Usenet News is a system where people can post message on discussions of just about any subject, and others on the Internet can reply to them. A news reader is a piece of software that can read these messages and

 

Desktop News

• Version Number: 1.1b
• Revision Date: February 11, 1998
• File Type: exe
• Byte Size: 1,661,257
• License: Freeware
• Home Page: http://www.desktopnews.com
• Description: Delivers a personally customized news feed direct to your desktop in a clever, compact headline "ticker". You establish your specific areas of interest and Desktop News continually seeks out and delivers your custom content utilizing sophisticated personal News Agent software.
  

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infoPager

• Version Number: 1.10
• Revision Date: September 14, 1998
• File Type: exe
• Byte Size: 4,898,304
• License: Freeware
• Home Page: http://www.infopager.com
• Description: infoPager lets you receive a personalized edition of your favorite newspaper, to be read or printed off-line. Selected topics are delivered in a few minutes, retaining the look and feel of the printed newspaper Currently you can get a free subscription to FWKC Reuters which provides articles from the Funk & Wagnalls Knowledge Center's news service. Other newspapers will be available soon.
  

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My Yahoo! News Ticker

• Version Number: 1.8 Build 1805
• Revision Date: January 29, 1998
• File Type: exe
• Byte Size: 318,062
• License: Freeware
• Home Page: http://www.netcontrols.com
• Description: Your own personal organizer and custom launchpad into the World Wide Web! Get the latest News, Sports, Stock Quotes and more in the blink of an eye.
  

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PCN-The PointCast Network - Canada

• Version Number: 2.5
• Revision Date: June 22, 1998
• File Type: exe
• Byte Size: 4,364,098
• License: Freeware
• Home Page: http://www.pointcast.ca
• Description: Very nice integrated news, weather, sports, company news software package that includes an interactive news screen saver. Tons of categories for any interest.
  

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PCN-The PointCast Network - U.S.A.

• Version Number: 2.6
• Revision Date: September 30, 1998
• File Type: exe
• Byte Size: 4,269,118
• License: Freeware
• Home Page: http://www.pointcast.com
• Description: Very nice integrated news, weather, sports, company news software package that includes an interactive news screen saver. Tons of categories for any interest.
  

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WebBrief

• Version Number: 1.0.4
• Revision Date: March 9, 1998
• File Type: zip
• Byte Size: 447,835
• License: Shareware
• Home Page: http://www.bbs.com.au/
• Description: WebBrief is a news program that allows you to enter the internet addresses of several of your favorite news websites and mails the day's news automatically to your e-mail address.
  

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WebTicker

• Version Number: 3.01
• Revision Date: September 29, 1998
• File Type: zip
• Byte Size: 910,839
• License: Shareware
• Cost: $18.00
• Evaluation Period: 25 launches
• Home Page: http://www.spaeder.com
• Description: WebTicker is an application that will download information from any web site automatically at pre-set intervals. Great for sites that update their information frequently. WebTicker is designed for pages with news/sports updates, but a creative user can find many other uses for it. The registered version allows you to cycle between three separate sites.
  

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WorldFlash News Ticker

• Version Number: 1.5
• Revision Date: October 1, 1998
• File Type: exe
• Byte Size: 1,252,143
• License: Freeware
• Home Page: http://www.scroller.com
• Description: A ticker-bar news service that contacts many news services on the net from Yahoo news to Reuters to US News and more. Also provides stock and weather information.
  

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