Looking for a great way to view and manage your RSS feeds from your desktop? Look no further than FeedDemon,
the most popular Windows RSS reader.
Bring the power of RSS right to your Windows desktop with FeedDemon News Aggregator
- Get your news and information instantly.
- Customize the way you read and organize feeds.
- Download podcasts to your iPod or Windows Media Player.
The easy-to-use interface makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information. You can
completely customize the way feeds are organized and displayed. Set up custom news watches based on
keywords or use the powerful search to find articles. You can even download podcasts and audio files and
have them show up on your portable audio device. The software is pre-configured with dozens of feeds, so
you can unleash the power of RSS right away.
Requirements
- Microsoft Windows® 98 or later
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 ® or later
Reading Feeds
- Newspaper Format: When you select a channel, FeedDemon's tabbed browser displays the channel's news items in a newspaper for easy reading. You can display a newspaper of news items for an entire folder or view one feed at a time.
- News Bins: Store news items in a central location and provide a handy way to collect items from different channels. If you find an interesting item that you might want to read again, just store it in a news bin for future reference.
- Shared Experience: See what news is popular with other NewsGator users and find out who is linking to the news you’re reading.
- Video: Watch embedded video right within the newspaper view.
- Panic Button: Ever gone on vacation and gotten a little behind on your reading? The Panic Button solves this and many other problems by quickly marking all older items read.
Finding Feeds
- Watches: Look for keywords in news items as they're downloaded. After you create a watch, it examines every incoming news item whenever any channel is updated.
- News Comes To You: Subscribe to feeds from all over the web or choose some of the dozens of default feeds.
- Search: Search outside of FeedDemon's subscriptions by selecting a feed search engine, then enter your keyword, and FeedDemon will subscribe to a dynamic channel containing the search results for that keyword.
Other
- Podcasts: Powerful podcasting tools enable you to download audio files and automatically copy them to your iPod or other media player. The bundled FeedStation utility enables you to schedule your downloads so they happen overnight while you're asleep. When you wake up, you'll find new audio waiting on your media player of choice.
FeedDemon provides many layout and display options to get the reading experience that’s just right for you.
FeedDemon is the master of media! Watch video right inside your newspaper and download podcasts automatically. The bundled FeedStation utility enables you to schedule your downloads so they happen overnight while you're asleep. When you wake up, you'll find new audio waiting on your media player of choice.
FeedDemon's watches provide a way to look for keywords in news items as they're downloaded. For example, if you create a watch that looks for the word "election," then every news item containing the word "election" will be stored in the watch. After you create a watch, it examines every incoming news item whenever any channel is updated.
See what’s popular! FeedDemon can use information from NewsGator’s online database to show you which articles in your subscriptions are most popular and what’s most popular with NewsGator’s thousands of online users.
FeedDemon detects when you have a ton of unread items and offers the Panic Button to mark them (or a subset of them) as read.
Powerful search! FeedDemon can help you find the articles you want quickly and easily.
CNET says: "FeedDemon is a terrific RSS reader that can handle hundreds of subscriptions faster and better than the many free Web-based readers available."
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PC Magazine Editor's Choice: "The product, which NewsGator purchased from Bradsoft.com in May 2005, is simply the most comprehensive, feature-rich, and intuitively organized RSS feed aggregator/reader for Windows."
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Wired Magazine says: "Using FeedDemon, the time required to scan the headlines from my 10 favorite websites shrank from about 20 minutes to less than five...There was almost no learning curve in mastering FeedDemon's interface and converting my news-seeking routine from a random to a highly organized process."
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NewsGator Premium Subscription
You are entitled to all product upgrades released while your NewsGator Premium Subscription is active. You can check the status of your Premium Subscription from your account page. If you know your Premium Subscription has expired, you can renew it for $19.95 on the renewal page.
The upgrade to FeedDemon 2.5 is free for all licensed users. The upgrade includes two years of NewsGator Premium subscription.
Once your two free years is up renewing your NewsGator Online Premium is optional.
FeedDemon upgrade instructions:
Just download the FeedDemon executable and install it. Do NOT
uninstall your existing copy of FeedDemon. The installer program will automatically detect and upgrade.
When you first run FeedDemon 2.5, you will see the activation wizard.
- FeedDemon uses your NewsGator account for activation. This replaces the eSellerate system used in FeedDemon 1.x.
- The installer will attempt to auto-discover your serial number and display it to you at the start of the activation wizard.
- If you already have a NewsGator Online account, choose Existing User and enter your account credentials.
- If you don't have an account, choose New User, and the activation wizard will walk you through creating one.