Desktop Software

BBC Newsline Ticker
Headline ticker will automatically update throughout the day with the latest news, sport, travel, finance and weather from the BBC. Available for multiple OS platforms.
http://www.bbc.co.uk

BotBox
Monitor blogs, RSS feeds, and web forums.
http://www.botbox.com

Desktop News
A free Windows application that delivers custom content to the desktop in a customizable, low bandwidth, compact news ticker.
http://www.desktopnews.com/

EasyByte News Ticker
A free news ticker that scrolls the latest breaking headlines from a variety selectable subject areas.
http://www.easybyte.com/products/ticker.html

eNewsBar
Free scrolling news ticker bar. Continuously updated. View by category or keyword.
http://www.enewsbar.com/

Google Desktop Sidebar
The sidebar in Google Desktop includes a news widget that learns from the articles you read and a feed reader widget that learns from the websites you visit.
http://desktop.google.com/

NewsDart Sports News
Free downloadable software that allows sports fans to receive breaking sports on their favorite teams and players to their desktops.
http://www.newsdart.com/index.php3

Wake Up News
Shareware that automatically loads the newspapers of your choice every morning at the time you specify and notifies you with an optional alarm.
http://www.wakeupnews.com/

Worldflash
WorldFlash is an Internet agent for Windows 95/98/NT4 that displays up-to-the-minute news headlines, stock quotes, weather forecasts, sports scores. Over 6,000 regions with weather reporting in real time.
http://www.worldflash.com