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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

news
     n 1: new information about specific and timely events; "they
          awaited news of the outcome" [syn: intelligence, tidings,
           word]
     2: new information of any kind; "it was news to me"
     3: a program devoted to news; "we watch the 7 o'clock news
        every night" [syn: news program, news show]
     4: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the
        news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
     5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported
        in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness
        of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world"
        [syn: newsworthiness]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

News \News\, n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News ?s plural in
   form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
   1. A report of recent occurences; information of something
      that has lately taken place, or of something before
      unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.

            Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Something strange or newly happened.

            It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to
            the strong and rich.                  --L'Estrange.

   3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]

            There cometh a news thither with his horse. --Pepys.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

NeWS

   /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ Network extensible Window
   System.

   Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above
   as a way of distinguishing NeWS from news (the netnews
   software).

   [Jargon File]
news

   See netnews.

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

NEWS
        Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)
NEWS
        Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"

Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) 

NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ n. [acronym; the `Network
   Window System'] The road not taken in window systems, an elegant
   PostScript-based environment that would almost certainly have won
   the standards war with X if it hadn't been proprietary to Sun
   Microsystems. There is a lesson here that too many software vendors
   haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist on the two-syllable
   pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from Usenet news
   (the netnews software).