On 03/01/2011 09:31 PM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > John R Pierce wrote on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:08:48 -0800: > >> seems like what you want is more like a webpage with 'news items' on it, >> perhaps a blog like S9Y or Wordpress, and a web browser window >> displaying the current page on the desktop, maybe that auto refreshes >> hourly or something. > > That is likely called RSS. > > Kai > Try StatusNet [1] the application that power Identi.ca (an open source social networking and micro-blogging service like Twitter) [1] http://status.net -- Athmane Madjoudj