new retention levels.

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Giganews SSL encryption is now supported on port 443.

Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/15/2007 -- Today, Giganews announced an improvement in their recently implemented encrypted Usenet service. Customers can now establish 256 bit SSL encrypted Usenet connections to Giganews on port 443 as well as port 563.

Port 563 is traditionally recognized as the default port for encrypted Usenet traffic (NNTPS), while port 443 is recognized as the default port for encrypted web traffic (HTTPS). By supporting multiple ports for encrypted Usenet downloads, Giganews' customers will be able to switch between ports depending on which path offers the best performance.

Customers experiencing slow download speeds using port 563 may choose to use port 443 in order to get faster encrypted Usenet downloads and vice versa.

Giganews recently released encrypted Usenet access as announced at http://www.giganews.com/news/article/encrypted-usenet.html. Encrypted Usenet access allows Giganews' customers to safely and securely download headers and articles from Usenet newsgroups.

Encrypted Usenet access and Giganews' new support for port 443 are part of Giganews' continuing efforts to improve service levels and offer a more robust and secure service for their customers.

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Giganews has implemented support for embedded social bookmarking, RSS, and Atom feeds. These measures will allow Giganews customers to receive news and announcements directly in their preferred newsfeed reader.

Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/19/2006 -- In an effort to improve customer experience and communication, Giganews, Inc. has unveiled support for embedded social bookmarking and RSS / Atom feeds for its corporate website.

Atom and RSS feeds, collectively known as web feeds, allow Giganews to distribute news, announcements, and blog posts directly to end customers. Giganews' news and announcements are distributed through the RSS feed found at http://www.giganews.com/press/recent_news.rss. Giganews' blog posts are distributed through the Atom feed found at http://www.giganews.com/blog/feed/atom.xml and the RSS feed found at http://www.giganews.com/blog/feed/rss.xml.

RSS & Atom feeds are commonly read through software known as an RSS/Atom reader. Some popular newsgroup clients also support RSS/Atom feeds, so Giganews' customers will be able to keep up with Giganews' news and announcements using the same software they use to enjoy Giganews' Usenet newsgroup service.

In addition to web feed support, Giganews has also embedded the ability to 'tag' and link interesting content on the Giganews website through popular social bookmarking sites, such as Digg (http://www.digg.com), Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) and Technorati (http://www.technorati.com). Embedded social bookmarking allows Giganews' customers to easily discuss and share their favorite Giganews content with their peers.

"Web feeds and social bookmarking are increasingly popular methods of keeping up with news and interesting content from all around the web. The feeds on our website are yet another way for us to keep our customers informed of new developments at Giganews," said Jonah Yokubaitis, Giganews CEO.

Updating Giganews' website with the latest in information sharing and distribution technologies was a natural step for Giganews in a busy year of service improvements including multiple binary newsgroup retention upgrades (up to 90 days), text newsgroup retention reaching over 1100 days, and multi-lingual website support.

Read more about RSS / Atom feeds and Social Bookmarking at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss_feed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking

For more information on Giganews, please visit http://www.giganews.com/

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In order to enhance customer communication, Giganews has established an official blog. Updates will be posted regularly and will include company news as well as commentary on the web at large.

Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/10/2006 -- Giganews has implemented an official company blog, where Giganews employees can share information and experiences about Giganews and other Usenet related technologies.

Blogs, short for "weblogs", are websites that are structured as diaries or journals and are used to share personal views and advice on subjects of the author's choice. The Giganews blog will offer insight into official company news as well as links to and commentary on the latest happenings around the web. The Giganews blog can be found at http://www.giganews.com/blog.

The addition of a blog to the Giganews site reflects the emphasis placed on serving the Usenet community. Now customers can peek into the company culture at Giganews and interact with employees by commenting on their blog posts. Instead of using a corporate blog as a one-way device to speak to customers, Giganews will use it as a tool for sharing content and promoting dialogue with them.

An official blog is just one of many new service features and improvements Giganews has implemented throughout the past year, including multiple binary and text newsgroup retention upgrades and multi-lingual website mirrors.

For more information about Giganews, please visit http://www.giganews.com/.

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For the fifth time this year, Giganews has increased its storage capacity and now supports 90 days of binary file retention.

Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/22/2006 -- Giganews, Inc. announced today a storage increase for single and multi-part binary newsgroups. Over the next few weeks retention in these newsgroups will start to grow to an unprecedented 90 days. Giganews' current binary newsgroup retention of 70 days will increase day by day as the additional storage starts to fill with new articles.

Thanks to a significant increase in the storage capacity of Giganews' US and European Usenet clusters Giganews will be able to keep pace with the ever increasing Usenet posting volume.

Typically it is a struggle for a newsgroup provider to simply upgrade storage often enough to keep pace with the growth of Usenet. Giganews has continued to lead by not only keeping pace with Usenet but by constantly raising the bar for the Usenet industry in terms of retention, completion and reliability.

This announcement marks the fifth such storage upgrade at Giganews this year.

"Giganews is dedicated to providing a reliable service that goes above and beyond what users expect from a typical Usenet provider. Keeping up with increasing Usenet traffic is a challenge we face every day. Our strategy has always been to continue to lead the premium Usenet industry with proactive service upgrades such as our latest storage increase." said Jonah Yokubaitis, Giganews CEO.

No configuration changes are necessary for Giganews customers to enjoy the increasing newsgroup retention levels. All binary newsgroups will continue to grow as Giganews' storage is filled. The end result will be approximately 90 days of retention in the binary Usenet hierarchy.

Because Giganews does not expire articles in text newsgroups, retention of text newsgroups is currently over 1,150 days and grows day by day.

Customers of Giganews can check the retention level of any newsgroup by visiting http://www.giganews.com/newsgroup_search.html

For more information on Giganews, please visit http://www.giganews.com/

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Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/24/2006 -- Giganews, the world's leading Usenet service provider has expanded its customer referral program. Giganews customers now referring friends and family can link to Giganews via their favorite Usenet forum or website and earn an additional $5 credit toward their personal Giganews account. With the standard referral reward of $15 this means a total of $20 in possible credits for every person they refer.

Traditionally, Giganews customers could refer friends and family by telling their referrals to enter in their Giganews username into the comments section of the Giganews Usenet signup form or by accessing Giganews via a custom URL. Giganews' expanded Usenet referral program allows customers to send referrals to Giganews through Newsgroup related websites and forums via a custom URL and earn an additional $5 credit on their Giganews account for each referral.

"We noticed a lot of our customers evangelizing Giganews in the Usenet community, and we wanted to find a unique way to reward them for the good sentiments." says CEO Jonah Yokubaitis.

Giganews customers wishing to refer friends and family to Giganews through a website or forum may use any of the following URLs:

http://www.giganews.com/?c=your_login (English)
http://fr.giganews.com/?c=your_login (French)
http://de.giganews.com/?c=your_login (German)
http://nl.giganews.com/?c=your_login (Dutch)
http://es.giganews.com/?c=your_login (Spanish)

Replace the "your_login" with your Giganews gn##### login.

As always, Giganews is encouraging its customers to practice good netiquette and to follow the rules of any Usenet forum or website they participate in.

Giganews is continuing to expand its service offerings and customer rewards to improve the overall experience of the Giganews service.

For details on Giganews' expanded Usenet referral program Giganews customers can visit http://www.giganews.com/referral_programs.html.

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The Giganews homepage has been translated into multiple languages to better serve our international customers.

Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/21/2006 -- Usenet service provider Giganews, Inc. announced today the availability of its website in multiple languages. Giganews now offers its website in Dutch, German, French, Spanish, and English.

Giganews is the world's largest tier 1 Newsgroup Service Provider (NSP) offering service to more than 10 million broadband subscribers in 180 countries. With 99%+ completion, ~70 days of binary retention, 1000+ days of text retention, and up to 10 connections, Giganews delivers the industry's most popular Usenet service.

With the launch of the new multi-lingual website, Giganews' goal is to reach out to the global Usenet community by offering subscribers the ability to read documentation, view reports, and manage their Usenet accounts in five different languages.

Currently, Giganews will only offer customer support in English, although in the future this may change.

Customers may view Giganews' new websites at the following URLs:

Dutch: http://nl.giganews.com
German: http://de.giganews.com
French: http://fr.giganews.com
Spanish: http://es.giganews.com

"The new translated websites are part of a string of recent service improvements we've been implementing at Giganews," says CEO Jonah Yokubaitis. Giganews recently announced retention upgrades of up to 70 days in binary newsgroups and over 1000 days in text newsgroups.

Further service improvements will be announced in the coming months to boost the company's personal service offerings and increased international presence. Giganews currently operates global Usenet services in North America and Europe.

For more information on Giganews, please visit http://www.giganews.com/.

Giganews is a trademark of Giganews, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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Austin, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/21/2006 -- Usenet service provider Giganews, Inc. announced today the availability of its website in multiple languages. Giganews now offers its website in Dutch, German, French, Spanish, and English.

Giganews is the world's largest tier 1 Newsgroup Service Provider (NSP) offering service to more than 10 million broadband subscribers in 180 countries. With 99%+ completion, ~70 days of binary retention, 1000+ days of text retention, and up to 10 connections, Giganews delivers the industry's most popular Usenet service.

With the launch of the new multi-lingual website, Giganews' goal is to reach out to the global Usenet community by offering subscribers the ability to read documentation, view reports, and manage their Usenet accounts in five different languages.

Currently, Giganews will only offer customer support in English, although in the future this may change.

Customers may view Giganews' new websites at the following URLs:

Dutch: http://nl.giganews.com

German: http://de.giganews.com

French: http://fr.giganews.com

Spanish: http://es.giganews.com

"The new translated websites are part of a string of recent service improvements we've been implementing at Giganews," says CEO Jonah Yokubaitis. Giganews recently announced retention upgrades of up to 70 days in binary newsgroups and over 1000 days in text newsgroups.

Further service improvements will be announced in the coming months to boost the company's personal service offerings and increased international presence. Giganews currently operates global Usenet services in North America and Europe.

For more information on Giganews, please visit http://www.giganews.com/.

Giganews is a trademark of Giganews, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm