All the latest UK technology news, reviews and analysis
|
|
|
22 Jul 2005
This screensaver from Microsoft is billed as way to stay on top of news, weather and email from your desktop.
It can be set up to display weather information (US only and requires your zip code), news headlines from MSNBC (select the subjects that interest you), and new hotmail and MSN Messenger messages.
An integrated search bar can be used to search the web, and your searches can be limited to news or images.
You can select an image folder on your PC which the screensaver will use as backgrounds, rotating through them in slideshow format.
If you know anybody who writes a blog using MSN Spaces you can also display the latest entries alongside the news headlines.
However, we struggled to get some of the features working. Despite adding numerous RSS feeds, they did not show up in the screensaver. If you can get these features working, why not let us and others know by leaving a comment below?
Note: you will need the MSN Search toolbar before you will be able to install this screensaver.
Similar downloads
Latest downloads
V3 examines the key strengths and weaknesses of Samsung's latest iPhone killer
Access your email and documents from anywhere and easily collaborate with others via this cloud-based suite
Access your email and documents from anywhere and easily collaborate with others via this cloud-based suite
Enter email address to edit your newsletter preferences
Social networking is almost ubiquitous. This white paper examines the benefits and risks and it looks at the different ways companies can reconcile them
The importance of understanding your infrastructure
Do you agree?
Can't get RSS feeds working?
The likely reason your RSS feeds are not updating is because you're behind a firewall, and the screen saver doesn't handle proxy servers properly. The next release should address that problem, as well as add weather data for international cities. Li-Kai Chang Program Manager, MSN Screen Saver
Posted by: Li-Kai Chang 30 Aug 2005
Awful
Quite Frankly, it's slow - heavy on resources.
Posted by: James 02 Aug 2005