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5, an enjoyable Windows 95/98/NT desktop accessory program that lets you hang a string of virtual blinking colored holiday lights at the top of (or around) your screen, and add festive holiday music, wallpaper and screen savers to your computer.
Desktop News broadcasts to a low memory, low bandwidth desktop accessory which occupies minimal screen real estate so business users can integrate it with other active applications.