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Choose a Crikey RSS feed Crikey offers the following RSS feeds: Crikey Daily - (includes all sections) http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyDaily Election '07 http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyElection07 Politics, Etc http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyPolitics Media/Arts/Sports http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyMedia Business http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyBusiness Comments http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyComments How do I start using RSS feeds? To start using RSS feeds, you will need to get an RSS reader (software that watches the RSS feeds you subscribe to, and checks for new content) or use an RSS enabled browser like Internet Explorer 7, Firefox or Safari (for Mac users). Internet Explorer 7 users can view RSS feeds directly in the browser - to subscribe to an RSS feed in IE 7: 1) IE 7 will notify you that Crikey offers RSS by illuminating (in red or orange) the RSS feed button on your toolbar. 2) Click the red/orange "Feeds" button to see a list of articles that are offered via RSS and subscribe to them by clicking "Subscribe to this feed" in the upper part of the screen. 3) You can then see all of Crikey's updated content by looking in the Feeds section of your Favorites Center each time you open the browser. Firefox users can views RSS feeds through the "Live Bookmarks" feature -- explained here -- or by installing the Sage RSS extension. Mac users can view RSS feeds directly in the Safari browser. Just click the RSS icon in the address bar and Safari automatically displays the available feed. Then bookmark the RSS feed so you can return to it later - more info here . Here’s a small selection of news readers or aggregators to check out (there are many more out there). You will need to choose one that will work with your computer setup: Google Reader - a simple but effective web-based RSS aggregator Omea Reader - an all-in-one feed RSS reader for Windows NetNewsWire - an easy-to-use RSS reader for the Mac Crikey is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Choose a Crikey RSS feed
Crikey offers the following RSS feeds:
Crikey Daily - (includes all sections) http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyDaily Election '07 http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyElection07 Politics, Etc http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyPolitics Media/Arts/Sports http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyMedia Business http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyBusiness Comments http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyComments
Crikey Daily - (includes all sections) http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyDaily
Election '07 http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyElection07
Politics, Etc http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyPolitics
Media/Arts/Sports
http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyMedia
Business http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyBusiness
Comments http://feeds.crikey.com.au/CrikeyComments
How do I start using RSS feeds?
To start using RSS feeds, you will need to get an RSS reader (software that watches the RSS feeds you subscribe to, and checks for new content) or use an RSS enabled browser like Internet Explorer 7, Firefox or Safari (for Mac users).
Internet Explorer 7 users can view RSS feeds directly in the browser - to subscribe to an RSS feed in IE 7:
1) IE 7 will notify you that Crikey offers RSS by illuminating (in red or orange) the RSS feed button on your toolbar. 2) Click the red/orange "Feeds" button to see a list of articles that are offered via RSS and subscribe to them by clicking "Subscribe to this feed" in the upper part of the screen. 3) You can then see all of Crikey's updated content by looking in the Feeds section of your Favorites Center each time you open the browser.
1) IE 7 will notify you that Crikey offers RSS by illuminating (in red or orange) the RSS feed button on your toolbar.
2) Click the red/orange "Feeds" button to see a list of articles that are offered via RSS and subscribe to them by clicking "Subscribe to this feed" in the upper part of the screen.
3) You can then see all of Crikey's updated content by looking in the Feeds section of your Favorites Center each time you open the browser.
Firefox users can views RSS feeds through the "Live Bookmarks" feature -- explained here -- or by installing the Sage RSS extension.
Mac users can view RSS feeds directly in the Safari browser. Just click the RSS icon in the address bar and Safari automatically displays the available feed. Then bookmark the RSS feed so you can return to it later - more info here .
Here’s a small selection of news readers or aggregators to check out (there are many more out there). You will need to choose one that will work with your computer setup:
Crikey is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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