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 Wednesday, March 05, 2003
  9:07:19 PM  Chris Pirillo sends a pointer to this MSN article that explains how to build a desktop news aggregator. And they say Microsoft isn't paying attention. [Scripting News]
  8:58:23 PM  Four Models for Aggregating and Publishing RSS Headlines. The State of Utah is reviewing options for creating, aggregating, and publishing news from state agencies. The decision of which technology to use to create RSS feeds can be made independent to the decision regarding a technology for aggregating and publishing (parsing) the feeds. I'll address the later first and write about the creation/CMS end tomorrow. There seems to me to be at least four models for aggregating and publishing RSS headlines. This lengthy article describes these four models with examples of each. [RSS in Government]
  10:48:31 AM  Marc Barrot: Outlined RSS Comes to the Browser. [Scripting News]
  10:46:24 AM  Jon Udell lists ten things we should know about Microsoft's InfoPath. Here's what it looks like. [Scripting News]
  10:45:39 AM  Jon Udell: "NewsGator is a fabulous hack." [Scripting News]
  10:45:01 AM  Mary Jo: Microsoft Tests the Blogging-Tool Waters. [Scripting News]
  10:44:17 AM  Marc Barrot is rendering RSS in an outline in a browser. [Scripting News]

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