NEWSGUARD - The intelligent newsagent officially launched After 1.5 months of public market- and technical testing Newsguard today officially launched its innovative news service. Newsguard offers the general public the opportunity to stay informed about subjects that interest them most. Newsguard monitors high quality online news sources and informs users by e-mail when relevant news is found, supplying article title and URL. Users simply click on the link in the e-mail and the relevant article shows up in a browser. Newsguard offers several quality features: refine searches in 7 key topic areas all the words or exact phrase selection selection of time interval between e-mail notifications suspend service during vacations and business trips no registration required no download required During the first 1.5 months of existence Newsguard has sent out over 36.000 notifications, only 1 percent of the users has signed off during this period. This proves the usefulness of the Newsguard offering. The general public can use Newsguard for free. Newsguard will develop customized versions for publishers, Internet portals and corporations with specific requirements. Newsguard is based in The Netherlands and is privately funded. For press inquiries please contact press@newsguard.com. Please visit the website at http://www.newsguard.com disclaimer  - ©2002 newsguard.com