NewzCrawl

NewzCrawl (as shown above) is software designed for continuous retrieval of news headlines, stock market prices, weather, stocks, e-mail and a host of other vital information through the Internet. This advanced, customizable toolbar resides at the top or bottom of your computer screen. See a story that interests you? Click on the headline and read the full story in your browser.

If you want to keep on top of what is happening in the world, in technology or your e-mail or in your portfolio, then NewzCrawl is the tool for you. Easy to configure; NewzCrawl allows you to have unlimited streams of information. And, the great thing is the RSS feeds are offered freely by thousands of news sources, magazines, blogs, etc. RSS is the talk of 2005!

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NewzCrawl allows you to add uses freely available RSS feeds to display news, weather, financial information, e-mail stocks and whatever interests you in a customizable toolbar on your desktop. RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites so that a short summary of the content is displayed in a tickertape fashion on your own desktop.

NewzCrawl comes configured with 19 information sources, such as:

BBC
MSNBC
New York Times
Wired News
InfoWorld
USA TODAY
And many more...

These sources are further divided into almost 500 separate categories of information:

Business
Health
Movies
International News
National News
Travel
Technology
And many more...

You can also easily add your own choices to customize the real-time content you bring to your screen:

Any favorite web site that offers an RSS feed
Create your own stock quote ticker!
Add your own email addresses (POP-3 accounts) & watch for new mail

You can select:

Top or bottom scrolling ticker placement
Text and Background colors
Your choice of font size and color

System Requirements:

Minimum 256MB RAM (512MB Recommended)
Microsoft .NET must be installed