Tag: TICKER

If you've got a huge display that you want to set up as a news ticker, GlowDart is worth a look. It's Web-based, so it doesn't matter which OS you're running. It's got huge text headlines that are readable from a distance, and it scrolls vertically. Light and dark themes are both available. The coolest thing about GlowDart is the ability to add your Twitter or Facebook account to it, so you ...

Snackr is an Adobe AIR-based RSS ticker that pulls random headlines from your RSS feeds and scrolls them along the bottom or the side of your screen, letting you click through to read anything that looks interesting. It's not a replacement for your regular RSS reader, but it makes a great supplement. Snackr's well worth checking out if you're an information addict who has to have the fire hydrant ...

Stanford University Network Workstation, more commonly known as Sun Microsystems, has decided to change its ticker symbol to something a little more meaningful and symbolic. The SUNW symbol will be changed to the new trading symbol of JAVA as of next week. This marks a new step in the company's growth strategy, focusing on the power and brand strength of Java as a technology for the web. Sun is ...

MySI is a great app for all you sports buffs. It consists of a desktop sports news app with a full screen-saver built in. In minimized mode it is a small toolbar that sits above your taskbar. It doesn't take up too much space, and acts as a news ticker for (currently) up to three of your favorite NFL teams. It is ad supported by several notable companies like Miller, RadioShack, Comcast, Nissan, ...

Feedo Style is a service that lets you create a custom scrolling news box  from any RSS feed that you can embed in any web site. Setting it up is really easy. You just enter a feed URL and then tweak the box's appearance to your heart's content (well, almost—the style options are a bit limited, but if you have a knack for CSS I imagine you could add your own tweaks in your site's own ...