Transcription: News groups, often called Usenet, are a collection of news and discussion groups. Each news group operates as a bulletin board devoted to a specific topic. The advantage of a news group over a mailing list is that messages are posted to one central location and not your electronic mailbox. This keeps your electronic mailbox free from a large quantity of messages. The news reader also keeps track of what you have and have not read. Like mailing lists, some news groups have a moderator. To get involved in a news group, you must have a news reader, which is included in most web browsers. You must ...