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Free reader posted 11th October 2002

FeedReader is a nifty freeware RSS reader for Windows.

Speaking of RSS, kindly read today’s Dive Into Mark on that subject [thanks to Zeldman].

Back soon: I’m off mountain biking for a week. In the meantime I’ve added an archive to Clagnut and made some fundamental changes to the RSS feed, discovering FeedDemon along the way.
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