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FeedBurner Founder Joins Twitter as COO

If there wasn't enough “RSS is dead” propaganda, this piece of news is sure to provide even more fuel to the growing mob proclaiming the protocol's demise. Co-founder and CEO of the feed service FeedBurner and later Google Executive Dick Costolo is leaving RSS behind for good. And the best part ...

3 September 2009
10:54 GMT

Google Reader Adds Support for PubSubHubbub

It's all about the “real time” now, with every site and service out there adding this type of features, whether they benefit it or not. And, with Twitter taking over as the fastest and most popular way to share stories, some are even quick to declare RSS/Atom feeds dead. But not if Google has anythin...

8 August 2009
03:37 GMT

Download Vienna 2.3.4 (Build 2305) for Mac OS X

The popular RSS / Atom news feeder for Mac OS X known as Vienna has been updated to version 2.3.4 (Build 2305). The new release is recommended to all users, as it fixes a General Preferences pane crash when trying to set the default RSS reader or Download folder. Vienna is designed to be simple and easy to use, offe...

3 August 2009
06:34 GMT

VoloMedia Awarded Patent for Podcasting

Podcasting may not be the hot new thing it once was but it has established itself as a useful technology and many rely on it to provide them with episodic content with little hassle. The technology started picking up in 2004 but it had been around before that. Not too long before though, according to one company that...

30 July 2009
09:45 GMT

Advanced News Reading

News is no longer news these days. With all sorts of communication channels media is waging a battle for getting details on the most shocking events around the world in the shortest time possible. Software plays an important role in this as it allows you to get the latest piece of information almost as soon as it hit...

24 July 2009
12:13 GMT

All the News You Can Read at Your Fingertips

Not so long ago, before the Internet took its first steps, communication channels were quite varied. From television to radio and newspapers, the information needed a faster and more universal way of reaching the targeted people.Since the Internet took off, the speed at which information travels has increased exponen...

20 July 2009
13:41 GMT

Maxthon – Seize the Web with Softpedia Edition

Most statistics sharing information about web browser popularity trends are generally limited to displaying the usage drift of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. However, their engines have been implemented in a ton of other browsers that sometimes bring more functionality and comfor...

9 July 2009
06:50 GMT

New RSS Software Solutions for Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile phone users who were looking for new RSS software solutions for their handsets can now enjoy two new applications, YomoMedia, and Friendfeed, which has just gone into Beta. As there are not too many RSS solutions for mobile phones available out there, these two might prove to be rather useful to most W...

15 June 2009
06:35 GMT

Tweetree Brings RSS and Twitter Together

A new service called Tweetree aims to offer a solution for a common problem most people using Twitter to keep informed had: the normal Twitter stream would only contain a title or short description for a story but the users had to leave the site to follow up on that story. People rely on RSS feeds to keep up with n...

4 June 2009
09:58 GMT

Personal Data at Risk with Safari RSS Vulnerability

A hole in Safari's handling of RSS feeds could allow an attacker to capture a user's personal information, cookies, or even passwords, Brian Mastenbrook reveals. Brian is credited with discovering multiple vulnerabilities in Mac OS X. “I have discovered that Apple's Safari browser is vulnerable ...

13 January 2009
03:55 GMT

Ziibii – Flickr, Twitter, YouTube RSS for iPhone (Free)

You wouldn't expect such a great app to be free to download and use, but it is. Ziibii  brings together all your favorite social services (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube), and puts your friends' updates on a flowing river on your iPhone / iPod touch. “Enjoy a fresh, new way of staying in-...

25 November 2008
04:32 GMT

Vienna Updated to Fix Tiger Crashes

Mac owners using the popular RSS/Atom news feeder, Vienna, can update to a new version. Previously dropping Panther support, and requiringTiger or greater to run, Vienna 2.3.1.2302 fixes a crash on Tiger when customizing toolbar. Vienna is a free Mac app that allows you to read RSS or Atom news feeds on your Mac. It...

18 November 2008
15:51 GMT

Vienna Updated, Drops Panther

Vienna, the popular RSS or Atom news feeder for Mac OS X, has received version 2.3.0.2301. The new release drops Panther support, requiring Tiger or greater to run, and adds a number of fixes, one tied specifically to OS X 10.5 Leopard.The V. 2.3.0.2301 release notes reveal that, aside dropping support for one OS X v...

24 September 2008
15:21 GMT

Google Reader Is Down

Google Reader, the web-based aggregator powered by the Mountain View-based company Google, is currently unusable due to what seems to be an unexpected error in the way the service handles feeds. Starting this morning, Google Reader is not able to open some feeds, while others work just like anytime before. "Sorry, an...

21 May 2008
06:05 GMT

Google's RSS Client Gets More Social

Google Reader, Google's web aggregator, which lets users read RSS feeds for free, received another social function that allows consumers to share posts easier than anytime before. The share function has already been available for some time now but, using the new "Share with notes" feature, you can even attach a ...

6 May 2008
03:02 GMT

Windows Infections 2.0 Not a Rumor Anymore

Security companies from all over the world prepare their predictions for 2008 related to the security threats which are expected to evolve next year. One of the most interesting report comes from Finjan Inc., the company that predicts an avalanche of threats over the Web 2.0 technologies with more powerful and bad-i...

11 December 2007
15:06 GMT

Microsoft Takes Web Synchronization to a Whole New Level

Via FeedSync, Microsoft takes web synchronization to an entirely new level. FeedSync is essentially an extension of RSS and Atom feeds, which was born as a project from Rray Ozzie, one of the two men to replace Chairman Bill Gates mid 2008, and currently the Chief Software Architect of Microsoft. Of course, FeedSync ...

5 December 2007
08:44 GMT

Latest Music Albums Through RSS

Since we all have our favorite artists (a.k.a. singers), many of us would like to be notified every time they roll out a single or an album. That's exactly what Music-Alerts wants to do. Music-Alerts is a very useful web-based technology which aims to keep you up-to-date with the latest album released by your fa...

5 November 2007
09:05 GMT

China Banning Web RSS Feeds

The Chinese government is again surprising the entire world as it decided to ban all the RSS feeds in the country but there is no official confirmation on this matter. Since August, the rumors talking about a potential Feedburner feeds ban in China have been quickly spread on the web but this time, it might be someth...

10 October 2007
03:25 GMT

Simple RSS Tip Copyright by Google

Google News is one of the best news sources on the Internet but somehow, you need a little bit more than such a service. In order to read the information right when you need it, you have to find a better way to receive the articles published on Google News instead of visiting the official page of the product. Obvious...

17 September 2007
02:32 GMT

Google Security Flaw Brings Money to Malicious Websites

Google is again involved in security advisory as the way it handles the RSS auto-subscribe functions might bring some unauthorized traffic to malicious websites. The security flaw was discovered by Patrick Altoft from BlogStorm who wrote that almost any page is able to exploit the vulnerability in a matter of second...

19 July 2007
06:28 GMT

Google Confirmed The FeedBurner Acquisition!

Last week, there were only rumors. This week, it is the pure truth because the Mountain View company finally confirmed the acquisition of FeedBurner, the Chicago-based firm that is focused on blog and RSS feeds management. "Google believes that feed-based content and advertising is a developing space where we can add...

4 June 2007
03:19 GMT

Google Prepares The FeedBurner Acqusition

There are rumors about a possible FeedBurner acquisition by the Mountain View company Google, currently the owner of the best search engine on the Internet. It seems that the investment is approximately $100 million, but there is no official statement from the two companies involved in the speculation. According to V...

21 May 2007
06:54 GMT

Get Your YouTube Clips Straight on The Desktop

YouTube debuted today a new area meant to attract developers, offering them a powerful API interface and several RSS feeds. The parent company Google created a special page for the YouTube developers, providing instant access to search results, video information and important user details. "For any developers new to ...

16 May 2007
02:45 GMT

Wii Gamers Get Optimized Google Reader

When someone gets touched by a responsible and serious company, they know it. Just last night, Google Reader has been launched to be perfectly compatible with Wii, making use of all the console's and controller's functions, sure to make PS3 fans scratch their eyeballs.ZDNet says that "Google quietly launch...

9 May 2007
02:39 GMT

NewsGator Releases NewsGator Go! RSS Reader for BlackBerry and Java

NewsGator Technologies announced the availability of NewsGator Go! mobile RSS readers for BlackBerry and Java-enabled mobile devices. This release follows the September 2006 announcement of NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile.NewsGator Go! allows individual and business users to access news and other time-sensitive cont...

15 March 2007
07:02 GMT


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