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This list will, of course, never be complete. If I'm missing anything please let me know. Aggreg8 - a Mozilla-based application. It is an RSS (RDF site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) feed aggregator and was built on the Mozilla framework or XPFE (Cross Platform Front End). Aggreg8 uses XUL (XML user interface language), Javascript, RDF (Resource Description Framework), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), XPConnect (Cross Platform Connection to Components) and XPCOM (Cross Platform Component Object Model) Aggrevator - a cross-platform RSS/Atom aggregator that uses a MySQL 4.1 database for storage. It is designed to make life easier for people who want to subscribe to large numbers of blogs by using scoring, sophisticated search, filtering and sorting AmphetaDesk - a free, cross platform, open-sourced, syndicated news aggregator. Mac, Windows, Linux The BBC Backstage RSS Ticker - a platform independent RSS ticker which sits on your desktop and simply rotates the news in a small window. The ticker offers the user complete customization, including colors, feeds, typing modes, and more. It was inspired by the BBC's original ticker application BlogBridge - a new kind of Blog Reader, making it practical for a non-technical user to discover, follow and enjoy literally hundreds of feeds without losing their mind. Open Source. For Windows, Linux, Mac OSX BottomFeeder - an RSS and OCS News reader/aggregator Eclipse RSS Reader - allows the user to create RSS channels, connected on-line RSS feeds, and view the items they contain in several Eclipse views. Each channel can be updated from its source at regular intervals Feed'n Read (FnR) - a free Java based open source newsfeed reader. It is powered by the Sun ROME syndication framework and therefore supports all current formats (RSS 0.90, 0.91, 0.92, 0.93, 0.94, 1.00, 2.00, ATOM 0.30 and 1.00). It disposes of an intuitive, fast and responsive user interface using the eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), i.e. JFace and SWT. Thus it combines the platform independent Java world on one hand with a fast native user interface on the other hand Feedalot - reader for RSS news feeds and blogs. Supports Web, PDAs, mobile phones, and syncs with Firefox Feedo - a cross-platform, 100% pure Java RSS aggregator. It comes with all the functionality users repeatedly look for, while shedding all the useless features often found in other aggregators Flickr RSS Reader - an application built in Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Professional. Reads RSS Feeds from www.flickr.com. It can run on your computers' hard drive or on your website Flock - an RSS aggregator written in Java. It is a server-side web application accessible with a browser, similar in spirit to AmphetaDesk Gush - a free, professional grade, cross-platform, instant messenger and newsreader contained in an aesthetically pleasing environment. For Windows, OS X, and Linux HotSheet - a program that retrieves news headlines from multiple websites, displays them, and allows you to interact with them. HotSheet is written in Java 2. That means it will run on most any machine with a Java Virtual Machine that is capable of running Java 2 applications (e.g. Windows 9X/NT/2000, Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux) can run it iNewsCaster acts as an information aggregator, collecting information on News, Web sites, weblogs, podcasting and any syndicated feed, and delivering the content straight to the PC desktop. However, as with all Magnetictime products, this content is 'audioized', spoken through our natural voice technology, so the user can keep up with their own work, whilst keeping up with their feeds. Imagine it as a personal newscaster built into the PC, and more importantly, in the pocket too through iPod, PDA, mp3 Players or Mobile Phones InterComm - the world's easiest RSS reader. Share the news with your friends and colleagues, with InterComm's built in group instant messaging and file sharing repository. For Mac and Windows JERSS - stands for "Jay Eckles' Rich Site Summary". Written in Java, and therefore will run on any platform. Instead of HTML, it generates Javascript that can be used by the web author to dynamically create custom HTML litefeeds - web-based RSS reader. Feeds can also be read on mobile phones and Blackberry Mercury - RSS reader for Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003, Macintosh, Linux News Spotter - a desktop utility which fosters an addiction to current events. Its an RSS news reader. It monitors a list of news feeds and displays a visual alert when a new headline is downloaded. Most of the time, News Spotter sits quietly on the left or right side of your screen. But when a new headline is identified from one of its monitored web sites, News Spotter graphically displays the headline as a hyperlink. When you click on the headline, News Spotter opens the corresponding URL in your default browser. Written in pure Java and, theoretically, runs on any platform which supports the Java JRE 1.3.1 or greater Newscrollet - Freeware Java-based RSS viewer that can work on any Java-enabled platform (Win/Linux/Unix/Mac OS X). Features automatic scrolling of headlines in a minimized mode Pears - a three-pane newsfeed (RSS/RDF) aggregator. It has a clean, uncluttered interface, it's easy to use and works on Windows, Linux and possibly MacOSX. Should work on any computer where Python and wxPython can run Radio UserLand - Every hour Radio's aggregator reads the "feeds" you're subscribed to, as few as a half-dozen, or as many as you like. Because Radio's aggregator is integrated with a powerful weblog tool, you can view it as a "content router." When you see an item that you want to amplify with your own comments, or pass on to others in your organization or interest group, with two clicks it can be on the home page of your weblog. For Windows and Macintosh Rasasa - will keep you in touch with your favorite news sources. It will deliver the news to your messenger if you're online and to your mobile phone if you're offline... Or to your email box if you're in a 'quiet time' Rocket Researcher - an easy to use desktop search utility. It provides users with powerful tools for searching news, headlines, RSS feeds and weblogs. It has a built in RSS reader and RSS channel directory allowing users to take advantage of the ever expanding list of content available in RSS format. Rocket Researcher has an alerting feature that keeps you constantly informed and up-to-date on the latest development. Supports Windows, MAC OS and Linux Rocketinfo Desktop - search software for finding and sharing current news, RSS & Atom newsfeeds, weblog content, books, market research and company information RSSOwl - a free RSS (0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0) newsreader written in Java programming language using SWT as fast graphic library. Features of RSSOwl include reading RSS or RDF newsfeeds in a comfortable tab folder, save newsfeeds in categories, export them to PDF / HTML or OPML, and view news in an internal browser ThinFeeder - a project that aims to provide a cross-platform, powerful and tiny RSS / Atom (currently RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.0 / RDF, RSS 2.0 and Atom 0.3) aggregator, using the Java development language, Thinlet and Informa libraries
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