Thanks. I like the way it shows popularity of stories and their movement since the last update. New stories, stories becoming more popular, and stories becoming less popular - you can see it all at a glance.


>Hey Jos,
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>This looks pretty cool ... I downloaded and installed it this morning. So far, I like it! Maybe now I'll stay on top of the news a little better than I do. <g>
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>~~Bonnie
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>>Hi All,
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>>For all you news addicts here is a little app I put together for fun. News Maps visually reflect news aggregated from numerous sources including Google News, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post, BBC and many more news outlets from around the world. The information is displayed in
>>a Treemap which are space-constrained visualizations of information.
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>>The most popular stories occupy the largest rectangles while less popular stories fall into progressively smaller rectangles. You can see all the headlines and read any story just by clicking the headline.
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>>You can view several News Maps at the same time, each showing news from as many as 15 different news categories. The maps automatically refresh every 15 minutes and then show the movement of stories in respect of their growing or declining popularity.
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>>Download the zip file from;
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>>http://www.timbukone.com/newsmaps/zip/TBO_News_Maps.zip
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>>Extract and run the Setup program. Uninstall is included.
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>>Written in VFP9/SP2. Requires an Internet connection to read the RSS news feed. Tested on Windows 2000, XP, and Vista.