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Obtain RSS Feeds of Shavlik, Patch Management Information

Keep abreast of patch management issues with RSS feeds from patchmanagement.org and shavlik.com. Delivered conveniently to your desktop or Web browser, the following resources are available in RSS 2.0 format from Shavlik:

President and CEO, Mark Shavlik's Computer Security Blog
(http://shavlik.typepad.com/mark_shavliks_blog/)

From the Desk of the CTO
(http://www.shavlik.com/rss/desk-of-the-cto.xml)

New to RSS?

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a method for content distribution. An RSS feed contains a list of items, each of which is identified by a link to the content source. An RSS reader or news aggregator installed on your machine harvests the new data from sources that you subscribe to and displays it on your machine.

How Do I Use RSS?

Whenever you see it should link to an RSS feed that you can subscribe to via your RSS client.

The process is as follows:

  1. Copy the URL for the RSS feed you want to your clipboard.
  2. Paste it into the “Add Feed…” or “New Feed…” dialog of the RSS feed reader of your choice.
  3. Optionally choose to refresh or continue/discontinue subscribing to the feed.

This, for example, is exactly the way it works in SharpReader; in FeedReader, clicking the New button opens a "New Feed Wizard," where you paste the URL of your choice. Most other programs operate similarly.

RSS Readers

Listed below are a few of the RSS readers available. It is presented for the convenience of our Website visitors only and should not be construed as endorsement of any of the products listed.

  • SharpReader Simple, but gets the job done. (Win)
  • FeedReader Like SharpReader. (Win)
  • Straw The best aggregator for GNOME.(Linux)
  • FeedDemon (Win)
  • NewsGator Read the news from within Microsoft® Outlook. (Win)
  • NewsWatcher Based on Scopeware technology. (Win)
  • rss2email Reads RSS feeds and sends each new item to you as an email. (Unix)
  • dynamicobjects spaces Displays RSS feeds in an Outlook-like interface. (Mac/Win/Lin)
  • AmphetaDesk A news aggregator you access through a Web browser. (Mac/Win/Linux)
  • Radio UserLand A full-stregth news-reading application on your desktop. (Mac/Win)
  • News Is Free Lets you create your own customized news page with feeds from the sites you're interested in. (Web)
  • Novobot A smart headline viewer and news ticker that can also process almost any website. (Win)