2001 News, also known as Netnews or Usenet, is one of the earliest Internet applications. Newsgroups give people with shared interests the opportunity to exchange views and opinions.
News is like an electronic newspaper that is filled with reactions from readers.
News is categorised, allowing its readers to find their subjects of interest. News differs from discussion lists in that News messages have to be retrieved actively using a Newsreader, whereas the messages in a discussion list arrive by e-mail. At present SURFnet offers over 50,000 Newsgroups. Newsfeed - Some institutions receive a full Newsfeed. This entails forwarding all 50.000 Newsgroups offered by SURFnet to a designated computer, the Newsserver, within the institution.