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Golden Frog posted a great photo of 500 Terabytes (or a half of Petabyte) of Dump Truck online storage on the Golden Frog blog. Don't worry, 500 Terabytes is only a portion of a single Dump Truck storage cluster, so there is plenty of storage space for Giganews members. Golden Frog is furiously working on new Dump Truck features, such as sharing and desktop/mobile apps, so stay tuned for more news in the coming months!

Check out the Dump Truck online storage photo!

Simply login to Dump Truck with your Giganews username and password to access Dump Truck. Diamond Accounts include 30 GB Dump Truck online storage for free and all other accounts include 5 GB for free.

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Labels: Dump Truck Online Storage

We released an update to the Giganews customer control panel today. The control panel is your personal web interface for managing all your Giganews services and personal account information. We completely redesigned the control panel to give it a more simple layout that will hopefully be easier for Giganews members to use.

One of the more powerful new features is the ability view and disconnect active VyprVPN connections. For example, if your home computer is actively connected to VyprVPN and you need to use VyprVPN on your mobile device, you can login into the Giganews control panel and disconnect VyprVPN for your home computer and now access VyprVPN using your mobile device. Below is a quick summary of the updates to the control panel.

Dashboard Changes:

• Quick summary of all your Giganews services and personal account settings
• Individual tabs to separately manage Usenet, VyprVPN and Dump Truck services
• More easily update billing information, view invoices, set account preferences and more

Giganews Usenet:

• View transfer stats in new graphical format
• Upgrade and downgrade Usenet plans more easily
• Set or remove Usenet article limits

VyprVPN Personal VPN:

• View and disconnect active VyprVPN connections
• More easily add or remove VyprVPN protocols
• Access setup instructions unique to your VyprVPN protocols and OS

Dump Truck Online Storage:

• Add or remove additional Dump Truck storage capacity
• View Dump Truck Usage stats
• Login to Dump Truck directly from your Control Panel

If you're already a Giganews member, login to your Control Panel to check out all of the new updates and features. If you're not a Giganews member, we invite you to see what makes Giganews different and sign up today.

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Today, we are launching a new WebDAV Setup page to supply Giganews members with more WebDAV configuration options with Dump Truck online storage. We recently announced that all Diamond Giganews memberships were upgraded to include 30 Gigabytes of Dump Truck online storage at no additional cost and all other accounts would receive 5 Gigabytes of free storage. Giganews members asked for more WebDAV configuration options, and today we are happy to provide them.

What is WebDAV?

WebDAV is a protocol that allows you to mount Dump Truck just like a hard drive in Mac OS X and Windows, as well as access Dump Truck on mobile devices. Create, change and move files and folders while maintaining your file structure.

WebDAV Setup and Configurations now include:

Operating Systems
Mac OS X Windows Vista	Windows 7 Windows XP
Desktop Applications
Windows Applications BitKinex CrossFTP Pro Cyberduck DataFreeway NetDrive	OS X Applications CrossFTP Pro Cyberduck Web Apps AnyClient
Mobile Applications
iOS Air Sharing	Android Apps WebDAV File Manager

See how easy it is to set up WebDAV on your computer and mobile device for Dump Truck online storage.

Every Giganews membership includes Dump Truck online storage for free, so we invite you to sign up today. If you’re already a Giganews member, get started with Dump Truck and WebDAV.

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Labels: Dump Truck, WebDAV

Today, we are extremely excited to announce that we have added Dump Truck online storage to every Giganews membership at no additional charge! All Giganews Diamond members now have free access to 30 GB of Dump Truck online storage. All other Giganews accounts have access to 5 GB of free Dump Truck online storage.

After hearing from Giganews members that they want an online, secure, personal storage service, we announced our plans to partner with Golden Frog to bring online storage to Giganews members. Today, we are happy to deliver online storage to Giganews members.

Over the last 18 Months, our successful partnership with Golden Frog has led to the development of new innovative products and tools for Giganews members. We first partnered up with Golden Frog to create the Mimo Usenet Browser + Search. Shortly thereafter, we brought Golden Frog's VyprVPN Personal VPN service to Giganews members. Now Dump Truck Online Storage by Golden Frog is included free with every Giganews account.

What is Dump Truck?

Dump Truck is a personal online storage service created by Golden Frog with a focus on speed and security of personal data. Use Dump Truck to store and access your photos, documents, data and files from anywhere in the world. Dump Truck uses 256-bit encryption to secure your files and delivers the same unlimited speeds you expect from Giganews.

Dump Truck features include:

• Intuitive web interface with drag and drop upload
• Simple and secure file structure
• 256-bit SSL encryption for uploads and downloads
• Files are encrypted on-disk with 256-bit AES encryption
• Access to your files anywhere in the world
• WebDAV Support - Access Dump Truck using DAV clients and apps

Dump Truck features coming soon:

• iPad, iPhone, and Android online storage apps - Storage while on the go
• Windows and Mac desktop application - Access your files just like any other drive
• Public and private sharing - Share with the world or simply your friends
• Password Protection - Control the access to your data

All Giganews members can simply login to Dump Truck to get started. If you're not already a Giganews member, we invite you to take advantage of our Dump Truck Launch Special!

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Over the past year and a half, our partnership with Golden Frog has brought fresh online tools to Giganews members. Today, we're pleased to announce our newest addition, the VyprVPN App for Giganews!

The VyprVPN App for Giganews automatically configures and simplifies managing VyprVPN connections. It allows you to easily switch between all VyprVPN server locations and protocols with a simple click. Starting today, it is FREE for all Giganews members with VyprVPN. Download VyprVPN App for Giganews today!

VyprVPN App for Giganews Basic Features:

• Quick access from the Windows Notifications Area
• One-click switching between all VyprVPN server locations
• One-click switching between all VyprVPN protocols
• Supported on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (Mac OS X and Linux coming soon!)

VyprVPN App for Giganews Advanced Features:

• Automatically activates VyprVPN when connecting on unsecured wireless networks (configurable)
• Automatically detects dropped VPN connections and prompts to reconnect (configurable)
• Quick access to recent VyprVPN protocols and server locations
• Automatically updates as Golden Frog adds new server locations
• Automatically updates OpenVPN and L2TP security certificates

The VyprVPN App for Giganews is currently supported on Windows only, but Mac OS X and Linux versions are coming very soon.

If you're not already a Giganews member, we invite you to sign up. If you are a Giganews member without VyprVPN, we invite you to add VyprVPN to your membership today!

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Labels: Golden Frog, VPN, vyprvpn

Golden Frog added a new VyprVPN server location in Germany. The new German server is available immediately for all Giganews Diamond members and members who have added VyprVPN to their membership.

For more information, please read Golden Frog's blog post:

"Today, we're excited to announce a new server location in Germany!

The new German VPN server location increases flexibility to travel the Internet openly and securely around the world regardless of your physical location. We believe in an open Internet and we have continued work to bring VyprVPN customers greater options.

The following VyprVPN server locations are now available:

• Germany - NEW!
• United States - East Coast
• United States - West Coast
• United Kingdom
• France
• Netherlands
• Hong Kong"

To access the new German VyprVPN servers, simply update your VyprVPN hostname to:

de1.vpn.giganews.com

For more setup information, please see our VyprVPN setup page or contact our Support Team.

If you're not already a Giganews customer, we invite you to sign up today!

Labels: Golden Frog, Privacy, Security, VPN, vyprvpn

Here at Giganews, we work hard to provide the highest quality Usenet service on the planet. Today, we became the first Usenet provider to reach 1,200 days of binary retention. Of course, 1,200 is more than a number. We don't just offer more Usenet retention than any other Usenet provider (including over 3,000 days of text retention), we also offer the highest quality retention. You'll see the same 100% completion and unlimited speeds in every newsgroup regardless of article age. No other Usenet provider can make that claim.

Through our partnership with Golden Frog, we also continue to provide innovative online tools to Giganews members including Mimo Usenet Browser + Search, VyprVPN, Nat Firewall and most recently Dump Truck online storage.

Here are a few milestones we've reached just since we passed 1,000 days of retention:

• WebDAV Support for Dump Truck
• Dump Truck Early Access to Select Diamond Members
• Three Mimo Usenet Browser Updates
• VyprVPN French Server Launch
• Three Years of Binary Retention
• VyprVPN UK Server Launch

We remain committed to growing high quality Usenet retention every day - day by day - and will continue to bring innovative online tools to our members.

If you are not already a Giganews member, we invite you to sign up now!

Labels: Dump Truck, Usenet Retention, vyprvpn