Now you can get the best of BusinessWeek Online delivered right to your Windows desktop, automatically.
BusinessWeek Online Alerts is a free service that brings you the news that matters to you. You can select categories and keywords that you want to follow, and BusinessWeek Online Alerts will deliver the stories that match your interests directly to your desktop or e-mail. You can get alerts in one of two ways:
Desktop Alerts: Just download and install the application, and BusinessWeek Online stories that match your interests will be displayed in an alert Popup window on your desktop as soon as they are published. Whether you're logged in or not, the alert will be delivered directly to your Alert Messages List so you can read the stories at your convenience. You can also choose to have alerts delivered to you in a daily e-mail digest.
E-mail Alerts: BusinessWeek Online Alerts are also available as a Web-based service that will send you a daily digest of stories matching your interests via
A full explanation of the many features of BusinessWeek Online Alerts can be found in the Desktop help and
Minimum recommended configuration requirements for the application include any modern computer running WindowsNT® (or later); Internet Explorer® version v5.5 (or later), Netscape® v6.1 (or later), or Opera™ v7 Web browsers. The application supports dial-up or better connections to the Internet.
Important Note: Many anti-virus programs and even some browsers contain built-in suppression of popups, ads, and/or images. The default settings of such software may interfere with the normal operation of this program. Please refer to the Desktop FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for more information regarding configuration of your anti-virus software to allow normal operation of this program.