Opml and My Sidebar For Internet Explorer Software for Windows

RSSOwl | RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader
$0 - RSSOwl Development Team

RSSOwl is a free RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader written in Java using SWT as graphic library. RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary") is a document specification that gives users the power to collect and organize Web-based news and information in a more efficient manner. Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or "aggregators". RSSOwl is such an application. It lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. Why "Owl"? The owl is a traditional symbol of wisdom, and a quiet, efficient hunter. You'll find RSSOwl's "big eyes" a big help when scanning the Web's vast array of RSS resources. The top12 reasons why you should use RSSOwl are - High performance and native Look and Feel that uses the operation-system GUI theme, Great platform support: Use RSSOwl on Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, Import/Export newsfeeds with OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language), Generate PDF/RTF/HTML documents from any news, Use drag and drop to manage your favorites in unlimited nested categories, Loaded newsfeeds are automatically stored in an archive to read them while being offline, Powerful, integrated Newsfeed search engine, Perform a full text-search with result-syntax highlight, RSSOwl is highly customizable (set Fonts, Hotkeys, Language, etc), Display news in the internal browser, Big Tutorial and FAQ to help you manage your new newsreader. 31 Supported Languages (English, Russian, Chinese, German and much more). RSSOwl comes with a huge list of sample favorites. RSSOwl runs on Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP), Linux (GTK2), Mac OS X and Solaris.

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My Sidebar for Internet Explorer
$19.95 - ByteGems.com Software

Want to know everything in the world? This program will help you to be informed with all latest news all over the world and will save time you spending while visiting your favorite news portals. You will see all latest headlines in your Internet Explorer while surfing the Internet. My Sidebar for MSIE will keep you connected: business, computer and entertainment news, web forums and picture galleries, internet auctions, stocks and blogs will always be near you.
My Sidebar for MSIE is a syndicated content browser. It uses RSS, RDF, CDF, WDDX and ScriptingNews, an XML specifications used for distributing any assorted content like news, product announcements, discussion threads and other as information channels. Thousand sites of different trends use these specifications for content syndication. My Sidebar for MSIE uses this technology to get news headlines from the sites for you.
This program supports RSS, RDF and OPML, an XML specifications used for distributing XML news feeds, so you will have a huge choice of news feeds. And there is no need to search for the feeds - My Sidebar for MSIE contains links to the most popular lists.
My Sidebar for MSIE is a plug-in for Internet Explorer. It means that you do not need to learn how to use yet one application - just run Internet Explorer, click on the button and read the news while surfing in Internet.
This program supports Netscape's and Mozilla's My Sidebar tabs. So, do not hesitate and click -Add tab to Netscape 6- button if you found this one on your favorite site!
My Sidebar for MSIE can display any content that can display Internet Explorer. There is no need in special requirements for content providers.
Latest news with FREE home delivery. Download My Sidebar for Internet Explorer NOW!

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YeahReader
$0 - Yeah Software

YeahReader is a free program for reading news feeds in RSS, RDF and Atom formats, and podcasts.

The program provides all basic RSS reader functionality such as a convenient feed update system, proxy support and pop-up update notification. Besides this, YeahReader has such features as built-in blog client that will allow you to quickly write messages to your LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress or Delicious blog, OPML support, ability to export data into HTML, CSV or JS format, multilanguage support and others.

Although quite functional, YeahReader is one of the easiest news readers to use. The program contains a collection of links to popular RSS feeds on various subjects so you will not waste time searching for interesting links.

Stop wasting time, download YeahReader right now!

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Blog Navigator
$0 - Stardock Systems

Blog Navigator is a program designed to make it easy for users who enjoy reading blogs (short for 'web logs') to read and organize them. Blog Navigator works by reading RSS feeds and displaying them in a clean, easy to understand way. It includes a host of different news and blog sites for users to read through.

Blog Navigator is arguably the most advanced program of its kind and it's free. For example, Blog Navigator has the ability to pre-load all the articles on a given blog site to speed up reading. It also has a host of off-line reading features in which a blog site can be exported into a magazine-like format.

Notable features of Blog Navigator include:
- It's free! (as in really free, no 'ads', no spyware, no nonsense)
- Can pre-load an entire blog site to make reading much faster
- Included Tabbed browser makes it easy to switch between multiple blog sites
- Blog sites can be exported to a magazine-like format for off-line reading
- Built in tools for searching the entire blogsphere
- Different blog sites can be grouped together to create virtual web magazines
- Interesting articles can be dragged and dropped into a basket for safe keeping
- Auto-RSS detection. Websites that have RSS feeds on them can be automatically detected in many cases
- Can import OPML and other common files (makes it easy to share settings between various RSS readers)

Just a few of the version 1.2 adds/changes/fixes:
- Added support blog editing in offline mode with postponed article sending.
- Added "Print", "Print preview"" and "Page setup" to "File" menu.
- Added support for enclosures (podcasting). Users can now download any files attached to their RSS feeds.
- Menus for selection of style of article or newspaper/group displaying now indicates what style is selected.
- Added ability to mark a Favorite as important (flag it).
- Added an option to create favorites folders just like any other BN folders.
- Save as added to Article editor.

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Chrysanth NETime Channel
$0 - Chrysanth Software Sdn Bhd

Chrysanth NETime Channel enables you to transform Internet Explorer into a powerful RSS news feed reader. You could now view RSS, RDF, and ATOM XML feeds directly inside Internet Explorer as nicely formatted Web pages, absolutely without the need to run additional desktop software.

Now your Internet Explorer is equipped with complete power to display any RSS, RDF or ATOM formatted XML news feed content whenever you come across one! No more fear of unreadable XML content being dumped onto your Internet Explorer display when you "accidentally" click on any RSS links.

Simply enter the RSS feed's URL into Internet Explorer's address bar and click Go, then the nicely formatted RSS content will be immediately displayed as a normal Web page. Alternatively, you can always click on the tiny orange color RSS or XML buttons on any Web page and view the content as you would normal Web page.

Additionally, you can choose from Summary, Content Listing, and Item Detail view options. For better viewing pleasure, you can even change the background theme to suit your individual liking.

Chrysanth NETime Channel Version 3.0 builds and expands even more RSS related features to enhance your RSS subscription experience. You could add individual news feed to the subscription list or import RSS feeds from an OPML list. At the same time, you may also configure your RSS update interval so that all the subscribed feeds will be updated at scheduled times.

Additionally, you may now turn your IE into a GMail notifier, which checks your GMail account regularly and notifies you of any incoming emails.

Finally, the online RSS portal, has been tremendously enhanced to allow you to subscribe any news feeds to your online account now.

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Podsage
$0 - Dragon Crest International

Podsage v2.0 is the latest in Podcast and Videocast players. A full featured player supporting audio and videos is complimented by an integrated, searchable database of over 57,000 Podcasts (with regular updates provided.) Although the player has many sophisticated functions it is simple to use. Video screen modes include: normal, wide and fullscreen play. You can even take video snapshots. Other player features include detailed, interactive 'Show Notes' for each episode, comprehensive download management, simple drag and drop of new podcasts, and integrated synchronisation with the podcast database. The inbuilt search engine allows for both word and phrase searches, and is further enhanced by several advanced search options. Browsing is available by podcast 'Tags', languages and major Podcasters. Search results are detailed and informative including language translation options. The database is auto-correcting when a podcast is accessed. The serach engine also provides quick links to other major directories, OPML, search and news sites. Podsage is Freeware.

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