You can use ActiveRefresh to create your very own, fully customized web news center.

The key point is that you don't have to visit sites again and again to find out what's new. With the help of ActiveRefresh you will monitor web sites and get your information automatically.

ActiveRefresh is a software application that monitors your web sources and notifies you when they are updated. ActiveRefresh monitors web pages, forums, news sites, Bloggers, RSS channels, even YahooMail. The main advantage of the program is that it does not just notify you about the changes; this application can extract the new information and deliver it directly to your computer, making it unnecessary for you to visit different websites.

Brief list of ActiveRefresh features

Web Monitoring

* ActiveRefresh combines the portions of information from different sources (regular web pages, RSS feeds, mailboxes, even YahooMail) and presents them in uniform, comfortable and adjustable way;

* Powerful and simple filters to make your check more effective

* Individual schedule for every task

* Optional pop-up alerts and sounds when updates are found.

* Ability to specify which part of information will be extracted from web page

* Customizable output templates

* Ability to use different search templates for one page

* Checks your POP3 mail and YahooMail accounts

* Build-in blogging tool (Blogger, Movable Type, LiveJournal support)

* Build-in browser

News Reading

* Customizable RSS Channels support

* Creating of rss-like web-based columns with fully customizable search and output templates

* Extract the specified parts on web content.

* Powerful and simple filters for RSS-based and Web-base columns