RSS Readers
RSS and Atom files provide news updates from a website in a simple form for your computer. You read these files in a program called an aggregator, which collects news from various websites and provides it to you in a simple form. But what aggregator to use?
Here are some choices:
Top Picks
This elegant Mac-like aggregator is easy to use and powerful.
Simple, but gets the job done.
The best aggregator for GNOME.
Check all your feeds from any web browser.
Runners-Up
A news aggregator you access through a web browser. (Mac/Win/Linux)
A more complicated aggregator for Windows. (Win)
Like SharpReader, but no longer being maintained. (Win)
Read the news from within Microsoft Outlook. (Win)
Based on Scopeware technology. (Win)
Lets you create your own customized news page with feeds from the sites you're interested in. (Web)
A smart headline viewer and news ticker that can also process almost any website. (Win)
A full-stregth news-reading application, on your desktop. (Mac/Win)
Reads RSS feeds and sends each new item to you as an email. (Unix)
Displays RSS feeds in an Outlook-like interface. (Mac/Win/Lin)
If for some reason you don't fancy any of these try searching under 'RSS Aggregator' on your favourite search engine.
Thanks to http://blogspace.com where this info came from and Aaron Swartz for being born. Major contributor to the development of this technology. |