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Archive for October 2006

October 28th, 2006

Google will acquire Feedburner?

The rumors have been going around for some while, but it may be very close this time… Read/Write Web lets us know that Google will increase their inventory. This will mean that Feedburner, Meebo, edgeio and Commission Junction are in Google’s sights as potential acquisitions. This would be a very logical step, I think (RSS […]

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October 23rd, 2006

CNET Reviews RSS Readers

CNet has reviewed some of the most populair RSS readers: Bloglines, Rojo, Google Reader, FeedDemon and Newsgator Inbox 2.6 for Outlook. Like Steve writes, the most useful part of the review is a matrix that compares each on their blogging, mobile and language capabilities. Overall winner is Newsgator’s FeedDemon, Bloglines ends second.
Tags: bloglines, feeddemon, feedreader, […]

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October 23rd, 2006

IE7 on the loose

Since last week Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is finally available for download, and it was about time! This is the first major upgrade to its browser software since the release of IE6 in August 2001. You would think that 5 years is enough to test this thing, but the first security vulnerability is already a […]

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October 4th, 2006

RSS widgets for your Nokia handset

You can now get widgets for your Nokia handset, including RSS widgets, Flickr widgets and more! The released widgets for the mobile world are called WidSets (via ajaxian.com).
Tags: mobile, nokia, RSSShare This

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October 1st, 2006

Scoop: Touchstone does APML

Tomorrow the creators of Touchstone will announce a new initiative to implement a “Attention Profiling Mark-up Language” or APML. This new standard should allow users to export and use their own personal Attention Profile in much the same way that OPML allows them to export their reading lists from Feed Readers. The idea is to […]

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October 1st, 2006

Whitehouse RSS feeds & Podcast!

The White House RSS feeds for President George W. Bush delivers headlines and links to White House news releases, including events, speeches, statements, and press briefings from administration officials. In addition to the RSS feed, audio files of the President’s Weekly Radio Address and selected remarks are available via Podcast! Wow, e-bush? (via).
Tags: RSSShare This

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October 1st, 2006

News Snacks: personal feedreader

News Snacks (from SpotBack) organizes all your feeds in one place. We’ve seen more of these feedreaders/river of news stuff, but this one looks better. You can create your own page of favorite news, just add feeds manually, import them from OPML, or use sources from Spotback Personal News. You can choose from the pre-compiled […]

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