LiveWire Professional is a

MS-DOS MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few op ...

program made by CableSoft. It was first introduced in 1988 as software/expansion board combination, which allowed to convert

Financial News Network The Financial News Network (FNN) was an American financial and business news television network launched on November 30, 1981. The network aimed to broadcast programming nationwide, five days a week, for seven hours a day on 13 stations in an ...

ticker from television receivers into

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for further analysis. The software is designed for stock brokers and financial analysts, allowing them to record and analyse the

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, through the use of live feeds. However, its user interface was criticized as cumbersome.

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LiveWire homepageDefinition at computing dictionary
Financial software {{DOS-stub