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| | Microsoft has yet to even address with
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| | any of its software products.
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| When you think of software and personal
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| | I'll make a daring prediction here: watch
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| computers (PCs), you think Microsoft.
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| | for Microsoft or another large player to
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| The global software giant dominates the
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| | purchase FeedDemon rather than try to
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| PC market in both penetration and
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| | reinvent the wheel and build a product
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| pocketbook.
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| | brand themselves.
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| It seems you can't go a single day
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| | ** FireFox Web Browser **
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| without seeing at least one news story
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| | Security problems always seem to plague
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| and several advertisements for Microsoft
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| | the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Web
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| or a Microsoft product.
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| | browser.
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| But that doesn't mean Microsoft dominates
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| | In fact, last year the problem got so
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| in every corner of the market; in fact,
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| | bad, it forced Microsoft to release one
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| as the software behemoth gets bigger,
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| | of the largest free software upgrades
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| numerous niche software offerings spring
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| | (Service Pack 2) in the history of
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| up to fill in the gaps left in
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| | computing.
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| Microsoft's wake.
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| | According to both and Webside Story, two
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| As you'll see, a couple of these niche
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| | of the Web's leading Web analytics
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| software programs have managed to either
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| | companies, Microsoft's IE market share
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| beat Microsoft to the punch, or even
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| | has dipped below 90%.
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| steal market share away from the
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| | See actual stats from WebSide Story Here:
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| seemingly invincible company.
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| | In response to serious security threats
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| ** FeedDemon **
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| | to Internet Explorer, an upstart browser
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| FeedDemon software ($29.95) enables you
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| | named FireFox from Mozilla.org took off
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| to subscribe to and read RSS Feeds (Real
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| | like a rocket ship in late 2004.
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| Simple Syndication).
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| | Available free from FireFox offers not
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| RSS has emerged as the preferred way to
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| | only a full-featured Web browser without
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| share news and other content with
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| | the security problems, but also a number
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| subscribers across the Internet without
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| | of features not available on Internet
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| the use of email.
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| | Explorer.
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| The advantage to subscribers: as news,
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| | Probably the most popular feature Firefox
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| blogs, or other content updates somewhere
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| | offers over IE is "Tabbed Browsing,"
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| online, subscribers receive virtually
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| | which enables you to open multiple Web
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| instant notification just by opening up
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| | pages without opening multiple windows.
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| their reader.
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| | Firefox also limits harmful Active-X
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| This represents a huge time savings since
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| | controls and pop-up windows.
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| subscribers can receive updates without
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| | Firefox tends towards a less forgiving
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| surfing individual sites to chase down
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| | attitude on HTML coding and may display
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| stories or wading through piles of spam
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| | some Web pages awkwardly, where IE
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| to find the content they actually want.
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| | displays most pages as the designer
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| The advantage to publishers: no worrying
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| | intended.
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| about whether email notifications, news
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| | Despite this, Firefox makes an excellent
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| releases, or blog updates made it past
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| | browser and Microsoft should take heed
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| the spam filters or unreliable mail
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| | that market dominance doesn't last
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| servers.
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| | forever once consumers see a viable
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| Though many free RSS reader software
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| | alternative.
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| packages exist (just do a search on for
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| | And the lesson in all of this for all you
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| "free rss reader"), FeedDemon offers an
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| | would-be entrepreneurs out there with the
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| unmatched suite of tools that enable
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| | next great idea?
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| serious RSS subscribers the power and
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| | It doesn't matter how big or small your
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| flexibility to mix and match feeds,
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| | organization, it always comes back to a
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| including the new "POD Casting" craze
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| | simple formula: Meet the needs and solve
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| where content providers syndicate audio
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| | the problems of a specific niche audience
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| content (MP3) over the web.
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| | better than the next guy and you'll be
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| Available from FeedDemon sets the
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| | the winner!
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| standard for RSS readers in a market that
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