RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of formats designed and used for delivering frequently updated content.

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newsfox forbids me add new feed

Google Reader is going to die and I am trying to be adapted to newsfox, what annoys me is that sometimes when I add a new feed it tells me that 'xxx' already reads this feed. Actually I did ...
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How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed?

How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed, using the URL in a browser, or some javascript? Which parameter do I have to use?
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Akregator fails to retrieve some feeds

I am trying to figure this out: Akregator stopped retrieving some of my feeds (such as http://lifehacker.com/vip.xml), even though they used to work, do work in Firefox and some other feeds still do ...
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Why cannot I see RSS feeds in Outlook 2010?

Why cannot I see RSS feeds in Outlook 2010? I want all RSS feeds in one unified folder, so I have added my subscription to the predefined RSS folder. However, this predefined RSS folder continues ...
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Is there an RSS reader that shows xkcd's hidden text?

I currently use G-Whizz! on the ipad/iPhone, and it directly delivers the Google Reader content. It is good at making xkcd's hidden (alt) text available, however I think it will collapse when Google ...
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How to make vimperator keybings not work for newsfox?

With modes.passAllKeys I can make Vimperator not work for some urls, Gmail, for instance. Now I use newsfox to read RSS news, but newsfox use a special fixed url chrome://newsfox/content/newsfox.xul, ...
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Downloading older podcasts in iTunes [closed]

I subscribe to a number of BBC podcasts. iTunes only lists the 10 most recent, but I want to go back further. How can I see older podcasts? Is this possible in iTunes?
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Automatic mail sending news from sub topic on a site

What I want to set is a process that will send me automatic mails when a new post is published on a site. i.e. Lets say I want every new post in Engadget/Networking - ...
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RSS Reader/Downloader on a NAS

First, I'm no NAS-pro and I'm no Unix-pro. Second, I read the other RSS-downloader question, but rsstail is a C-source and tvrss is a GUI-program. I also checked out NetVibes, but I can't sort by ...
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Synchronize Outlook RSS feeds and a Windows phone

I use Outlook desktop for reading my feeds. I would like to sync these feeds in order to check them on my windows phone, Nokia lumia 620.
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Is there an engine similar to Google Reader which I can install on my own server? [closed]

I want to switch from depending on centralized services to having everything run on my own server where I can keep it alive as long as I want. So is there an engine in php, django, ruby on rails ...
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Importing Google Reader feeds into Thunderbird

In Google Reader, I have five folders, in which are various feeds, and then about 20 feeds that aren't in any folders. I have exported Google Reader data using their data checkout utility. I get a zip ...
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RSS Replacement

So I've been using Google Reader for sometime but today when I logged on I got a message that it will be closing down. I love RSS since it brings me all the content I like without having to search it ...
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What's a replacement for the cross-platform synchronization capability of Google Reader? [closed]

I've used various clients (Google Reader web interface, Android apps, and iOS apps) to read my RSS feeds with Google Reader taking care of the synchronization so I don't see the same articles on all ...
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How to get RSS in Pidgin (Windows)

I would like to get some rss feeds directly into pidgin chat window. If you know any way how I could achive this, let me know. XMPP is not a solution, as it is blocked on my network. But anything ...
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Outlook: hide/delete/mark-as-read articles that are deleted from RSS feed

I am subscribed to an RSS feed that contains a list of open tickets. When a ticket is closed, it is removed from the RSS feed, but Outlook does not remove it from the list. Is there a way to have it ...
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Free blog service with private RSS [closed]

Does anyone now any service that offers free private blogs with private RSS feeds? I've tried blogger.com, but I can't authenticate to the private feed, even if I insert correct credentials. I don't ...
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Outlook 2007 wont let me add RSS feeds

I have Outlook 2007, but I'm having trouble adding RSS feeds. When I go 'Tools -> Account Settings...', I have no RSS Feeds tab (that should apparently be there), and when I right click the RSS Feeds ...
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How can I remove the “Live bookmarks in delicious” from the delicious firefox extension?

I'm using the delicious extension in Firefox and generally like it. However I just noticed something very off-putting that appears when I want to see the multiple RSS feeds that a website is offering: ...
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Win7 widget: RSS/Feed Headlines has stop symbol when hovering

As you can see from the picture I get a stop symbol (PrtScn doesn't capture cursor, so I edited that in) & no images load. This happens on multiple different feeds, so I have trouble believing ...
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How to disable Firefox Live Bookmarks?

Before this, rss pages were displayed in the browser window with a nice formatting as a content. On an rss page, I accidentally checked Always use Live Bookmarks to subscribe to podcasts. and then ...
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Create an RSS feed for any webpage, monitor changes and send results by email?

Do you know a Windows 7 software (not an online service like yahoo pipes. As if, for instance, such company goes bankrupt I lose everything!) than can create an RSS feed for any webpage ? Here is what ...
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XML bulk update in Evenote

I've some tweets and blog article (from Wordpress) saved locally in rss or xml format and I want to bulk upload them in my Evernote Account. I've tried this Wordpress to Evernot script or tried ...
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Google Reader (used with Reeder) doesn't show me updates for YouTube and Twitter RSS feeds

I prefer to have all my news updates in one place. As I'm using Twitter only passively, I don't have an account and just added the RSS feeds of the few users I'm following to Google Reader. I've also ...
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Google Reader can read this RSS feed, why can't my RSS reader?

I have a website that I would like to subscribe to via my RSS reader. The website itself doesn't publicize its RSS feed, however when I used Google Reader it was able to find one, and it works ...
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How do you get old items from an RSS feed?

I'm using Miro to watch episodes of shows (Revision3) that are published via an RSS feed. The problem is that the feeds only show x amount of latest entries (episodes) so Miro won't download old ...
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How can I RSS to journals via university proxy?

I've recently bought an e-reader and became infatuated with the idea of using "calibre" to convert RSS feeds into ".epub"s. This has obvious flaws, however. For example, I would love to have the "New ...
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How to change the location of a feed?

I use Outlook 2010 to keep track of a couple of (company-internal) RSS feeds, but they've been moved to a different location (basically, from http:// to https://) Is there a way to change the RSS ...
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Outlook Alerts on RSS for no reason

I have several RSS feeds in Outlook and have set them to Alert "from any RSS feed" but it keeps "Alerting" me (I've set a sound) even when RSS hasn't updated randomly every 2-10 minutes. It shows ...
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Enabling GZIP compression for Firefox RSS reader

I'm trying to view an RSS feed in Firefox, but am getting the following message. Your RSS reader does not support (gzip) compression. Is it possible to enable GZIP compression in the Firefox RSS ...
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Download weekly MP3 from RSS feed + rename the file (automation)

I want to automate downloading mp3 files from an RSS feed. Basically once a week a file needs to be downloaded, renamed and moved to a certain directory. Is there any free software that can do this? ...
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How to undelete RSS feeds in Outlook?

I deleted all the feeds from here: But I only really wanted to remove their alerts settings. Is there a way to undo that? I still have all the feeds in my "RSS Feeds" folders but they won't update ...
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How to open a web page in Mozilla Thunderbird (without using an add-on)

I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird (version 15, on Windows) as a RSS client (I know there are others clients; I've used some of them). The problem (for me) is that some publishers don't want to include ...
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Online RSS aggregator service which keeps histroy for long time [closed]

Is there any online RSS aggregator service which keeps all unread items collected within several weeks? For example, if I go on vacation for two or three weeks I don't plan to check my RSS. But I ...
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Change the default feed account in Thunderbird

Being a strong fan of RSS/Atom feeds, I have a large amount of them in my Thunderbird. For organization's sake, I have two different feed accounts (one for work, and one for personal news). Since I ...
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Make RSS in IE8 show popup toast when feed updates?

I know you can add an RSS feed in to the favourites bar, but in the same way that mail pops up on the screen so I can briefly scan before clicking/ignoring, I'd like the same feature to be possible in ...
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Google Reader Play Alternatives with Slideshow

Are there any other RSS Readers featuring a Slideshow through the articles than Google Reader Play? Can be Desktop App, Browser Plugin, iOS App, etc. I'd rather prefer a non-webapp as I'd like to ...
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View RSS feeds in Chrome instead of downloading it

Before, if I go to a RSS feed (.xml file), Chrome displays it. I could use extensions to format the feed or just view the source directly. However, now, Chrome forces me to view the feed using a RSS ...
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Suggestions for iGoogle replacement/alternative? [closed]

I've used iGoogle as my home/start page for years now, but have recently been notified that it's going away later this year. Apparently because there are mobile/chrome apps/plugins that do that same - ...
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Display Outlook RSS feed items as plain text

I have a feed that has XML content and is set to use plain text, but Outlook is rendering it as HTML and losing all of the XML formatting. How do you get Outlook to respect the media type of the RSS ...
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How to enable RSS auto discovery in firefox?

Firefox used to have a rss icon inside the url box. Now I can only find it as a button I can add to the toolbar, which is too big for something that will be disabled most of the time. Is there a way ...
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Why doesn't iTunes show the contents of a particular youtube rss feed?

Does anybody have any idea why iTunes does not show the contents of this rss feed? http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/bionicturtledotcom/uploads?v=2 RSS clients like Google Reader and others ...
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How do I edit an RSS feed URL in Outlook 2007?

How do I edit an RSS feed URL in Outlook 2007? I tried figuring out on my own for some time, but I wasn't able to find a way. NOTE: I was able to change/modify all other properties, like Feed Name, ...
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RSS feed from Google News on Internet Explorer 9

I'm having difficulty getting an RSS feed working on IE9, from Google News. Here's what I'm doing: Browse to news.google.com Type in John Smith into the search box, then click search Scroll down ...
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Simple Atom application that downloads everything

I'm looking for a simple desktop application that downloads everything linked in an Atom feed. This isn't for reading blogs or listening to podcasts - simply using the feed as a notification service ...
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Downloading all videos in an RSS feed

General Question: I need a tool/method to download all video links listed in a RSS file. My specific attempt: I've loaded the RSS feed in Google reader, held down 'End' long enough to get a serious ...
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How can I set up an RSS feed to drip feed one new post per day from an existing blog?

How can I set up an RSS feed to drip feed one new post per day from an existing blog? So for example, I want to work my way through http://1000awesomethings.com/, but I only want to see one or two ...
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Repeat RSS Feed

I'm looking to take an existing RSS feed and duplicate it, (create a new feed that broadcasts content from the original feed). Both feeds, the original and the duplicate, will be on an intranet and ...
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RSS to e-mail notifications?

There's a web site that's supposed to upload a video I'd like to watch but it could be in several weeks. The only way to be notified of any change is through RSS, but I don't use RSS at all, so ...
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Change location of RSS Dynamic Desktops

I'm currently using CCleaner to take care of my computer, but I also have a dynamic desktop background provided by Bing (I'm running Windows 7 HP) - and unfortunately the two conflict. Whenever I ...

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