Windows users always have a lot of choice when choosing applications and software programs for certain tasks. This is especially true for popular subjects like reading RSS news. A selection of fine online and offline computer programs are available that can be used to view RSS feeds. Some of the most popular include Google Reader, [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

If you are one of those Internet users living in their RSS feed reader you might like Folder RSS. Folder RSS is a folder monitor that creates a valid RSS feed that can be accessed using any RSS reader. The feed will contain the changes made to specified folders. The software program is fully portable [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Only Microsoft Outlook 2007 has the functionality to manage and display RSS feeds right in the email client. Previous versions of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express do not provide the means to add RSS feeds to the email client. Enter RSS Popper, a free Microsoft Outlook add-in that adds RSS feed support to those Microsoft [...]

Categories: Email

Converting RSS news to Email can be useful for users who prefer to receive information about updates of their favorite sites in their inbox. It also comes in handy when using mobile devices because it is usually easier to read the news in an email client instead of having to read them in a web [...]

Categories: The Web

Just four days ago a post entitled How To Sort Feeds In Google Reader Alphabetically Again was published on Ghacks that helped users of Google Reader to sort their feeds listing alphabetically again. The default sorting is alphabetically which becomes void when the user begins to drag and drop feeds around in Google Reader. Four [...]

Categories: Google, Online Services

Pimp My News is a RSS News Feeds aggregator that turns all available RSS News Feeds into podcasts which can be listened to online or downloaded to the computer. The user can add up to ten feeds to his playlist which can then be turned into podcasts. Pimp My News provides two ways of subscribing [...]

Categories: Online Services

After I realized that the Brief Firefox add-on was – at least partially – responsible for the high cpu and disk usage of Firefox every 45-60 minutes I had to find another way to read my subscribed RSS Feeds. I uninstalled the Brief add-on and did face the problem that I had to export the [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

If you are looking for a desktop RSS feed reader for Windows, Mac or Mobile devices you might want to consider FeedDemon, NetNewsWire and NewsGatorGo who have been previously commercial applications but are not free to download and use. I did not pay much attention to commercial RSS feed readers before and I can’t honestly tell you much about the advantages of those products compared to their free counterparts.

Categories: Software, The Web

I have written about the web service Anothr just a few days ago. This service made it possible to receive RSS Feed updates in Skype, MSN and Google Talk and turned out to be pretty useful to some readers. I discovered another service that is offering RSS Feed updates send directly to Instant Messengers.

Categories: Online Services, The Web