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NewsGator is another popular and free news reader (although you can sign up for more premium services).

Sign up

1. Access NewsGator here.
2. Click on the “Sign Up” button on the home page.
3. Enter a username, password, first name, last name, and email address. Also, click the checkbox to agree to the Terms of Service and then press the Next Button.
4. Choose your subscription level (Standard / Free is already selected) and scroll down and click on the Next button.
5. Select your starter packs or individual feeds (what feeds you’d like to see) and then click on the Finish button.
6. You will be taken to your “Web Reader” page [...]

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Register with My Yahoo!

1. Go to My Yahoo!.
2. Click the “Sign Up” link in the top left corner. (If you already have a Yahoo account click “Sign In” and skip to the “Adding a Feed to My Yahoo! using the + My Yahoo! Button” section below.)
3. At the next screen, click on your interests, then click Save. (You’ll see the page being “built” in the on-screen preview.)
4. On the next page, click on “Sign Up” to save your interests.
5. On the registration page fill in the form:
• Your first name
• Your last name name
• Choose your Yahoo! ID (you’ll most likely have to check its availability)
• A password
• Whether you [...]

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Signing up with Bloglines is free and easy - only an email address and password are required.

How to Register with Bloglines

1. Go to www.bloglines.com.
2. Click on the Sign up now link.
3. Enter your email address and a password. (Make sure that you type in a correct email address as they will send you an email soon to verify your account).

Subscribing to News Feeds

Have you ever seen icons but didn’t know what they were all about?

These point to XML (Extensible Markup Language), or special Web coding for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) that describes a new type of Web information called a “news feed.”

Essentially, these feeds contain a summary and links of any new content on a Web site or blog (or anything else a creator desires to share). A company may publish an RSS feed that contains news of its latest products, for example. When a website has an RSS feed, it is said to be “syndicated.”

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One of the most highly touted features of the Web 2.0 era is the rise of blogging. Personal home pages, personal diaries, and personal opinion, have been around since the early days of the web, so what is the fuss all about?

RSS Extends Web Page Viewing Away from the Browsers It used to be that web browsers were the only way for people to view web pages. Now RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology extends that capability. RSS aggregators can be web-based (like Bloglines), desktop clients, and even portable devices allow you to subscribe to constantly updated content.

RSS is now [...]

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