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So much news on the Web, so little time to read it all. These tools and sites can help make you an incredibly well-informed person--in a hurry.

Ryan Singel

Friday, June 23, 2006, 01:00 PM PDT
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Awasu Personal Edition
Awasu Personal Edition
• Downloadable news reader
• Recommended for RSS power users, podcast listeners, and subscribers to other feeds that carry attachments.
• Best feature: Awasu lets you monitor static Web pages for changes and integrates tabbed browsing.
• Free
Vendor's Web site
Plug-ins make this powerful reader a good choice; a $29 paid version removes its 100-feed limit.
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Bloglines
Bloglines
• Online news reader
• Recommended for someone who is new to RSS readers and is looking for an easy way to start building a list of favorite feeds.
• Best feature: You can use an unlimited number of free e-mail accounts to sign up for mailing lists as feeds.
• Free
Vendor's Web site
Bloglines is simple enough for beginners, yet packs some features that appeal to power users.
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NewsGator FeedDemon 2.0
NewsGator FeedDemon 2.0
• Downloadable news reader
• Recommended for anyone who blogs or who takes news reading very seriously.
• Best feature: The browser pane has an address bar and lets you keep multiple items open in tabs.
• $30
Vendor's Web site
Tabbed browsing and other advanced features make this reader essential for serious news readers.
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Rojo
Rojo
• Online news reader
• Recommended for budding news junkies. Like Bloglines, Rojo provides categories to subscribe to for those new to RSS.
• Best feature: Rojo Intelligently sorts feed items based on your reading behavior.
• Free
Vendor's Web site
This reader lacks some of Bloglines' handy features, but it's well designed and a bit faster.
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SharpReader
SharpReader
• Downloadable news reader
• Recommended for news-reading veterans who are looking for a customizable and free news reader.
• Best feature: Extensive organization options let you rearrange and group feeds into folders and subfolders.
• Free
Vendor's Web site
This fast, free reader lacks a full-featured browser, but it has many configuration options.
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