RSS Readers

The following are some free "feed reader" or "news aggregator" programs, which get updates from websites through "RSS" (rich site summary). This lets you find out about new pages on websites without having to go to each individual site. For a bigger list see Wikipedia.

Cross-Platform

RSSOwl
ThinFeeder
NewsFeed
BottomFeeder
AmphetaDesk

Windows

Feedreader
RSS Bandit
Abilon

Mac

Note: Safari seems to have built-in RSS support.

NewsMac
RSSBean
MiNews

Linux

Liferea
Blam
Straw (Gnome)
Akregator (KDE)
Raggle (console-based)

Browser-Based

These are all extensions to the open source, multi-platform Firefox web browser:

Sage
Habari Xenu
WizzRSS
NewsMonster

Note also that Firefox has built-in RSS support through its Live Bookmarks feature.

Online/Web-Based

Bloglines
FeedLounge
Waggr
FeedTagger
MobileRSS (for PDAs)

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