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		Recent News NewsMonster 1.2.2 final has been released. Download PRO now! Download NewsMonster NewsMonster runs on all machines running Mozilla 1.0, Netscape 7.0 or greater. (JavaScript must be enabled) Java 1.4 or greater. OSX, Linux, or Windows Latest News Find out what is happening in the NewsMonster community! NewsMonster in Action View screenshots of NewsMonster. Three Pane Interface Two Pane Interface Mozilla Integration Subscription Manager Send us feedback Help us make NewsMonster even better! Join the mailing list or contact us directly. If you use IRC you can find us in #newsmonster on irc.freenode.net.

NewsMonster is currently discontinued. We may be working on NewsMonster 2.0 in the future which will work in FireFox but until then NewsMonster 1.0 is only available for Mozilla 1.5 and later and does not include support. You may want to check out Tailrank which is another product brought to you by the developers of NewsMonster. If you're interested in crawl data you might be interested in Spinn3r.

NewsMonster is a news, weblog, and RSS aggregator that runs directly in your web browser. NewsMonster offers a superior web experience and outstanding integration with existing websites and weblogs that support RSS. Even sites that don't support RSS can work with NewsMonster. That's not all! NewsMonster incorporates an advanced reputation system to prevent spam and discover and inform you of important news.

Get all the latest news -- as it arrives! Cache entire web sites in the background while you surf! Rate your favorite and least-favorite websites and share ratings with the online community - automatically!

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Offline Browsing
NewsMonster supports fully cached HTML articles for reading while your computer is offline . Want to take NewsMonster on the train or to your favorite coffee shop where without wireless? No problem! Just run NewsMonster right before you leave the house. #

Any Weblog
NewsMonster supports every major website even if an RSS feed isn't provided. CNN, New York Times, BBC, The Onion, etc). They all work just fine within NewsMonster. In fact most sites look better this way! #

Template Driven
All content generation within NewsMonster is provided via XSLT technology. This allows users and developers to modify the way their pages look, customize HTML output, and easily add support for the latest RSS changes and additional modules. #

Standards Compliant NewsMonster works with all versions of RSS including versions 0.90, 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, and 2.0. We also support most RSS 1.0 modules including mod_reqv (Rich Equivalents), mod_dcterms (Advanced Dublin Core Terms), mod_dc (Dublin Core), mod_content (Content within the RSS feed), xhtml:body (inline XHTML), mod_cc (Creative Commons Metadata), mod_admin (Admin specs), mod_annotate (Annotation integration), and mod_link (Linking within RSS). #

PDA Enabled NewsMonster supports running on your PDA (Linux, PalmOS, PocketPC, etc) including the full contents of an article reformatted for display on small devices. All that is necessary is a web browser which supports CSS2/HTML4/JavaScript (an Internet connection is optional) and enough free space to store the NewsMonster database. # Rich Images NewsMonster attempts to use images whenever possible including channel images in the recent article index and favicon images (small 16x16 icons) next to links that support them. #

Content Extraction Don't want to bother with images, flash, or bulky and confusing websites? No problem! NewsMonster supports thin content export so you can read an article quickly and move on! This is similar to the content:encoded feature provided by some RSS feeds but NewsMonster supports this for all subscriptions. Does your feed include an article without a description? No problem. NewsMonster provides the ability to quote sections of text from articles within channels that do not provide descriptions. #

Rich Metainfo Metainfo is information about information. NewsMonster supports all RSS metainfo including dublin core, author, title, category, etc. #

Open Licensing NewsMonster is available under very open licensing terms similar to many Open Source packages. While not fully Open Source we provide full developer access to source code and we are fully cross-platform. #

Reputation System The brains behind NewsMonster are provided by a reputation system with functionality somewhere between Whuffie and Advogato. NewsMonster allows you to rate any article and publish these ratings to enable fellow bloggers to discovery high-quality news. Rate your favorite/least favorite sites and share ratings with the online community - automatically! #

Fully Cross-Platform Based on cross-platform and Open Source technologies, NewsMonster is portable to all major Operating Systems including OSX, Windows, Linux, BSD, and Solaris. NewsMonster also provides an easy one-click install and automatic update notifications for new versions. #

Weblog Archives Channel history and archives are available within NewsMonster. This allows the user to go back in time and find an article which is no longer available in the recent version of the site. #

Semantic Web Enabled NewsMonster is backed by a Semantic Web enabled RDF database which allows us to preserve the semantic relationship within documents. This allows NewsMonster to act as an agent on your behalf and help you barter goods and services online. Want to sell your used guitar? No problem. Just create a new advertisement and publish it on your blog. Other NewsMonster users which have agents looking for a similar service will discover your publication. Throughout the whole process reputation is involved so that you know who you are dealing with! #