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SANS News Browser

steve_brown.jpgA friend sent me an e-mail about a free widget called the SANS News Browser offered by the SANS Institute. It’s a single *.exe file that you can plant on your desktop and just run (no setup required). They gather security and virus stories from over 3000 news sources. The Browser pulls from their digest.

The stories are generally posted within thirty minutes after the story appears on the publications’ sites. It is useful for security professionals who need to be certain they don’t miss important stories. It’s also helpful for bloggers like me always in search of new fodder for readers.

You may keep the browser in a window on your Windows PC desktop. Whenever you see a story that sounds important, click on the headline to go immediately to the original story at the news site. The very first story link is advertising, which I’m sure is how the pay for the program.

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