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A collection of daily news links is free from The Virtual Daily News, . For topical news sources -- business, education, technology, career, etc. -- see . [Gary Ewell , inet-news, 1/25/96.]

News about Stanford research and events is available from Stanford News Service on the Web, . Searchable archive. [, net-hap, 1/25/96.]

News of the Weird is a weekly syndicated column, available online at . [Robert Samet , BESTWEB, 7/11/96. net-hap.]

Nine media companies are providing content from 225 US daily newspapers on New Century Network, . [Todd Smith , inet-news, 5/24/96.]

Online info for more than 1001 online newspapers worldwide can be found by name or map location from Editor & Publisher Magazine, . [Network News, 6/6/96.]

The full-text Washington Post site also offers 1,000 pages of links to other news and reference sites. Features include a news archive, movie and book reviews, and 15 comic strips. Also several chat rooms. , or for the site index. [Scout Report, 6/21/96.]

TIME Techwatch Daily includes GIZMO!, a look at new products, toys, and gadgets. Also news, reviews, editorials, etc. . [Steve Baldwin , net-hap, 6/28/96.]

Your WebScout publishes 22 specialized newsletters. . [, net-hap, 7/11/96.]

The Network News Node (n3) lets you tailor your news via keywords and other selections. . [Liz Tompkins , inet-news, 6/20/96.]

Infoseek Personal will create a web page tracking companies, sports teams, or other topics of interest to you. . [Liz W. Tompkins, inet-news, 3/15/96.]

ComputerWire is a UK service offering customized news, from computer and information technology sources. Fee-based after a beta period. [Liz W. Tompkins, inet-news, 7/11/96.]

NBNSOFT Content Awards serves up news of the best new services on the net -- 20KB every ten days. Categories include journalism, business, education, reference, Internet news, etc. Archives are on . Send a "subscribe" message to Liz Tompkins . [NEW-LIST, 7/24/96.]

NewsFlash is a free Windows 95 Internet information agent: headlines, stock ticker, weather, and email. . [Ken Shapiro , comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.mail, 7/25/96.] (Similar to PointCast.)

ZD Net Personal View has been enhanced, offering faster retrieval and better personalized selection from 650 news resources. Select from 24 topics or create your own filters. . [Liz W. Tompkins, inet-news, 7/31/96.]

Newspage is another daily news filter, selecting from 20K stories on 700 news services in 30 industries. . [net-hap, 7/30/96.]

Tech Talk's HOT NEWS is a free daily newsletter of top technology stories. Contact to subscribe. [Ken Rutkowski , net-hap, 8/7/96.]

What's New on the Web will send you customized daily email matched to your personal profile. Free. . [, net-hap, 8/4/96.]

The Webcatcher will email you a weekly list of new URLs matching your topics of interest, for free. Their "computer.ai" topic pulls in about a dozen web pages per week from new AI groups and programs. . [Dave J. Mills , comp.ai, 8/19/96.]

LifestyleFinder is an "intelligent agent" using inferred lifestyle profiles to target user information, rather than the usual keyword-based "interest list" filtering. See . [Bruce Krulwich , comp.ai, 8/26/96.]