A few of the many .NET Newsgroups to get you started ...

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.academic

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.csharp.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspplus.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.sdk.setup

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.jscript.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.vb.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.vc.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.xml.general