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title: "[Tool] - cool (free) news reader"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/9/tool-cool-free-news-reader.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/9/tool-cool-free-news-reader.html"
published: "2003-11-09T01:39:00"
updated: "2003-11-09T01:39:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I think I just found my dream news reader: 40tude Dialog It's everything I've wanted in a reader, and the Price is right too! (Free for non commercial use). If you've been using that old reader of yours that looks like…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# \[Tool\] - cool (free) news reader

By Roy Osherove November 9, 2003 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 9, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

I think I just found my dream news reader:

[40tude Dialog](http://www.40tude.com/dialog/features.htm)

It's everything I've wanted in a reader, and the Price is right too! (Free for non commercial use). If you've been using that old reader of yours that looks like it came out of the dungeon, fear not. All the old keyboard shortcuts are still there (and they are also configurable!) and the interface is lovely (even if not perfect, it is loads better than anything that look like Forte Agent).

## More in Cool Tools

[All posts in Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

- Nov 14, 2003

    ### [The Regulator 1.02b is out](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/14/the-regulator-102b-is-out.html)

- Nov 11, 2003

    ### [\[Document\] Port Requirements for Microsoft Windows Server System](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/11/document-port-requirements-for-microsoft-windows-server-syst.html)

- Nov 6, 2003

    ### [C# Programmable Calculator](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/6/c-programmable-calculator.html)

- Nov 5, 2003

    ### [\[Tool\] The Regulator 1.02a is out](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/5/tool-the-regulator-102a-is-out.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

### Sites

- [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership.
- [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. Author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership; consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery, plus about 20 years of blog posts.
- [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin.
- [5whys.com](https://www.5whys.com): Roy's writing on software team leadership: self-organizing teams, surviving chaos, learning mode and the Elastic Leadership model.
- [Pipeline Driven](https://pipelinedriven.org): Continuous delivery and DevOps practices: build patterns, pipeline-friendly testing, DevOps metrics and enterprise DevOps.
- [Elastic Leadership](https://www.elasticleadership.com): Elastic Leadership, Roy's framework for software team leaders (survival, learning and self-organizing modes).

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Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/