Scrolling the news

By Michael P. Hill March 17, 2008

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tabbox_tz_scroll_widget.gifMSNBC has launched a new widget called the “News Scroller.”

It’s a customizable module that scrolls headlines from top to bottom based on a user’s category preferences. In keeping with MSNBC.com’s “spectrum” theme, the widget also allows users to assign custom colors to each category of news.