RSS or Real Simple Syndication, is an ever more popular way to follow the
news on Internet. By subscribing to an XML or RSS link, a user can receive
all the latest information from multiple sources in one page. Online RSS
readers like Google Reader, Bloglines or Rojo are now very popular among
users yet you can also use an external RSS reader like Feeddemon to keep up
with the flow of information. Feeddemon is easy to install and although it
will ask you for a Newsgator account, you can still launch it even if you
don't have one. The program can import all of your previous subscriptions
or it can suggest new feeds to you in all sorts of categories like business,
sports or entertainment. Once launched, the program automatically downloads
the latest posts. Feeds are saved in different categories so that you know
where to find them. You can also use the search function to find a post
containing a particular word. Thanks to the custom news watch, you can get
Feeddemon to find news according to certain keywords. This is extremely
useful if you're doing a research paper or investigating a particular
topic. The program window includes a browser window, so you won't need to
open up your internet browser to read your feeds. Feeddemon also supports
tabs, allowing you to keep a good deal of posts open for future reading. If
you want to save posts, you can flag them, save them as favourites or create
a newsbin to store similar articles. Apart from letting you customize the age
limit of new posts and the amount that appears daily, you can use the Clean
Up Wizard to get rid of older or unread posts. This is extremely useful as,
with so much information being handled, it's easy to clutter up your
newsreader with irrelevant posts. Feeddemon handles podcasts just like any
other RSS feed, however, to play them, either you'll have to open up the
MP3 file in a browser window or download it and play it with the MP3 player
of your choice. It would have been more user-friendly if Feeddemon had
included an embedded media player to play podcasts. If you're on the move,
you can still check your feeds stored in Feeddemon online through your
Newsgator account. If you don't have one, take a few seconds to sign up as
it'll also let you use other Newsgator tools like Feedstation. Apart from
this full range of features, the real update in version 2. 1 is that
Feeddemon has finally integrated the social networking aspect. You can now
configure your default blog publisher and send interesting posts to your blog
or to delicious and Digg. We enjoyed using Feeddemon and were excited by all
the freedom it gave users in managing their RSS feeds. The profusion of
options in the interface can confuse first time users and we've suffered
occasional lags when updating feeds, yet that's quite common with any RSS
reader. Feeddemon is a top choice external RSS reader which any news junkie
will quickly get addicted to. If you're not so hooked on feeds, it might be
too much to handle though.Download *FeedDemon 4.1* in Softonic
