First Look

• A Tangible Times API

  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting Infractor, a tangible user interface for the Times Article Search API.' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:28pm EST
  by By MARCI WINDSHEIMER

• A Web Service Becomes a Library Service

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  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting the Dallas Public Library's use of the Times Best Sellers API.' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:05pm EST
  by By Marci Windsheimer

• Finding Greener Pastures With Times APIs

  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting Suburbified, which uses the Times Article Search API.' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:45am EDT
  by By Marci Windsheimer

• Making the Most of the Times Newswire API

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  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting two sites that use the Times Newswire API.' [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:42pm EDT
  by By Marci Windsheimer

• Keeping It Simple With Times APIs

  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting two sites that use our APIs in simple, straightforward ways.' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
  by By Marci Windsheimer

• Announcing Custom Times Feeds

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  Our new Custom Times Feeds tool provides a simple, customizable and familiar way to get news and information about almost anything you can think of. [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 11:55am EDT
  by By Tom Jackson

• Elastic Times: Stretching the Article Search API

  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting the Elastic Times application, which uses the Article Search API.' [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 9:46am EDT
  by By Marci Windsheimer

• Congress Speaks: Animating APIs

  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting the Congress Speaks application, which uses the Times Congress API.' [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 2:32pm EDT
  by By Marci Windsheimer

• Searchketeers: A Swashbuckling Search Tool

  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting the Searchketeers application, which uses the TimesTags API.' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 3:22pm EDT
  by By Steven Schattenberg

• A Cool Way to Search (Lab Coat Not Required)

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  Our series of posts about external uses of Times APIs continues. Today we're highlighting the NYT Explorer application, which offers a simple way to use the Times Article Search API.' [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 5:13pm EDT
  by By Steven Schattenberg

• Reading Radar: Zeroing In on Times Best Sellers

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  This week's look at external uses of Times APIs: Reading Radar, a mashup of the Best Sellers API and Amazon.com data. [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 11:15am EDT
  by By Steven Schattenberg

• Visualizations: The Art of Times APIs

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  This is the second in a series of posts highlighting external uses of New York Times APIs. This week's topic: visualizations. [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 8:20am EDT
  by By Marci Windsheimer

• Instantwatcher.com and the NYT Movie Reviews API

  As part of our API program, we're starting a new series of posts that will highlight exciting and creative uses of our open APIs. First up: instantwatcher.com.' [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 9:22am EDT
  by By Steven Schattenberg

• Article Skimmer Update: All the News

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  We are pleased to announce the third release of the article skimmer prototype. Here's a look at what's new. View the Article Skimmer The new article skimmer features better navigation, more content and a refined look. Improved Navigation: Pages In previous versions, we tried to find a balance between showing lots of stories, [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 4:27pm EDT
  by By Andre Behrens

• Times Reader 2.0 Is Now Available

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  Times Reader 2.0 is now available to download. This version is powered by Adobe AIR and will run equally well on Windows , Mac and Linux computers. [...]
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  Posted: May 12, 2009, 5:44pm EDT
  by By Rob Larson

• Sneak Peek of Times Reader 2.0

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  In a few weeks we'll be introducing Times Reader 2.0. This version is powered by Adobe AIR and will run equally well on Windows , Mac and Linux computers. With this latest release, Times Reader resembles the printed paper even more closely, and it updates every five minutes with the' [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2009, 9:34am EDT
  by By Rob Larson

• Apture: New Blog Feature

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  We've enabled a new feature on select New York Times blogs--Dot Earth, Economix and Diner's Journal--called Apture. Apture allows readers to dig deeper into a subject without ever leaving the page.' [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2009, 1:11pm EDT
  by By The New York Times

• A Better Sunday: You Spoke, We Heard You

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  A few weeks ago, we released a still-unnamed article skimmer prototype. We told you our mission: to provide an online approximation of the pleasure of reading the Sunday Times. We asked you to tell us what you thought, and you obliged. Along with positive feedback, we received several suggestions and [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2009, 4:25pm EDT
  by By Andre Behrens

• Times Reader Beta for Mac and Conflicts with Safari 4 Beta

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  On February 24, Apple released a public beta of Safari 4. Unfortunately, the Safari 4 beta conflicts with our Times Reader beta for Mac. As many of you have commented on already, Times Reader will stop working. The only solution at this time is to uninstall the Safari 4 beta. [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2009, 7:05pm EDT
  by By Rob Larson

• NYTimes iPhone Application 2.0

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  Eight months after announcing the release of the NYTimes iPhone Application, we're delighted to announce the release of version 2.0.' [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
  by By The New York Times

• The Local

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  With our recent launch of The Local blogs in Maplewood, New Jersey, and Fort Greene, Brooklyn, we combine the traditional realm, the neighborhood, with the present-day medium, the Web. [...]
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  Posted: March 07, 2009, 9:20am EST
  by By The New York Times

• Energy & Environment

  As part of NYTimes.com's Business expansion, we present its newest sub-section, Energy & Environment.' [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2009, 3:47pm EST
  by By The New York Times

• Sunday Browsing

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  Here at The Times, we often hear a common story of usage from our customers: Reading the Sunday Times, spreading out the paper on a table while eating brunch. For many of our customers, this ritual is fundamental to their enjoyment of the weekend, and its absence would be jolting. With [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2009, 12:41pm EST
  by By Andre Behrens

• Internet Explorer 8: Web Slices

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  With the recent release of IE8 RC1, we've been getting excited about one of the interesting new features of Microsoft's newest browser: Web Slices. Web Slices are similar to "live bookmarks" - a bookmark that is periodically updated with new information - with a useful twist: Web Slices give you' [...]
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  Posted: February 04, 2009, 5:47pm EST
  by By Eitan Konigsburg

• Your Money

  The economy is on everyone's mind, but even more so is how the latest economic news affects our money. To guide you through the often confusing world of personal finance, we've revamped the Your Money section. New features include: The Comeback Calculator, which calculates how long it will take your portfolio' [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 9:54am EST
  by By The New York Times

• Build Your Own Times Widget

  "A widget is a convenient tool that allows you to add continuously updated online content to your personal Web site, blog, social-network or search engine home page." That's how we describe a widget on our new Times Widgets product. [...]
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  Posted: January 05, 2009, 11:17am EST
  by By The New York Times

• Represent

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  For the classically know-it-all New Yorkers who sometimes don't know it all, we bring you Represent, in beta. [...]
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  Posted: December 30, 2008, 4:38pm EST
  by By The New York Times

• TV Guide(s)

  In the late '90s, Seinfeld shaped more than a few New Yorker identities, and more recently, we witnessed lengthy water-cooler recaps of old-school Mad Men. This sort of undying loyalty to our favorite shows and characters (hello, The Office) was part of the inspiration for our newly debuted 1,000+ TV [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2008, 11:43am EST
  by The New York Times

• Personal Tech Holiday Buying Guide

  Just in time for the holiday shopping season, it's the Personal Tech Holiday Buying Guide. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2008, 9:36am EST
  by The New York Times

• Recipe Search

  Thanksgiving is upon us, and you're thinking of cooking up something a little different (or perhaps more traditional). Enter the beta version of our Holiday Recipe Search, found at the top of the Dining & Wine section. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2008, 11:59am EST
  by The New York Times

• NYTimes.com Video

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  You've probably noticed, or you may be discovering it for the first time: we have video, lots of it, and it just went under a facelift. Now our videos are easier to find and sharable, with sharper, high-quality images. [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2008, 6:09pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Mac Software Update for Times Reader

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  We recently released a software update for the free beta version of Times Reader for the Mac. The new version provides support for Silverlight 2.0 and improves the news download and synchronization process. News in Pictures, a popular way to explore the day's news through photography, has also been added. As [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2008, 5:01pm EDT
  by Rob Larson

• Multimedia E-Mail

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  Focus, our latest e-mail offering, delivers a compilation of the latest videos, slide shows and interactive features on NYTimes.com. Sent each Tuesday, it links to features like The Ad Wars, our interactive on the presidential candidates' ad spending, and videos that present all kinds of things like David Pogue's thoughts [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2008, 6:01pm EDT
  by Eve Taylor

• VentureBeat and GigaOM in Technology

  As previously promised on First Look, the Technology section now features headlines from top tech blogs VentureBeat and GigaOM. [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2008, 5:07pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• The Debates on NYTimes.com

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  You've heard of our Debatinator, but have you seen our homepage during the debates? If you did, you would've noticed real-time video of each debate and live-blogging from The Caucus. [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2008, 12:19pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Technology and Business

  As the economy continues its fluctuations and the technology industry moves even faster, we're keeping you on track with our Technology and Business expansions. In Technology, we've introduced: *Four new sub-sections, including Internet, Start-Ups, Business Computing and Companies *An expanded Bits, featured on the section front *Content from GigaOm, Venture Beat and ReadWriteWeb, [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2008, 4:36pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• TimesPeople Part Deux

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  Previously we introduced TimesPeople Beta; now we'd like to tell you about its second incarnation. [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2008, 11:39am EDT
  by The New York Times

• New York Fashion Week

  Our new interactive fashion-show tool allows front-row viewing even when you're sidelined. [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2008, 10:13am EDT
  by The New York Times

• Reporting the Conventions

  We're covering the conventions with unconventional reporting, starting with a brand-new toy, the interactive video. [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 2:10pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Ideas Blog

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  The Week in Review staff invites you to join their conversation--a conversation about the articles, studies, opinions and, well, ideas, roaming the Web--on their new Ideas blog. [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2008, 4:10pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• New Weekly E-Mail: Wheels

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  Are you an automotive news hound, the kind of person who likes to stay on top of anything and everything influencing the automotive world? If so, allow me to introduce "Wheels", NYTimes.com's new weekly automotive e-mail newsletter. [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2008, 7:54pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Olympic(s) Players

  No one likes a braggart, but being proud, well, that's a different story. Proud was what we were when we spied New York Times Olympics' fifth-place standing in Nielsen's report Top U.S. Olympics Websites: August 6 - 9, 2008. In fact, when compared to dedicated news and sports sites, we [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 5:24pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Election Guide 2008: Presidential Update

  Election Guide 2008 captured the unpredictable fun of the primaries, but now it’s time to turn an eye toward the season’s biggest competition of all: the presidential election. With the Democratic and Republican conventions rapidly approaching, we’ve unveiled a more presidential-focused Election Guide 2008. Our Electoral Map is a clear-cut [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 10:26am EDT
  by The New York Times

• Interactive Feature: Olympics Tracker

  With 35 Summer Olympics sports, each with a plethora of events, comes the question: how to keep track of them? Allow us to introduce NYTimes.com's Olympics Tracker, where you can keep an eye on your favorite sports' upcoming events and results. [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2008, 1:44pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Interactive Feature: The Debt Trap

  NYTimes.com's interactive series allow us to report the news as well as discover how the news affects people, through video, graphics and traditional articles. In the first installment of The Debt Trap, we observe how unprecedented debt levels and financial instability have affected average Americans. [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2008, 1:04pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Markets Section: Redesigned and Revamped

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  You've probably heard the markets have been under the weather, which means you're also likely to keep a closer eye on them. Enter our expanded and redesigned Markets section. [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2008, 9:17am EDT
  by The New York Times

• Introducing the Economy Section

  The new Economy section in Business features the latest news (recession or not?), views from top columnists, a chart of economic indicators and a calendar of when to expect the next big economic report. [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2008, 3:19pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• NYTimes iPhone Application

  In honor of iPhone devotees like David Pogue, we've released the NYTimes iPhone Application, available for free at the iPhone App Store. [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2008, 3:55pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Experts on Times Topics

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  Our reporters know a lot about a lot, but the goal we’ve set for our Topics pages—to offer our readers the best about everything—is a pretty steep one, so we’re experimenting with bringing in experts to help out. [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2008, 11:00am EDT
  by The New York Times

• Interactive: Central Park Running Trails

  "Trails Less Traveled" is a guide through Central Park with photos, text blurbs and audio descriptions of running paths and trails. [...]
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  Posted: June 27, 2008, 4:04pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Personal Tech Product Reviews & Guides

  On our redesigned Personal Tech product pages, powered with the help of the CNET folks, we provide the unbiased descriptions (high-caliber sound, check; easy to use, not as much) to guide you through the increasingly crowded world of tech products. [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Company Topic Pages

  We believe those content aggregation tools are onto something, providing the information and news you want in one place—kind of like our newly launched 6,000+ company topic pages. [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2008, 2:27pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Introducing TimesPeople Beta

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  The newly launched TimesPeople Beta is where The New York Times meets the social Web — think of it as all the news that's fit to share. [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2008, 6:18pm EDT
  by The New York Times

• Times Reader Beta for the Mac Now Available

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  Today our beta version of Times Reader for the Mac becomes available. The beta is free for all registered members of NYTimes.com to download and try . For hardware and software requirements and other questions check our FAQ. For a description of the program read our previous post. Please note that Times Reader [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2008, 12:09pm EDT
  by Rob Larson

• Times Reader Beta for Mac Coming This Month

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  A beta version of Times Reader for Mac users will be released this month. In building Times Reader for the Mac we’ve focused on providing the core set of features that have made the PC version popular. These include the easy-to-read paginated format, the ability to view the paper offline, [...]
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  Posted: May 12, 2008, 5:55pm EDT
  by Rob Larson

• Does Vista SP1 Break Times Reader?

  Number of comments: 10
  Short Answer: No. Long Answer: A few days ago Microsoft posted a list of applications that might be broken by the release of the SP1 for Vista. It didn’t take long for numerous blogs and articles to pick up and spread this information. Times Reader was one the of the application [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2008, 1:35pm EST
  by Nick Thuesen

• My Times Problems

  Number of comments: 10
  Some of our users have informed us that My Times Beta is currently having intermittent trouble with the following: 1. When dragging a widget to a new location on your page, the widget returns to the old position after reloading the page, or leaving and then returning to My Times. 2. The [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2008, 3:10pm EST
  by meislin

• Notes on Times Reader Update 1.1.3.0

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  Because of a change made by Microsoft, we are required to make an update to Times Reader 1.1.3.0 to insure compatibility. (Times Reader runs on Microsoft’s .Net 3.0 framework, and Microsoft is now pushing a new version of their Framework .NET 3.5.) We’ve also added a few enhancements that you’ve been [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 2:34pm EST
  by meislin

• Most E-Mailed List Now Available on Times Reader

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  Many of you have written us over the past months asking for the Most E-Mailed list to be included in Times Reader. Now it is. You’ll find it as the last section. If you have a very large monitor, this means you can probably see it listed as one of [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2007, 2:16pm EDT
  by Rob Larson

• Results of the Times Reader Survey

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  As many of you know, we ran a survey in July to solicit your feedback on Times Reader and to ask for your input on which features you’d like to see developed in the future. Over 4,500 people participated. I wanted to share the results of that survey with you. The [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2007, 8:36am EDT
  by meislin

• My Times Now Open to All

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  The My Times Beta is now open to the world. We encourage you to share the news with your friends, family and coworkers. Our goal with My Times was to create a unique Web portal, one that lets information-hungry NYTimes.com readers more easily find relevant articles not only from The Times [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2007, 9:38pm EDT
  by meislin

• A Hard Hitting Interview With Times Reader’s Data Guy

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  Lately I’ve noticed an increase in e-mails and blog comments from people asking about how articles are handled in Times Reader. After a couple of attempts to answer the questions myself I realized I wasn’t “in the know” as much as I thought I was. Then it dawned on me. [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2007, 1:24pm EDT
  by meislin

• My Times News

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  Dear My Times Beta tester, Thank you for helping us test My Times over the past several months. We have been listening to your feedback and have launched a new version of My Times that includes many new features and enhancements requested by you and your fellow users: • Multiple pages per reader. [...]
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  Posted: May 09, 2007, 3:50pm EDT
  by york

• Notes on Update 1.1.2.0

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  Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve been able to get to the blog. I also realized I never made a post when we launched version 1. In an attempt to earn your forgiveness the list of changes below will cover everything between version 1.0.0.0 and version 1.1.2.0. There were [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2007, 6:01pm EDT
  by meislin

• Times Reader and Crosswords

  Number of comments: 10
  Several folks have written in to let us know that the crossword puzzle was not updating properly in the new reader. We’ve posted a new build of the reader that fixes this issue. If this has been happening to you please download the new build here. Just a reminder that if [...]
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  Posted: March 30, 2007, 7:30pm EDT
  by Rob Larson

• Times Reader Beta Has Ended

  Number of comments: 10
  On March 27, 2007, Times Reader launched as a subscription service for $14.95 a month or $165 a year. Access to TimesSelect and Premium Crosswords are included in the price. If you are currently a TimesSelect or Premium Crossword subscriber you will receive a pro rated refund on those products [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2007, 2:16pm EDT
  by Nick Thuesen

• Important Times Reader Service Information

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  Dear Times Reader Beta Testers, We want to thank you for your input during this free beta period. You and your fellow beta testers have been a great help in the development of Times Reader. This note is to let you know that the beta period will be ending in two weeks. [...]
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  Posted: March 14, 2007, 2:09pm EDT
  by Nick Thuesen