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-- Is there any way of changing the news feeds I would rather have feeds
from Australia rather than the USA
twojakes

"robj" <robj@bunsmith.com.au> wrote ...
> -- Is there any way of changing the news feeds I would rather have feeds
> from Australia rather than the USA

G'day cobber,

No, unfortunately Vista - while it has made some improvemenst in
Internationalisation - continues the American cultural domination of the
English-speaking world. Now we have compulsory "Personalize", "Backup
Center", Network Center" and "Security Center" alongside old clangers like
"Colors". The news gadget is not configurable, through the user Interface
(you could always try manually editing the files under "C:\Program
Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\RSSFeeds.Gadget" - they're all XML and HTML).

But if you go to the Windows Live Gallery:
http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx?bt=1&pl=1
.... you'll fine gadgeats for Aus Bureau of Meterology; Cricket scores;
Sydney Morning Herald and Age most popular articles; ABC Radio broadcast;
and some others as well. There's also BBC News which, while not Australian,
is relatively "normal" compared to the American feeds.

Hope it helps
Andrew

"Andrew McLaren" <andrew@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> "robj" <robj@bunsmith.com.au> wrote ...
>> -- Is there any way of changing the news feeds I would rather have feeds
>> from Australia rather than the USA
>
> G'day cobber,
>
> No, unfortunately Vista - while it has made some improvemenst in
> Internationalisation - continues the American cultural domination of the
> English-speaking world. Now we have compulsory "Personalize", "Backup
> Center", Network Center" and "Security Center" alongside old clangers like
> "Colors". The news gadget is not configurable, through the user Interface
> (you could always try manually editing the files under "C:\Program
> Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\RSSFeeds.Gadget" - they're all XML and
> HTML).
>
> But if you go to the Windows Live Gallery:
> http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx?bt=1&pl=1
> ... you'll fine gadgeats for Aus Bureau of Meterology; Cricket scores;
> Sydney Morning Herald and Age most popular articles; ABC Radio broadcast;
> and some others as well. There's also BBC News which, while not
> Australian, is relatively "normal" compared to the American feeds.


I have my news gadget delivering Australian content. I simply modified the
list off RSS feeds in Outlook 2007 and then configured the gadget to deliver
them.

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And loving it,

-Q
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"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote ...

> I have my news gadget delivering Australian content. I simply modified
> the list off RSS feeds in Outlook 2007 and then configured the gadget to
> deliver them.

Excellent - great info!

Andrew

Yes go to the news site (using IE) add the feeds from there!

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"robj" <robj@bunsmith.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> -- Is there any way of changing the news feeds I would rather have feeds
> from Australia rather than the USA
> twojakes