Copyright © 2000 to 2008 Uwe Keller
Introduction
Welcome to the homepage of Kappanews! Kappanews is a newsreader specialized in reading media files from the internet newsgroups. If you are interested in music, films or pictures, Kappanews is the right choice. In the newsgroups there are a bunch of media files you can download with ease. Kappanews has an integrated browser with the capability to display all common file types and even movies! Read more about the features below.
22/6/2008
Kappanews 7 Beta 3 released
Kappanews 7 Beta 3 released
Languages
At the moment supported languages are English, German, Dutch, Polish and Finnish. Translate Kappanews into your language and get a license for free! Contact the author by mail from the program Help menu.
Download
Click on the link or image below to download the latest release. Please note that to run this software on other systems than Windows Vista you have to install the Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0.
Changes coming with the latest version:
The application has been converted from Giganews Binary Newsreader to its new name Kappanews. This was necessary because the name was a registered trademark by another company. There are also some other minor changes and improvements.
The application has been converted from Giganews Binary Newsreader to its new name Kappanews. This was necessary because the name was a registered trademark by another company. There are also some other minor changes and improvements.
Download from multiple news servers as they are one big server
Complex account management can handle more than just one account per server
Integrated browser plays or displays all common files and even movies
Quick setup with the configuration wizard in just 4 easy steps
Write and publish you own articles with the posting utility
Multimedia file manager with special commands like Join, Split, Backup or folder synchronization
Each name of downloaded files is stored in a database so duplicate articles will be tagged with a special icon
Download with up to 8 threads and 16 connections at the same time
Global search thru all subscribed newsgroups
Completeness check for a series of files belonging together
Prioritized download queue processing
Rules processor allows to manage incomming articles, e.g. you can automatically download your favorite articles
Decoder and encoder for BASE64, UU, Quoted-Printable, yEnc, BinHex and Bommanews (B-News)
NZB and SFV file support
Features
Repair and unpack archives without the need of other programs (batch processing available)
Buy
The unregistered version of Kappanews will display a registration reminder on program start. Additionally it is limited to 2 download threads at a time. With the registered version you are able to download with up to 8 threads simultaneously!
If you like the program, you may register it. Online orders can be securely carried out at www.shareit.com.
If you like the program, you may register it. Online orders can be securely carried out at www.shareit.com.
The costs for a license are 29 EUR or about 39 USD. Immediately after registration you will receive your registration data and a confirmation by email. After you have entered your registration data, Kappanews changes to a full version without registration reminder nor limited threads.
Screenshots
Kappanews Newsreader
Encrypt a file collection into a container file
