feedreader

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Also know as a feed aggregator or just an aggregator, a feed reader is an application that aggregates syndicated content such as news, blogs, podcasts, etc in a single location for easy consumption and management. Whether they are web-based or client software, aggregators check for new content and specified time intervals and retrieve or "pull" information to the user instead of a publisher pushing content via email or requiring the user to visit each source of content individually.

[|Video that shows reading feeds with the Google Reader gadget on iGoogle.]

My Google Reader:


The syndicated content retrieved and managed by feed readers are usually provided via RSS or other XML-based formats such as Atom or RDF/XML.

Web-based Feed Readers:

 * [|Bloglines.com]
 * [|Google Reader]
 * List of Web 2.0 feed readers available here: http://o20db.com/db/category/feed-reader/

Client software Feed Readers:

 * Mozilla Thunderbird
 * Newsgator (also has web version)
 * NetNewsWire (Mac)
 * Sharp Reader (Windows)

[|Big list of feed aggregators] from wikipedia