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RSS Reader QuiteRSS 0.19.4 out with Media-RSS support

QuiteRSS 0.19.4 is the latest version of the desktop RSS feed reader for Windows. The new version introduces support for Media-RSS, new sharing options, engine upgrades, and several fixes. It is no […]

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QuiteRSS Feed Reader gets first update in over a year

QuiteRSS, a desktop feed reader that is available for Windows and Mac OS X, has received an update that brings the version to 0.18.5. The release is the first update for the […]

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Fabulous RSS Reader QuiteRSS 0.14 released

If you are a Ghacks regular you know that I prefer desktop programs over their mobile counterparts or web services any time of the day. When it comes to RSS, I have […]

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8 QuiteRSS tips to improve your RSS feed reading

Up until recently I have been using Great News for all my RSS feed reading. The desktop client was plain in many regards but that did not really matter to me as […]

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QuiteRSS 0.13.2: revisiting the RSS reader after a year

I prefer to use a desktop reader when it comes to RSS. It is probably more of a personal preference than anything else, but I feel that having access to all data […]

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QuiteRSS, Open Source RSS Reader for Windows

I switched from the Java-based RSS reader RSSOwl to GreatNews a few months ago and have not looked back. The main reason for the change was the Java dependency of RSSOwl, and […]

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RSS Guard update brings massive performance boost

Open source RSS reader RSS Guard 4.3.0 introduces a massive boost to the feed reader's performance. The developer added support for parallelized feed fetching to the application, which improves the time it […]

Brave Browser 1.46 launches with Brave News improvements

Brave Software released a new version of its desktop browser, Brave 1.46 on December 1, 2022. The new version of Brave browser includes a number of changes, many of them improving Brave […]

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RSS Guard update introduces manual feed sorting and multiline title support

The latest release of the RSS Guard feed reader application introduced a number of new features, including options to sort the feed listing manually. Since my review of RSS Guard in January […]

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RSS Guard: open source feed reader with optional online feed syncing

RSS Guard is an open source cross-platform RSS feed reader that supports local feed reading and maintenance, but also online feed services support. My main feed reader is QuiteRSS currently, but it […]

Sage-Like is a customizable RSS feed reader extension for Firefox

Sage-Like is a customizable RSS feed reader extension for Firefox

How do you stay up-to-date with your favorite websites? I prefer RSS feeds, it's easier to manage and provides a convenient reading experience. QuiteRSS has been my go-to choice for a long […]

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Fluent Search is a customizable desktop search engine program

If there's one thing that Windows is bad at, it has to be the Search tool. I never use it, because it crawls at a snail's pace, and I'd rather use Voidtools' […]

Read your favorite articles from one place with Fluent Reader

Read your favorite articles in one place with Fluent Reader, an open source, cross-platform RSS reader

What do you do to stay up-to-date with the latest news? Do you visit the pages manually or subscribe to email newsletters? RSS Feeds are better in my opinion, their update frequency […]

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1Feed promises to keep you up to date faster

Keeping track of things that interest you can be quite time consuming. While it depends a lot on your interests and the sources that feed these, it is quite easy to spend […]

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Brook is a simple RSS Feed management extension for Firefox

I rely on RSS Feeds to catch up with news from multiple tech sites, news sites, and other sites that support RSS. It's simpler, faster, and much more efficient than visiting sites […]

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Force programs to start in maximized mode with Maximize Always

We have reviewed many programs that allow you to minimize windows to the system tray, or hide them. Check out Traymond, MinimizeToTray, or the built-in run as minimized option of the Windows […]

Raven Reader is a cross-platform, open source RSS feed aggregator that supports podcasts

Raven Reader is a cross-platform, open source RSS feed aggregator that supports podcasts

RSS Feed aggregators are a great way to stay up-do-date with the latest articles from your favorite websites. Some prefer online services, others browser add-ons while some, like me, rely on offline […]

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Brave Today is a news reader integrated on Brave's New Tab Page

Brave Software, the company that is behind the web browser of the same name, announced the release of Brave Today on the official company website. Brave Today is a news reader that […]

BalloonRSS displays a notification on your desktop to alert you when a new article is available in an RSS feed

BalloonRSS displays a notification on your desktop to alert you when a new article is available in an RSS feed

RSS feed readers are a great way to get notified about new articles on your favorite sites. It's fairly instantaneous, plus your inbox doesn't get cluttered with newsletters. Sadly, there aren't a […]

Drop Feeds is an RSS reader extension for Firefox

Drop Feeds is an RSS reader extension for Firefox

RSS Feeds are a simple way to keep yourself updated of the latest articles from your favorite sites. Some prefer desktop programs like QuiteRSS, while others prefer a web-based service. A good […]

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Microsoft launches its Bing Coronavirus Tracker

Keeping track of Coranavirus news can be quite the time-consuming process and a burden as well considering that you need to find reliable information. Microsoft just launched its Coronavirus tracker on Bing. […]

Smart RSS Reader is a feed reader extension for Firefox and Chrome

Web based feed readers are kind of a pain to use. They often implement changes that you don't want, while taking away features that you like.  Local readers are much better when […]

OnTopper is a lightweight always-on-top Windows app

Tiny programs have a special place in my heart; you can check out our list of great 100K or less applications that I created back in 2010 as a good start to […]

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The perils of running Windows 10 on a 4K monitor

As you may know already, I bought a brand new 4K monitor from LG last month to improve my productivity further and check out how good, or not, 4K has become on […]

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Newsboat is a command line based RSS feed reader for Linux

Once upon a time, there used to be a Command line based RSS feed reader called Newsbeuter, but, like many a good program it too was abandoned. Fortunately, another developer forked the […]

Newsflow is a free, customizable RSS reader app for Windows 10

Newsflow is a free, customizable RSS reader app for Windows 10

Sometimes we may only have time to read the headlines of articles, and if something piques our interest, we read the entire post. This is where RSS readers shine. Newsflow is a […]

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Feed Preview for Firefox

Feed Preview is a Firefox add-on that indicates available RSS and Atom feeds to the user and may also render previews of feeds directly in the browser. Mozilla removed RSS preview options […]

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Please Microsoft, leave Windows Search alone

Microsoft released a new preview build of the upcoming Windows 10 version 1903 feature update yesterday; it included, among other changes, a new top apps listing in Search. Windows 10 users who […]

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How to create Instagram RSS feeds

Did you know that you can subscribe to any Instagram user using RSS directly using any RSS feed reader? Instagram happens mostly on mobile devices where users subscribe to users, post new […]

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Windows 7 to Linux: Preparations

This is the first part of a series of articles that describes how to migrate from a Windows 7 device to a device running Linux. The main motivation behind the series of […]

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Here is what is new in Opera 54

Opera Software released a new version of the Opera web browser yesterday that brings the version to 54 on the browser's stable channel. The two features of Opera 54 that Opera highlights […]

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Security Task Manager review

Security Task Manager is a shareware program for Microsoft Windows devices that ranks running processes based on an algorithm that determines the security risk of each process. You can download a 30-day […]

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Acronis Ransomware Protection review

Acronis Ransomware Protection is a new security program for Windows designed to protect the system against ransomware attacks. Users of Acronis True Image 2018 may notice that it looks similar to the […]

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Google News redesign: whitespace and scrolling galore on desktop

Google News for the desktop has been redesigned by Google to make the desktop version of the service "more accessible and easier to navigate". Google notes that the new user interface has […]

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Yahoo Pipes makes a comeback as third-party project Pipes

Pipes is an unofficial successor of Yahoo Pipes that tries to replicate much of what Yahoo's services offered before it was axed. Yahoo Pipes was a useful online service that allowed you […]

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Windows 10 will support ARM processors

Microsoft announced a partnership with Qualcomm today that will bring Windows 10 to devices with ARM processors. One interesting tidbit of the announcement is that Qualcomm ARM processors will be able to […]

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gReader Review (Android Feed Reader)

GReader is a free and commercial feed reader for Android devices that supports Feedly, the Old Reader, and local feeds. I read a lot of feeds throughout the day, and most of […]

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My Surface Pro 4 Experience so far

I made the decision to buy a Surface Pro 4 shortly after Microsoft revealed the new machine. I always liked the idea behind the machine especially since much of the hardware and […]

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Omea Reader RSS, newsgroups and bookmarks reader review

Omea Reader is a feed reader application for Windows that, while no longer maintained, supports a wide range of features that may make it interesting for some users of the operating system. […]

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Essential Software 2016: Martin Brinkmann Edition

The following guide lists my essential software of 2016. It is very similar to a guide that I published in 2014 listing the software that I use to run this blog but […]