.NET News On Your Desktop is a project developed by Blocks4.NET in order to notify .NET users / developers community about latest .NET components news.
News are received from Blocks4.NET web site and displayed to your desktop by using a Channel Definition File and the Windows Active Desktop feature included in Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and 2003.
This is an essential tool for software developers that use custom controls, software components, code generators, and other productivity tools.

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Supported Operating Systems -Vista
Version -1.0
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The Wereldomroep News Clock is a desktop application for Windows, which delivers the latest news every five minutes.
Radio Netherlands news is available in English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Indonesian. The headlines displayed are links to the relevant stories on the Radio Netherlands Web site.
The world map shows an actual projection of the daylight curve over the earth, based on the local system time on your computer. That means you can quickly see where it´s day and night around the world.
The News Clock connects automatically to the Internet, therefore the developers advise you not to install it if you have a dial-up connection. It´s intended for always-on connections.

Supported Operating Systems -2000/NT/XP
Version -1.0
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An MP3 alarm clock that even loads your favorite newspapers while waking you up.

Supported Operating Systems -2000/NT/XP
Version -1.0
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Free Agent is your guide to news, fun and information in the Usenet newsgroups. This is one of the most popular news readers available.

Supported Operating Systems – Windows NT/2000/XP
Version – 1.93
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