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20 October
2000
Tailor-madenewsfromallover
http://www.quickbrowse.com
By James Eedes
Anyone who browses the same Websites every day knows how tedious
it can be. Quickbrowse.com can alleviate the hassle, opening a
number of different Web pages in a single browser window.
It
gets better. Users can register and have their selection of Web
pages e-mailed to them at an appointed time as a single HTML page.
There's also a range of pre-selected content to help you through the
maze of information on the Web. Large US newspapers are broken down
by category, allowing you to choose the health news from The New
York Times and the front page from the Washington Post.
We like the tech news section that includes the top sites from
around the world. There is also a comics and humour section. Most of
the other selections have a strong US bias, but that shouldn't stop
users making their own selections. Go to a page you regularly visit
on any Website and cut and paste the URL into the myQuickbrowse
window.
The ease of use does leave you susceptible to signing up to
receive too much. The single Quickbrowse page you have to view
scrolls on and on - beyond any normal capacity to hold interest.
You can suspend e-mail deliveries if you're away from you inbox
for a while and you can opt to have sites sent to you only if they
change. The best feature, though, is Quickbrowse's ability to bypass
login requirements on certain sites such as The Wall Street Journal.
That alone makes it worthwhile.
BDFM
Publishers (Pty) Ltd disclaims all liability for any loss, damage,
injury or expense however caused, arising from the use of or
reliance upon, in any manner, the information provided through this
service and does not warrant the truth, accuracy or completeness of
the information provided. ¨ BDFM Publishers 2000
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STORY:
ALL HANDS ON DECKStandard Bank is on a roll.
The failed takeover bid by rival bank Nedcor lit a fire under
senio...
URANIUM AT THE END OF YOUR MOUSEWhere do you go when you
want to buy several tons of uranium? The Internet, of course. Simply
. . . READ ON
MARKET INTELLIGENCEA new Cape Town-based
Internet start-up, Winanza, has been launched, offering Web-based,
below-the . . . READ ON
FORGET THE WORLD, CONQUER
REGIONSWhether electronic retail - or e-tail - will be worth US1
trillion or 5 trillion is academic. . . . READ
ON
CONNECTED PLANETLast week US networking
firm 3Com announced the world's largest interactive poll of millions
of pe . . . READ ON
EDITORIAL
OPPRESSIVE OCTOBERIt is October again.
Bring on the pain. At time of going to press, Nasdaq was 37% off its
high . . . READ ON
EDITORIAL
INTERVENTION OR ASSISTANCE?"To ensure that
monopolies do not take hold in the New Economy the government may
need to step i . . . READ ON
LOCAL COLUMN
THESE ARE THE ISPS' DEMANDS "Little has been done to
encourage e-commerce as the high cost of dial-up access to the
Internet . . . READ ON
NOTEBOOK
BATTERY REVIVALLike it or not, the
ubiquitous 1,5 volt AA- or AAA-sized alkaline manganese battery is
part of you . . . READ ON
PERSONALITY
DAVIDLELLODavid Lello, the new CE
of technology supply chain company Siltek, is under no illusion that
he . . . READ ON
REVIEWS
HOW TO GIVE CLIENTS THE
IMPOSSIBLEby Gary Hamel (HBS Press,
314 pp) Gary Hamel talks of a past when change happened by degrees
. . . READ ON
SPREADING THE SOCIAL TRENDS
EPIDEMICby Malcolm Gladwell
(Little, Brown and CompanyBantam, 279pp) Ever wonder why smoking is
so pr . . . READ ON
TAILOR-MADE NEWS FROM ALL OVERAnyone who browses the
same Websites every day knows how tedious it can be. Quickbrowse.com
can . . . READ ON
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