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Getting feeds at desktop is so easy now

30. June 2010

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As RSS feeds are well-known to everybody these days, these feeds are basically responsible to update the news and information on sites and blogs. Nowadays softwares and tools are available which allows the users to download the RSS feeds to their desktop or laptop. FeedDemon is the one comes into the action at this situation. These [...]

Basics of RSS

14. May 2010

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RSS is a short form of Really Simple Syndication. Type of file which makes RSS is a XML type file. RSS are used in order to associate news content and web content. After distribution of content it is called a feed. Various sites like that of news channel websites, share [...]

RSS-reader Review: Pluck

28. December 2009

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Pluck is a newsreader that integrates with Internet Explorer, a nice feature for users who want to read newsfeeds inside their default Windows browser. As such, Pluck offers additional tools not found in competing programs, including the ability to manage Web bookmarks across multiple computers, share Web pages and notes with friends, and sort and [...]

RSS-reader Review: Newsgator Inbox 2.6

28. December 2009

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NewsGator 2.6 is a unique newsreader, in that it integrates with Microsoft Outlook, thereby allowing Outlook users to browse newsfeeds from within the same program that delivers daily e-mail. This $29 program has a helpful setup wizard that simplifies installation, which took about five minutes in our tests. Once you install NewsGator and open Outlook, NewsGator [...]

RSS-review: FeedDemon

28. December 2009

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FeedDemon is a well-crafted standalone newsreader that’s ideal for novices who’ve never heard of an RSS feed. The $29 FeedDemon features an outstanding setup wizard that explains basic newsreader concepts (“A channel is a source of news items. For example, the RSS feed for the New York Times is a channel.”) For some, this advice [...]

RSS-reader Review: RSSReader

28. December 2009

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Like Awasu and FeedDemon, RSSReader is a standalone newsreader–as opposed to those that integrate with your Web browser, such as Pluck, or with Microsoft Outlook, such as NewsGator. Once downloaded, the free RSSReader installs in less than a minute. Like NewsGator, however, RSSReader requires Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1, an additional 23MB download that will extend [...]

RSS History

27. December 2009

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There are a lot of folk legends about the evolution of RSS. Here’s the scoop, the sequence of events in the life of RSS, as told by the designer of most of the formats. ScriptingNews format, designed by DW at UserLand. 12/27/97. RSS 0.90, designed by Netscape, for use with my.netscape.com, which also supported scriptingNews format. The [...]

Introduction to RSS

27. December 2009

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Want more traffic? An easy way to distribute your news? Then you need an RSS news feed. To start all you need is content you want broadcast, and one RSS text file.

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