Universal Ticker helps you keep track of things like the latest news, upcoming birthdays, or music playing by displaying whatever you want in a scrolling ticker - either in the menu bar or in a floating window. The actual content is provided by plug-ins, by third-party applications, or by you, using the AppleScript interface.

These sources are included:

• RSS - RSS and Atom feeds
• Time - time and date
• iTunes - current iTunes track
• Battery - battery status
• Birthdays - birthdays from your address book
• Mail - count of unread mail in Mail.app
• Text - lines from any text file