The news section of this forum has been customized, to offer more convenience. News items and the discussions are now seperated. This simply means that the news section changed into an informative part of the forum. If you want to discuss the subject, you can click the link at the bottom of that thread, saying "Discuss this topic here"
You can't post in the news section anylonger. You can reply, however: only if you have information to add! The posts will be moderated, meaning, your post will have to be accepted by a moderator. So if you just want to share your opinion, do so in the topic attached to the news item, and if you have found new information regarding the subject, propose to add it to the topic! Questions about this can be asked here