Wake Up News - Computer Alarm Clock that makes waking up a pleasure ! Wake up News is an alarm clock and a new way to wake up . You can use it simply as an alarm clock, but you can also select a couple of newspapers and Wake up News will automatically connect to the Internet (if not on a permanent connection) using your regular Internet connection and load the newspapers you asked for.
This alarm clock and reminder software comes with some preset alarm clock sounds but you can also have it play your own
mp3 files (media player required).
Wake up News computer alarm clock development was started in 1999 by Eric Bernatchez, a freelance journalist who wanted to read his newspapers online in order to save hundreds in newspaper subscribtion fees annually and avoid having to cope with tons of papers to recycle.
After having been downloaded by more than 50,000 people worldwide, Wake up News has had several improvements to become a fully featured alarm clock & reminder software.
Here are some key features of "Wake Up News":
Optional "Wake up enforcement"
9 EXTREME Preset Alarm Sounds!
Adjustable Alarm Snooze
Auto-Unmute
Wake Up from Stand-by
Use Your CD\'s
Use One or Many MP3\'s
Sleep to Music Timer
MIDI, WAV,
wmp Also Supported
Wake up to Internet Radio
Program Alarms In Real Language
Quick-Set Countdown Timer
160 Preset News Links:
(newspapers, politics, tech news, etc)
98 online Daily Comic Links
Limitations:
30 days trial
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$ 14.95