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The Business Case for RSS on Government Websites 06/27/2007

Millenial Living recently posted an analysis about the business case of RSS on government websites. They even include a downloadable document for government agencies looking to justify the need for RSS. The author an employee of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, was required  to develop a business case on RSS before he could implement it on the FERC Internet website. It is clear that RSS is growing in popularity on all types of government websites.

Consumer Reports Has RSS Feeds 06/26/2007

The popular consumer reports website has adopted RSS feeds. Receiving the latest news, product Ratings and reviews, buying advice, and much more from Consumer Reports has never been easier. These free feeds include headlines, summaries and links back to ConsumerReports.org for full articles. With our RSS feeds, you can get the expert, independent consumer product and protection information you've come to expect from Consumer Reports - when you want it and how you want it.

25 Up and Coming Web Sites 06/18/2007

Think that all of the great Web sites have already been invented? Think again. The Internet is evolving in new and inventive ways thanks to mashups that pull data from all over the Web. Check out these 25 up and coming Web 2.0 technologies.

Auto Discovery Code Generator 06/12/2007

Many webmasters struggle with the auto-discovery code that should be added to the header of an HTML web page to automatically indicate to web browsers that an RSS feed for the contents is available. There has been debate, and of course controversy on how the code should be formed, making it ever more confusing for webmasters. The solution, use a free online tool that will auto generate the code that can then be inserted into your website.

Custom Google RSS Search 06/12/2007

RSS Locator is a custom RSS search engine that uses Google to search RSS diretories.

New RSS Directory 06/11/2007

RSSBuffet is a new RSS directory for locating RSS feeds.

The Best Software of 2007 - Nominations are In 05/31/2007

The nominations for the 2007 Shareware Industry Awards have been announced! Take a look at the best of the best! Best Overall Utility FolderMatch by Salty Brine Software TuneUp Utilities 2007 by TuneUp Software GmbH WinRar by win.rar GmbH WinZip by WinZip International LLC. Best Application ClipMate by Thornsoft Development CSE HTML Validator by AI Internet Solutions Open Office by Sun Microsystems Best Graphics Program or Utility Easy Imager by Fookes Software IrfanView by Irfan Skiljan PaintShop Pro by Corel Corporation Best Desktop Enhancement Microangelo Toolset by Eclipsit Corporation MBSS Fireworks by Patrick D. Grengs II Window Blinds by Stardock Corporation Best Photo Program or Utility ACDSee Pro Photo Manager by ACD Systems ALSee by ESTsoft Life Poster Maker by Lincoln Beach Software Best Sound Program or Utility ALSong by ESTsoft D'Accord iChords by D'Accord Music Software RecordForAll by NotePage, Inc. Winamp Pro by NullSoft Best Vertical Market Program or Utility Guitar and Drum Trainer by Renegade Minds Help & Manual by EC Software GmbH Vmware Workstation by VMware Inc. Best Business Application or Utility Microsoft Office 2007 by Microsoft Corporation PayWindow 2007 by ZPAY Payroll Systems Time & Chaos by Chaos Software Best Educational Program or Game AceReader Pro by StepWare Inc. WinFlash Educator by Open Window Software WISCO Word Power by Wisco Computing Best Hobby or Personal Interest Auction Sentry Deluxe by Auction-Sentry.com Google Earth by Google Inc. MyLife Organized by My Life Organized Best Internet Enhancement Cute FTP Professional by GlobalSCAPE FlashGot by InformAction FTP Voyager by Rhino Software, Inc. WS_FTP Professional by Ipswitch, Inc. Best Internet Communication Miranda by Miranda IM Pidgin by Softare Freedom Law Center Skype by Skype Limited Trillian by Cerulean Studios Best Web Enhancement Mozilla Firefox by Mozilla Foundation Mozilla Thunderbird by Mozilla Foundation RoboForm by Siber Systems SPAMFighter by SPAMFighter Best Non-Action Game Ant War 1 by Anarchy Enterprises Pocket War by MetalShard, Inc. Pretty Good MahJongg by Goodsol Development, Inc. Best New Game Addictive Football by Addictive 247 Games Golf King by NHN USA Titan Attacks by Demand Entertainment Best Program for PDA's Journal Bar by Omega One Resco Explorer by Resco, sro. Spb Mobile Shell by Spb Software House

Education and RSS 05/30/2007

Academia has embraced RSS as a means to educate, but scrutinizing how educational institutions are using RSS feeds in their daily routines show RSS is utilized can vary across different industries. 1. Share Resources Academics are using social bookmarking websites to share quality websites that relate to their area of expertise with colleagues and students. 2. Class Blogs From elementary schools to university blogs, online journals have flourished. Instructors have used blogging as a teaching tool. Helping students learn writing and reporting skills while understanding how to use technology. Many educational bloggers use RSS as a means to syndicate blog posts. 3. School Schedule Sports Schedule RSS feeds can be used to communicate events scheduled on or off campus to prospective and existing students. Subscribes of a schools calendar feed receive notification as new items are added to the calendar. RSS and Education

FeedBurner Interview on Search Engine Watch 05/30/2007

Discussions about full and partial feeds emerge in an interview with Rick Klau from FeedBurner.

Whats Up Feed Monitoring 05/30/2007

Whats Up is a graduation project, but they might have some trademark issues with the popular network monitoring software by the same name - WhatsUp Whats Up? is an application that tracks a large number of RSS news feeds. The sources of these feeds are displayed on this world map. Whenever any of the news feeds releases a new article, its title immediately pops up. Instead of listing previously released news, this application shows news as it is released, so you can see what is up right at this moment in the world.

Why Did Google Purchase FeedBurner? 05/29/2007

Feedburner currently manages 721,000 feeds from 423,000 publishers, including many major mainstream news publications, including USA Today, Dow Jones and Reuters. Worth 100 million dollars? Google thinks so.

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