Internet/Headline Viewers
adware
FeedDemon
FeedDemon enables you to quickly explore the world of RSS from your desktop without having to visit hundreds of sites. Written by Nick Bradbury, creator of TopStyle and HomeSite, it makes RSS as easy to access as your email. Thousands of web sites offer their content as RSS newsfeeds.
freeware
Klipfolio Personal Dashboard
KlipFolio is a small, smart, and configurable personal dashboard and sidebar. It can be used to monitor anything online - weather, stocks, Hotmail, news, RSS feeds and even auctions - right on the desktop.
freeware
Snarfer
Snarfer is a new type of creature. Snarfers are hungry little creatures that crave information! They consume a steady stream of information feeds and store it for their users. Snarfer gets “smart” by accumulating information from many different places and then gives users the ability to read and manage it.
Snarfer is both an application and platform. It has been architected to support Plugins to add future functionality and Skins to deliver user interface customization. These features as well as many...
open source
RSSOwl
RSSOwl is a free RSS and RDF newsreader written in Java using SWT as graphic library. RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary") is a document specification that gives users the power to collect and organize Web-based news and information in a more efficient manner. Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or "aggregators". It is such an application. It lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient,...
freeware
Desktop BBC News
Desktop BBC News is an application that sits on your desktop - or at the front - that shows you the latest BBC headlines. You can choose which news category you would like to monitor and click on any item for a summary; click Read More if you would like to view the full story. Stories can be read using the system's default browser or a specially-created feed reader.
open source
RSS Bandit
RSS Bandit is an Open source desktop news aggregator written in C#. Instances of the program can be synchronized using WebDAV, FTP or a file share. Single-click automatic discovery of RSS feeds. Ability to post comments to weblogs. Support for tabbed browsing using embedded Web browser. Support for password protected feeds using SSL & HTTP Authentication. Look of news items displayed in the feed pane can be customized using XSLT. Ability to flag items for followup. Ability to track related news items and...