Cotlook Desktop News

Looking for a less obtrusive way of keeping track of the latest headlines from Cotlook?

Cotlook Desktop News is a small news ticker that sits on your desktop (above your other applications) and continuously scrolls through the latest headlines from Cotlook. As long as you have an open Internet connection it will update itself constantly and alert you whenever a new headline is published.

 
It won't get in your way

The news ticker requires very little system resources and uses less than 3KB in bandwidth per minute (it won't slow your computer or Internet connection), it's also compact and takes up little space on your screen, floats on top of your other applications and can be positioned wherever you prefer on the screen.

(screen grab of Cotlook Desktop News ticker shown real size with latest news headline)

 
Continuous news from Cotlook, even when minimised!

News headlines are updated continuously and are colour coded for convenience (orange for breaking news stories, yellow for latest news, white for older headlines). System tray bubbles alert you to the very latest news, even when Cotlook Desktop News is running minimised!

 
Easy access to the full story

Cotlook Desktop News provides convenient access to the full news articles, just click on the headline to see the full story at the Cotlook web site.

 
It's free!^*

Yes that's right, it's completely free to download, future versions and updates to Cotlook Desktop News will be free, even downloads of news headlines are free.

^*Access to full news articles requires a Cotlook Daily Internet Service subscription, however free trial subscriptions are available on request, visit our trial subscriptions page for more information.

 
Download it now!

Just click here to download Cotlook Desktop News (5.4MB, download time ~13mins @ 56Kbps, 1.5mins @ 512 Kbps, 45secs @ 1Mbps).

 
 
System Requirements

• Pentium 233 or greater
• Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP or greater
• 64 MB RAM or greater
• 3.5 MB hard drive space

 
Release History

• v1.0.4 - Fixed issues with ticker maximizing/disappearing on a small number of PCs.
• v1.0.3 - Improved notification of a new version of Cotlook Desktop News.
• v1.0.2 - Manual scrolling through headlines added, ticker now remembers it's last position.
• v1.0.1 - Fixed issue with ticker occassionally starting up with incorrect dimensions on some machines
• v1.0    - Initial Release