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The Ultimate RSS Toolbox - 120+ RSS Resources

ckeller — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:45:51 -0500

The author strives to provide a comprehensive list of all the RSS readers, tools, browser plugins, tips, hacks and directories available on the web.

Penn State Live Offers Mobile News Service

drupal — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:51:04 -0500

Pennsylvania State university will launch a text-messaging wireless service called PSUTXT today as an expansion of Penn State Live, a news service with 360,000 subscribers. The university plans to use the service to send text messages of news alerts to mobile devices.Registered users can sign up for short message service (SMS) text messages on campus emergencies, sports, and concert information. Topics will expand as users indicate an interest in other types of information. PSUTXT targets Penn State students, faculty, and staff, although anyone may subscribe.

RSS: The Next Killer App For Education

drupal — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:04:19 -0600

Like many technology specialists, I've been looking for the next "killer app" for quite some time. I would define a killer application as a program that provides the capability for an average person to use technology to solve every day problems and enrich their lives. E-mail was the first killer app and its usefulness to anyone who wishes to adopt it as an alternative communication tool has been demonstrated clearly by its embrace across the entire spectrum of computer users. Now, a new technology, RSS, Rich Site Summary—sometimes known as Really Simple Syndication, takes the communication paradigm of one-to-one messaging one step further and provides the ability to efficiently communicate information to not just family and friends, but anyone on the internet who may be interested, whether you know them or not.

Where Learners Go

drupal — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:37:13 -0600

The author discusses how to strengthen the library role in online learning.

Multimedia Search Sorts Messy Web

drupal — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:24:42 -0500

Finding video and audio on the net is getting easier as more companies look to automated ways of delivering specific content to people's computers.

The Role of RSS in Science Publishing: Syndication and Annotation on the Web

drupal — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:48:05 -0600

This paper describes the growing uptake of RSS within science publishing as seen from Nature Publishing Group's (NPG) perspective.