Technology Tools and Resources

Here are some suggestions and links to help you better experience this website and have a safer, more productive web experience.

To learn more about RSS/XML feeds (often called “news feeds”) and how “news readers” can help you get instantly notified of the latest “postings”, click here for a great overview article with links to many more.  There are many benefits to RSS feeds, which is why so many information websites (like CNN.com and Weather.com) are making their information accessible via RSS feeds.  Provided below is a small sampling of some of the tools you can use to enter the world of RSS feeds.

UPDATE:  News feeds have become so popular that the latest version of Microsoft’s web browser, Internet Explorer 7, has the capability to display/manage news feeds without the need of a third-party application.  To get Internet Explorer 7 and learn more about its features, click here to go to the Internet Explorer 7 site.

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File Readers
Adobe Reader
For reading and printing Adobe “pdf” files

News Readers
Readers, or aggregators, for viewing RSS/XML feeds (including blogs; and, on this site, pages such as AVSP Alerts, What’s Up, Mark Your Calendar, Aquatics News, Fitness News, etc.)

Attensa
Attensa for Outlook, a software “plug-in” for Microsoft Outlook (free)

Bloglines
Online news reader with lots of other features (free)

FeedReader
Stand-alone, installable software (free)

NewsGator
Two products:  NewsGator Online, a web-based online reader (free), and NewsGator Inbox, a software “plug-in” for Microsoft Outlook (purchase)

Online News Screensaver
A Windows-based screensaver that doubles as a news reader (fee-based shareware)

Sage
Software “extension” for Mozilla’s FireFox browser (free)