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

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/

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

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/

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/newsline/

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