A Google based RSS reader. Sounds sort of strange to me, but then most of the stuff Google is doing these days generally is. Google Reader, Google’s web-based RSS Aggregator, has had a re-design and I am impressed. It now has a look n’ feel very much like Gmail, which I believe is a pointer to [...]

Well now, it appears that the Engadget Podcast has been given its own version of 2.o0 status in a sense. Take a look for yourself… Hurrah hurrah! To all our Engadget Podcast listeners who’ve suffered through the months without an AAC or Ogg feed, we thank you — and we’ve heard your complaints. As we mentioned [...]

OK, this is both interesting and disturbing – RSS, the Oprah way…. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you) Today, I’m going to explain how RSS can help you live your best life online. We all have busy lives with very little time. Web surfing is fun but can take hours going to visit every single website and [...]

So what the heck makes up an newsfeed, anyway? Seriously, is it all that complicated? Ah, that might actually surprise you. RSS has become the standard data format for communicating news, updates or any other type of information that a company or individual wants to syndicate to a large audience. The name is an acronym that [...]

OK, so the idea is definitely interesting. RSS and Ajax – a match made in heaven? That, really depends on its usage. Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) are two technologies that have taken the Web by storm. Most commonly, RSS is used to provide news to either people or other organizations. [...]

We have a deadline on our hands, folks. There are vulnerabilities that simply must be addressed before the unthinkable happens. As we here at eWEEK Labs evaluate the next generation of Web browsers, operating systems, collaboration tools and other interactive applications, one feature keeps popping up again and again—namely, integration with RSS feeds. RSS integration has already [...]

Are we need of smarter RSS publishing? According to this, I might seem that it would be a good idea… Publishers of RSS feeds: please, please, please let me read your content. Stop creating hurdles for your readers. One of the biggest mistakes I’m seeing today is the amount of content provided (or the lack thereof) [...]

It looks like we have another attempt at getting two sour parties to play nicely together here. I can’t hold it in any more… I’ve battled it out with Dave Winer, that’s well documented. However, deep down inside I always knew that he’s a really a good guy and that he’s brilliant on many levels. I’ve [...]

How’s this for a bit of a surprise – Windows Live Writer and RSS Bandit, playing together. The uptake of Windows Live Writer can be seen not only by the number of plugins that spring up for itself but also by the plugins that make it usable in other applications. The Firefox extension Blog It with Windows [...]

The battle of or for the podcatchers? Based on what this piece below is saying, Microsoft is attempting to bring “order” to the world of podcasting. Would more people subscribe to RSS feeds and podcasts if they were easier to capture and manage? That’s the perception of Marc Mercuri, an architect evangelist on the Microsoft developer and [...]

Even our friend RSS, is not without it’s challenges, folks. Security people, nothing is immune. LAS VEGAS–Reading blogs via popular RSS or Atom feeds may expose computer users to hacker attacks, a security expert warns. Attackers could insert malicious JavaScript in content that is transferred to subscribers of data feeds that use the popular RSS (Really Simple [...]

Truly, who can say no to a talking rabbit that not only undestands RSS, but shares it aloud with others? The Nabaztag Smart Rabbit wants to multiply in the U.S. The new device, introduced in June to the U.S. market, uses a Wi-Fi connection and text-to-speech software to read things like RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, e-mails [...]

Looks like the RSS Advisory Board felt like some changes were in order. Here, take a look for yourself…. The following RSS Advisory Board proposal has been made by Rogers Cadenhead and seconded by Matthew Bookspan and Greg Smith. Under the advisory board charter, the board has seven days to vote on it. Interested parties can comment [...]

Wow, perhaps China is feeling a little paranoid here? I mean, what else would be the reason for blocking FeedBurner? FeedBurner, which powers hundreds of thousands of blog, podcast and mainstream news feeds (including this one), is apparently being blocked by Chinese authorities. Here is a Yoda-esque loose English language translation of William Long’s original post. [...]

Needing to convert RSS to PDF? Then I may have one good option for you. Check out RSS 2 PDF. It’s a Flickr requirement that your photos must be made PUBLIC. To return a PDF based on a Flickr Newsfeed, enter information for a particular user on Flickr (such as yourself) AND / OR optionally enter [...]

The Sony PSP is definitely moving way beyond video games these days. Then again, I suppose there are number of people thinking that it had to happen thanks to the Apple iPod’s success. Video podcast support is coming to the PlayStation Portable (PSP) thanks to a firmware update Sony Computer Entertainment has published. The update takes [...]

Boy, it seems like there is a growing number of institutions working to implement RSS these days. Long-time readers will know all about my long-time admiration for UBC’s librarians. Yesterday was a notable new chapter in the saga, as 35 of our university’s finest information specialists (with more on a waiting list) packed into a lab [...]

Is RSS syndication honestly a threat to copyrights and those trying to protect them? It’s beginning to look that way. In the past few weeks, I’ve gotten several fresh calls, four in fact (some out of the blue, some from people I know well) about RSS, aggregation, and copyright issues. I think the matter continues to [...]

I am glad to see that we can maintain some level of RSS icon standards between Mozilla and Microsoft. Wouldn’t be great if this level of cooperation could continue? My last post shared some of our conceptual designs of the feed icon and expressed some of the criteria that we are using to select the right [...]

So since when did Odeo decide to branch out from the RSS syndication business and into the voicemail racket? It must of been pretty recently because this is the first that I have heard of it. I’ve added a new link to the template (upper right) that lets you send me a voice mail. All you [...]