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Archive for December 2007

December 23rd, 2007

Asus EEE and RSS Readers

After using the Asus EEE for a couple of weeks I am still impressed with what one can do with it. The Asus EEE and its bretheren will probably be one of the thing to watch in 2008. I like all of it … save for the lack RSS reader. Fortunately, several applications have been […]

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December 22nd, 2007

Feeds and questions on Cancer Aids

The RSS aggregator Cancer-Aids states that it “Cancer Aids Web Links And RSS News”. It would seem so getting feeds from all over: Scientific American, Yahoo News, Cancer Compass, AIds Video from YouTube, About.com, MSNBC.com, IP News, Science Daily, Aid.gov (including podcasts),Aids Blog, and UN Aids.
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December 20th, 2007

No more feeds in Google search results

Got this bit of news from SearchEngineLand. Google removed web feeds from search results. Here is the official statement from Google via the Google Webmaster Central.
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December 19th, 2007

Love, autism and RSS

For 2007, RSS was the third most asked term in the “What is” question on Google. It was bested by love and autism. This is interesting and of course shows two or three things. And it also leads to more questions regarding from what factors affected the results and what are the implications of it. […]

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December 17th, 2007

Book Blogs and RSS

Now this is a nice Christmas Gift for bibliophiles and RSS Readers (again people not the software applications). It is a book called The Bookaholics’ Guide to Book Blogs: The New Literary Force (Paperback) by by Rebecca Gillieron, Meryl Zegarek and Catheryn Kilgarriff. I got news of this book from the LibrarianInBlack and […]

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December 16th, 2007

GTalk and Google Reader are now friends

GTalk and Google Reader are now linked. They have just added a social dimension to the rss and atom experience. This (Reader Help) is how it is done. The Anchluss or marriage of an RSS Reader and a Social Network is to say the least interesting and full of potential.
Here is the official word […]

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December 16th, 2007

How to use RSS for teaching

Pageflakes has customized their platform so that it can be of practical use for teachers and students. It seems that Pageflakes site have been used by teachers to interact on-line with their students.
Teachers and students use Pageflakes to schedule tasks and activities:

update calendars
exam timelines
research study information
grade trackers
message boards
Check out the the following links, which […]

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December 15th, 2007

Enhancements and inprovement of WizRSS

If you use Mozilla Firefox and an avid RSS reader, Of course I am referring to the person (The I) and not a softwarer application, you might be interested in the WizzRSS News Reader .
WizzRSS News Reader version … has the following features -
- Supports all versions of RSS.
- Supports Atom 0.3 […]

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December 13th, 2007

FeedChief: Any feed to go

Tired of searching for a particular feed? Why not try this service that allows you to just add search terms, choose the language you desire and subscribe to your favorite RSS Reader. Welcome to FeedChief. AKA Instant feed,
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December 11th, 2007

An RSS Podcast from the legal side…

I learned about this podcast from slaw.ca. Something to listen to while working or just killing time. The podcast and podcaster, manager of legal information for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Great Library David Whelan,talks about RSS and its practical use to law practitioners.
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