Learn RSS In Two Easy Steps — How To Stay Up To Date With New Gadgets, Part 2
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Is your time in front of the computer taken up by blog and news updates, even though you use a RSS reader? Do you suffer from information overload, and find, even though you want to be kept up-to-date with new electronic gadgets, there’s simply too many sites to watch at one time? Here are seven RSS feeds you can’t live without.
Are you suffering from information overload? Here are seven feeds that make essential reading.
So you’ve set up a RSS reader and subscribed to 300 likely-looking blogs, ecommerce sites and gadget shops with gadgets and gizmos and news sites. But you’ve found the wide variety of bite-sized pieces of information has taken a huge chunk out of you’re working day?
To help you get around this we’ve come up with a list of the top seven RSS feeds that, if your interest is largely strange gadgets, USB gadgets, technology, IT or electronic gadgets, will keep you up no matter what.
Read Part One to learn how to set up a RSS reader and how to subscribe to a RSS feed.
If you’re interested in reading what unusual cool gadgets, or cool gadgets are available for example blog aggregate site, Technorati will tell you that there’s over 3000 gadget blogs to choose from, and that’s just at the time of writing.
The blogs, news sites and gadget shops you keep up-to date with may largely be down to personal preference, depending on your particular interests but there are some RSS feeds out there which usually have something that interests everybody.
Here are seven sites that you can’t go wrong with, and that are guaranteed to provide you with interesting information or content that you won’t regret subscribing to.
So without further ado here’s the list in no particular order:
A well-written, all encompassing article base which just beat out the also fascinating Howstuffworks
as the site with best content at the 2008 Webby awards.Gizmodo is one of the two top gadget blogs on the internet (the other one being Engadget). It would be fair to say if you’re looking for new electronic gadgets, strange gadgets, gadgets for men, spy gadgets or even future gadgets then one of those two sites would be your first call.
In fact, many of the smaller blogs tend to copy either Engadget’s or Gizmodo’s descriptions verbatim.
Engadget is the second of the two ‘big daddy’ gadget sites. It tends to take itself more seriously than the boys club at Gizmodo so expect to see plenty of stories about high tech gadgets, new electronic gadgets and computer gadgets in this feed.

This is an article database with a wide range of content in almost any category you could imagine. While material is generated by writers who provide content to the database for free the site is human moderated and usually quite meticulous about what stories go onto the site.
Digg, a web 2.0 site which gets its readers to suggest interesting news stories, articles, videos or photos, can kill an hour all on its own. You’re guaranteed to find something that will make you laugh, think, or fume on this site.
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coming out of China.ZDNet is an Australian tech news site which rivals the much larger CNet News when it comes to in-depth news coverage on all things technology, regardless of whether it is a high tech gadget or a teleco story.
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If the blogs and news sites above aren’t enough then Technorati, Redtram, Icerocket or Youlicit are an excellent source for other great sites.
The web is famous for its range of content and if you’re looking to increase the number of sites you source information from then the sites above would be a great start.
Technorati is perhaps the best blog aggregator on the internet, or at least the best known. RedTram is well-known for collecting news from around the world and Youlicit is a great site if your aim is to find a similar site to one you already enjoy visiting.
So why not embrace RSS Feeds, and make your life on the web information-rich and more productive? If you’re a gadget shop owner or e-commerce retailer stocking gadget gifts or spy gadgets for sale you’ll find you will be able to keep on top of trends much easier and be able to offer your customers the latest hi tech gadgets before your competitors do. What more could you ask for from an internet function?
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