J.D. Lasica evaluates a range of news readers and other related productivity enhancing applications, RSS news services, and links to newsfeeds from prominent and reliable sources. Continue Reading
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News Aggregators Can Present Challenges to Bloggers
Will RSS Readers Clog the Web? Continue Reading
New Zealand E-Gov Program Using RSS
From the Overview portion of a report issued by the E-government Unit, State Services Commission (New Zealand), A standard for the publication of government news summaries. “This document proposes a technical standard for the publication of government agency news on the web. “News” in this context means media releases and other event-related content authored by… Continue Reading
Google Blocks Third Party RSS Feed
“An experimental convertor that takes a Google News search and turns it into RSS” from Julian Bond at Voidstar resulted in a cease and desist response from Google. Continue Reading
Tools and Resources for Managing Digital Resources
The Future Of News: The Digital Information Librarian. Continue Reading
Presentation on Blogging and RSS
Jenny Levine and Steven Cohen’s 110 page pdf presentation, from the 2004 Computers in Libraries conference. Continue Reading
Guide to Sites to Search for and to Post RSS Feeds
RSSTop55 – Best Blog Directory And RSS Submission Sites Continue Reading
Proposal To Merge RSS Syndication Formats
From Dave Winer’s blog, this posting proposes a series of talking points on the possible merger of the RSS and Atom syndication formats. Continue Reading
Amazon Now Delivers Product Info Via RSS Feeds
Amazon.com Syndicated Content now provides users with the option of receiving product updates in hundreds of categories on “the top 10 bestsellers in that category,” via RSS feeds. Continue Reading
More Kudos for RSS
How To Speed-Read the Net – Ditch your browserRSS makes surfing for news a joy. Continue Reading
Finding RSS feeds
Find That Feed allows users to located RSS feeds by key word search request, “Search for a feed whose name is like…” Continue Reading
Growing Popularity of Web Feeds for Current Awareness
From the LA Times, via BizReport, Enthusiasts Call Web Feed Next Big Thing: “The U.S. Product Safety Commission just began providing recall notices via RSS. General Motors offers feeds on topics including safety and automotive tech. And a growing number of companies use feeds to disseminate info internally.” Other beSpacific postings on RSS. Continue Reading
