For medications, put trade and generic drug names in the profile. For diseases, list all the possible alternative names. Custom News is an on-demand service. Desktop news services, such as PointCast, automatically put the news right on your computer screen in real time. Desktop news systems often put your profile on your hard disk, so there is more security and privacy.
Some agents focus on finance.
These services will track your portfolio, and some will even calculate your net worth each day. For general Web pages, personal agents can scour the net. The best is Informant Server from Dartmouth. This agent accepts fairly complex profiles on any topic, then sends email to you once a month with information about new matches and changes in previous matches. We acknowledge with gratitude gifts from the following donors, January-July 1997.