Big news indeed. The Usenet archive portion of the financially-troubled Deja.com (see the May 14, 1999 Scout Report) has been bought by search-engine powerhouse Google. The purchase includes Deja.com's Usenet search technology, including the Usenet archive back to 1995, and the Deja.com trademarks, among other items. At present, the Beta service only contains messages back to August 2000, but...