October 2005
Intermediate to advanced
489 pages
12h 2m
English
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Build Your Own News Crawler
The My Yahoo! Ticker can provide a nonstop stream of news, weather, and stock quotes in your Windows toolbar.
When you watch any of the 24-hour news channels such as CNN or MSNBC, you see the ever-present crawling news ticker running along the bottom of the screen. While the news anchor reads a story about the latest celebrity court case or natural disaster, you can read completely unrelated information in the news crawler about other stories that are breaking. On the financial news channels, the news crawler across the bottom gives stock quote information that lets you keep up with how the market is faring.
Figure 2-42. “Add to My Yahoo!” preview page in new window
Thanks to the My Yahoo! Ticker (in beta testing at the time of this writing), you can create your own endlessly crawling news ticker in your Windows taskbar that will keep you up to date with headlines, stock quotes, and weather while you’re working.
Installing the Ticker
To use the ticker, you’ll need Windows 98 or higher and a recent version of Internet Explorer. If you meet these requirements, browse to http://ticker.yahoo.com and click the Download button. Follow the installation instructions and enable the toolbar by clicking an empty area in your Windows taskbar and choosing Toolbars → My Yahoo! Ticker Beta, as shown in Figure 2-43.
Once enabled, the ticker will add a scrolling list of stock ...
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