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Spotback on PC World - Web News Wranglers

Story by Ryan Singel from the August 2006 issue of PC World magazine
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,126113,pg,3,00.asp

"So much news on the Web, so little time to read it all. These tools and sites can help make you an incredibly well-informed person--in a hurry."

"...Spotback, a site that debuted in May and offers several ways for you to adjust which stories you see. A slider bar lets you indicate how much you like each story on a scale of -5 to +5. Also, drop-down 'Less' and 'More' menus let you block a news source, category, or subcategory, or request more stories from it.

Spotback's excellent user interface puts a yellow background behind the stories you've read, and when you rate a story you get instant feedback: The site uses Ajax (a popular Web programming technique that employs behind-the-scenes browser requests to make Web sites feel more like desktop apps) to magically slot in a related story directly below the one you've just rated. Regrettably, Spotback falters on the matter of timeliness. The 'Computers and Internet' section sometimes features six- and seven-day-old stories--an eon in online news time."

Also mentioned: Techmeme, Memeorandum.com, Findory, Digg, Reddit, Rojo and more.

Regarding Singel's closing comment: Spotback offers the option to choose not to show stories older than 'x' days. This option was set to 10 days by default and was recently changed into 3 days. Users may chance this setting at any time.

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