SCO0108 - Downloading Content From UseNet

You'll really need to concentrate for this weeks show! I covered this topic many moons ago and it was in fact, the very first pseudo members only show but before we had the Extra! membership scheme!

This week is all about searching, accessing and downloading from the amazing wealth of content that's available from the UseNet binary groups.

There's an awful lot packed into this week's show so you'll need your wits about you. The show covers:

Usenet - All about UseNet
GigaNews - A commercial UseNet host service
NewzBin - A Commercial UseNet Indexing service
MacPar Deluxe - A great par checker and unpacker
Split & ConCat - A concatenation utility

Update November 2008 - Since recording the show I’ve stopped using iGrabNews due to the lack of support for Leopard. I now use Unison from Panic software to use the NZB files to download from GigaNews. Unison is a commercial application but does the job brilliantly and is much more stable than iGrabNews.

By the end of the show you'll have a good idea on how to harness the power of the UseNet binary groups and fully understand how to access and download tons of content.

As promised, here are the links for the various services and software packages described in the show:

GigaNews
NewzBin
NB Since the original show was published, access to NewzBin is by invitation only. If you need an invitation, please email me at screencastsonline at gmail dot com with the subject heading of “NewzBin Invitation” I’ll try and deal with these on a first come first served basis,
MacPar Deluxe
Split & ConCat



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