In addition to our Research Alerts web page, Dutton Associates provides an RSS feed for all of our Research Alerts.

Why should I be interested in RSS?

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". RSS is a format for publishing timely articles in a manner that your computer can readily understand. By pulling news in this format you can more easily aggregate all the news that interests you into one single page. It's like building your own newspaper by selecting which columnists and topics you want presented to you each day.

How do I read RSS feeds?

To read RSS feeds you'll need to use a feed-reader. There are a lot of options available to you, and most of them are free. We've listed the most popular readers below by platform.

Browser-based

Internet Explorer 7 automatically detects RSS feeds on sites and illuminates an icon on the toolbar. A single click on the icon allows you to preview and subscribe to the RSS feed if you want -- so you're automatically notified as content is updated. Read RSS feeds directly in the browser, scan for important stories, and filter your view with search terms or site-specific categories.

Safari displays an RSS icon in the address field whenever you land on a page that offers an RSS feed. Click this feed-icon and you view the simple RSS feed. Bookmark it and Safari tells you how many updates have been added since your last visit.

Firefox displays an orange feed-icon in the right most part of the address bar when you visit a site with an RSS feed (older versions will display this icon in the right-most portion of the status-bar). You can add the feed by clicking the orange icon and subscribing. If there is more then one RSS feed, Firefox shows a list from which you can pick one.

Web-based

Google Reader is possibly the most popular feed-reader. Google Reader is a website that allows you to set your specifications and then view your selected aggregation of RSS feeds from any web browser. The service is free, but you will need to sign-up for a Google account.

Mac OS X

NetNewsWire is the most popular stand-alone feed-reader on Apple's Mac OS X. this award-winning application has a three-pane interface that looks and feels a lot like Apple's Mail.

Windows

FeedDemon is the most popular stand-alone RSS reader for Windows. The interface looks a bit like Microsoft's Outlook.

Linux

Straw is a popular stand-alone feed-reader for users using the GNOME desktop.

Mobile

NewsGator Go! allows you to view RSS feeds from your iPhone, Blackberry, Java Mobile, or Windows Mobile Smartphone or PDA. NewsGator Go! is free, but you will need a NewsGator Online account which will cost a small fee.