Set background picture to gtalk chat window

It will be crazy if we can set our own picture as background for the gtalk chat window.This can be done with a small application ' my theme ' which i had found while surfing.

+ Download the application from here.

+Install the application and navigate through start -> all programs -> dash -> my theme -> click change background.

+ Choose your favorite picture from the window.

+ Exit and reopen the gtalk.Go to settings -> appearance -> from drop down menu, select my theme and click ok.

DONE .. !! Open a chat window and you can see the background picture for it.

You can insert amazing emoticons in the gtalk (see in pic) . The shortcuts for these emoticons can be seen here :

start -> all programs -> dash -> my theme -> click Help

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Set recycle bin to delete files in it automatically

The Recycle Bin is the special folders of windows on the hard disk to store deleted files and folders. These files or folders can be restored from the Recycle Bin to their original location if required for use.

But you can set the Recycle Bin setting that the files and folders are deleted from hard disk are not placed in the Recycle Bin. So with the help of windows registry editor you can set the Recycle Bin to always delete items.

Just follow the steps :

+ First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

+ Navigate to the following path :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\BitBucket

+ Here in right side panel, double click on NukeOnDelete and set its value 1.

+ Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Enjoy !! Share your experiences in the comments.

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Websites to have fun with your photos

Got bored with your photos !! Wanna add some fun and humour into it!! . You dont need any software for having fun with your photos like photoshop. Following are really awesome websites to add effects and fun to your photos.

Have a try now !! ..

+ Have your own hair style :See celebrity hairstyles—from short cuts and bangs to long party styles and updos—and cosmetics, like lipstick, lip gloss and eye makeup. Then find out how to get the looks yourself with how-to tips from star stylists.


+ Wired cover :
Design your own wired magazine cover.Customize your cover headlines,color palette,background and favourite picture too


+ Magmypic :
Create fake magazine covers and comics with your picture.


+ Loonapix :
Make your photo funny and unique.Embed face from your photo to a various templates.Add appropriate photo frame to your photo from the proposed categories.Multiple templates for photo trim. Create personal avatar.


+ Photo505 :
Create a digital photo effect


+ Funphotobox :
It is a place where you can create funny pictures and allows you to add special effects to your photos.


+ Photofunia :
The proprietary technology automatically identifies the face in the photo and let's you add cool photo effects and create funny face photo montages.


+ Picartia :
Create photo mosaic Online and Free (photo collage maker)


+ Hairmixer :
Choose a picture and start hair mixing up


+ Writeonit :
Here you can easily create your fake pictures, captions and fake magazines and other funny jokes for you and your friends.


+ Dumpr :
Dumpr is where you create marvellous photos to share with your friends


+ Anymaking :
It is a site for creative people. Here you will find a lot of useful and interesting tools for images and text editing, creating fun photos and much more.


+ Montagraph :
Montagraph is a social platform to give you an easy way to make and share your photo montages.With its image editing tools you can create your own templates or use someone else's templates.


+ pizap :
Easiest online photo editor


+ Myheritage :
It is one of the world's first services to apply advanced face recognition technology to personal photos and family history and it's free!


+ Letterjames :
Choose your favourite motives


+ Imagechef :
Lots of ways for you to customize your photos and express them wherever you want.


+ Funny photo :
Create funny pics from your photos


+ Frontpageyou :
FrontpageYou is really simple and quick to use. All you need to get started is access to a great picture of either yourself or one of your family or friends.


+ Fakemagazinecover :
Here you can personalize magazine covers online by uploading digital photos you have on your computer.


+ Festisite :
Create your own personalized money bill at the click of a mouse button.


+ Faceinhole :
With faceinhole you can easily and in a matter of seconds create a totally "new look" for you and your friends.


+ Createhdr :
HDR images show greater range of tonal detail, than your camera could capture. This site emulates HDR effect so you can play with it with no Photoshop or other software.


+ Blingee :
Create blingees.


+ Loogix :


+ Badgemaker :

+ Befunky :
BeFunky makes it easy to get photos from your favorite web sites. Apply special photo effects and save back to your account.

ENJOY !! ..

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Find whether your mail had been read by your recipient

Many of us love sending emails and you may get excited how your recipient reacts to your email.But if u dont know whether your email has been read or not,how will you react to it ..!!. There is a simple solution for this ..

Following are some of the services which helps you to know whether your email had been read by your recipient or not ..

+ Spypig
SpyPig is a simple email tracking system that sends you a notification email as soon as the recipient opens and reads your message.It works with virtually all modern email programs: Outlook, Eudora, Yahoo Email, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Email and many others.


+ Bigstring
It is a free 2 GB email service that includes rich secure and certified mail services and lets you password-protect, track, expire or edit sent messages.


+ Readnotify
It tells you when email you sent gets read /re-opened /forwarded and lot more.


+ Didtheyreadit
It shows when your email was opened, how long it remained opened, where geographically, it was viewed.


+ Msgtag
It lets you know when and whether emails are opened. It works with Gmail, multiple recipients, and lets you be notified via SMS.

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Auto delete temporary folder in windows

Generally in our systems,many temporary files are created which are useless and occupies much space in the hard disk.Many of us do not delete the temporary files which causes the system to slow up and eats up the space in hard disk.

Actually we can delete the temporary files manually by typing %temp% in run and delete all the files in the folder.But these temporary files can be deleted automatically whenever it is created in xp.

Follow the steps :

+Go to run and type gpedit.msc

+Navigate through :

Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/WindowsComponents/Terminal Services/Temporary Folder

+Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit" and go to properties and hit disable.

Now from next time when Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will be automatically deleted when it is created.

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Open or close cd/dvd drive with a single click in xp

The CD/DVD drive in windows can be ejected or closed with a single click in Windows XP by performing a simple trick.

To open the cd/dvd drive.. follow the steps :

+ Open notepad and copy the following code in it :

Set oWMP = createObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7" )
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next ' cdrom
End If

+ Now save this file as anyname.vbs

+ When you click it, the disk drive will be opened.


To close the cd/dvd drive .. follow the steps

Set oWMP = createObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7" )
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next ' cdrom
End If

+ Now save this file as anyname.vbs

+ When you click it,the disk drive will be closed.

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30 FREE online pdf converters

Portable Document Format(pdf) is the widely used electronic document now.And online pdf converters are more handy as they do not require any softwares and can be converted easily.

Below is a compilation of FREE online pdf converters ...

Bookletcreator – A free online tool that allows to create a booklet from a PDF document.

FeedJournal - Convert RSS and Atom feeds into PDF newspaper.

Loop - A free web-based service that allows you to convert and combine files to PDF.

PDF- o-matic - A simple PHP script that uses HTMLDOC to convert the web page of your choice.

RSS2PDF - Free Online RSS, Atom or OPML to PDF Generator.

PDFText - Converts your PDF (Acrobat) file to plain text.

Online PDF Converter - You can convert you PDF file to text or image (JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF) absolutely free.

Expresspdf - ExpressPDF is an online service that lets you convert your Microsoft Office documents to PDF.

Html2pdf - Web Service & API that converts your Website into PDF.

Koolwire - Just send your documents to pdf@koolwire.com, then you will receive a converted file in PDF format.

PDFOnline – Convert documents to PDF, PDF service for iPhone, web to PDF and PDF to WORD.

Zamzar – A free online file conversion that able to convert PDF to many document formats.

Htm2pdf - A service to convert your webpages to PDF

PDFit- A Firefox extension that allows you to convert any page into a PDF through a online service provided by Touchpdf.com.

Lettos - DOC to ODT & PDF, ODT to PDF a DOC, PDF to TXT

Web2pdf online – A free HTML to PDF Conversion service for your websites that allows your visitors to quickly save useful information in your blogs and websites to PDF files.

Document convert express - Convert files to PDF or Image without the need of installing.

Freepdfconvert - Convert MS Office, Images, Web Pages, Vector Graphic Formats files to PDF or Convert PDF to Word (doc) or Excel (xls) document, extract Images from PDF.(supports 67 formats)

Showpdf - A PDF-to-HTML converter.

PDFTextonline - Extract text from PDF and makes these text copy-able.

primopdf - provides a super-fast way to create PDF files online
neevia - create PDF or Image documents from many of the file formats that you use on a daily basis.
pdf24 - convert current documents into pdf-files
doc2pdf - coverts doc to pdf
ps2pdf - web's premier online converter of Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

pdftoword - you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch to re-use PDF content in applications like Microsoft Word, Excel, OpenOffice, and WordPerfect.

html-pdf-converter - It's a simple service to convert the web pages to PDF files.

freepdftoword - quick solution for creating formatted Word documents from any PDF file

File2pdf - possible to merge up to 10 files (also PDF) to only one PDF-file.

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95+ Instant messaging tools

Instant messaging is the best form of web communication for all today with lack of spam beating email.

Below is a good list of Instant Messaging (IM) Clients and web resources.

IM Clients :

Google Talk - use GTalk your voice calls, voice messages, file transfer and Gmail notifications

Skype - high quality calls to anyone, anywhere in the world

Yahoo! Messenger - an official messenger for Yahoo! users, free to use but advertising-supported

AOL Instant Messenger - communicate with AOL registered users via text, voice, and video

Windows Live Messenger - connect and share instantly on the world’s most popular IM network

ICQ - the world’s first instant messaging program

mICQ - a free text-based ICQ client that runs on a wide variety of platforms

Licq - a free clone of the ICQ client for Linux other Unix systems

aMSN - a free and open source MSN Messenger clone for Linux users

JMSN - a pure Java MSN Messenger clone, with many interesting features that MSN doesn’t have

CSpace - secure and peer-to-peer communication to chat or transfer files

Coccinella - a free Jabber/XMPP client with a built-in white board for improved collaboration with other people

Emesene - a MSN Messenger client with a simpler GUI and a nice look

Gajim - a full-featured and easy to use XMPP client for gnome users

GOIM - allows users to chat within DirectX games

mcabber - a small console-based Jabber client that runs on Linux and Mac OS X

Gadu-Gadu - the most popular IM in Poland

Exodus - a Jabber client which is small, fast, easy to use, and looks good

Retroshare - communicate and download files from friends of friends

naim - a console based multi-protocol client with features like peer to peer encryption and module support

Gossip - an instant messaging client for Gnome users, with chat history search

MessageMate - commercial IM platform that provides end-to-end security; interoperable with AIM, ICQ, Yahoo and MSN

Papla Instant - use it on your PC and mobile phone

Mercury Messenger - a full featured Windows Live Messenger client, offers several extra features which are not implemented in MSN

Psi - small, fast Jabber client

Spark - free and open source IM with built-in support for group chat, telephony integration and strong security

Jabbin - free Jabber client that enables free calls using VoIP

YSM - full-featured console-based ICQ client

MySpaceIM - the official instant messaging client for MySpace

OneTeam - IM client is XUL based, so requires Firefox

Microsoft Messenger for Mac - the official Mac client for MSN Messenger, but the feature list is limited

Xfire - chat with contacts inside the game, without the need to minimize the game windows

Pandion - Jabber client which supports plugins to extend its features

BitWise IM - a secure, cross-platform client that encrypts all data sent between users

Multinetwork IM Clients :

Pidgin - most popular, free, multi-platform IM client that supports most of the IM protocols
Miranda IM - lightweight, resource efficient and easy to use client with powerful plugin support
Ayttm - in case of a service failure, this will automatically fall back to other service protocols of the same person you are chatting to.
Trillian - a Windows application that can connect to multiple IM services, with nice features like Metacontact, Instant lookup, and Emotiblips
meetro - find and chat with people nearby, i.e. location-aware client
IMVU - 3D chat which enables you chat in 3D scenes with your own avatars
Kopete - KDE application, provides users with a single, easy-to-use way to access all of their instant messaging systems
MECA - connect to all of your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo! and ICQ from just one list
Centericq - text based multi protocols IM client
Proteus - popular client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols
Instan-t - Windows client that allows users to communicate with MSN, AIM, Y!Messenger, ICQ and its IM networks
iChat - IM Client from Apple for Mac OSX
Universal Messenger Plus - a single convenient interface that allows you to easily communicate over different protocols.
Qnext - share your music, photos, and files with anyone, instantly while talking via IM
Adium - free client for Mac users that can connect to most of the popular messaging services
BitlBee - IRC clients with support of IM protocols

Web Based Clients :

meebo - the most popular third party web based instant messaging service
eBuddy - chat with your buddies using web and mobile versions
KoolIM - web-based IM that allows you to connect to your email inbox as well as popular IM networks
ILoveIM - another web based IM service with advertisements
IMhaha - supports Yahoo, MSN and AIM but not Google Talk
Goowy - more than just an IM client; offers e-mail, calendar, news, RSS, file storage and more
IMunitive - an alternative to meebo, but doesn’t support Jabber i.e. Google Talk
RadiusIM - web-based IM service with Google Maps integration, which means you can see where your friends are
MessengerFX - unofficial web based IM client for MSN Messenger
ICQ2Go! - web-based installation-free version of ICQ
SNIMMER - chat on MSN, Yahoo, AOL, ICQ and GTalk and make new friends by creating a profile with pictures
IMO - allows you to log in to all chat networks at the same time
Communicationtube - separate login for ICQ, MSN Messenger, IRC and Google Talk contacts
Express Instan-t - simple IM which works with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo
easymessenger - free instant messenger service with built-in RSS support that works with MSN, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo! and Jabber.
mabber - use it on your phone or put it on your website
MSN2Go - Java applet that enables you connect to MSN messenger service
Yafumato Web Messenger - free and open source web-based IM client that allows you to connect to AIM, GTalk, MSN, and Yahoo
MSN Web Messenger - the web-based version of MSN Messenger, without file sharing or video calls
Yahoo! Web Messenger - access to your Yahoo! messenger, chat with your friends and get notified when new email is received.
AIM Express - official web-based instant messenger for AIM
Google Talk via Gmail - chat with your GTalk contacts from Google mail

Mobile IM Clients :

Agile Messenger - user friendly all-in-one application for your mobile phone
Eqo - save up to 95% on calls, 70% on text messaging, integrates all of MSN, Yahoo!, GTalk, AIM, ICQ, and Jabber.
fring - use it as an IM client, but also for free calls over Wi-Fi, GPRS or EDGE
IM+ - All-in-One Mobile Messenger that works on any mobile device
OctroTalk - keeps you connected with your buddies, and works seamlessly over GPRS/EDGE/CDMA/Wifi/Bluetooth data connections
QuickIM - connect to public MSN networks using your cell phone with one time license fee
JiveTalk - connect simultaneously to AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, ICQ, and Jabber
Causerie - an easily configurable chat tool with simple-to-use user interface that work on Palm, Blackberry, Pocket PC, Symbian and J2ME enabled phones.
TipicME - J2ME-based Jabber client that is really well done and absolutely free
iSkoot - mobile application that allows you to connect by GPRS, 3G or Wifi and to speak or chat with all your contacts on Skype
MovaMessenger - a free mobile IM client, works with MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, and GTalk
Turbo MSN - a mobile MSN client for Nokia and Panasonic
Nimbuzz - call your IM buddies on their mobile or on their PC, chat with your IM buddies for free and send text messages for free.
Heysan - web based mobile messenger, compatible with most of the mobile phones including iPhone.
YehBA Mobile IM - allows you chat with your friends anywhere in the world, meet new friends across the globe through chat rooms, and have access to an unlimited number of fun services.
Palringo Vocal IM - transforms your mobile device into a walkie-talkie: communicate with a contact or a group at the touch of a button
MT Messenger - exchange messages using the most popular IM applications from MSN, Yahoo! and AOL
EpyxMobile - call all over the world from your mobile phone for SkypeOut tariffs
GoTalkMobile - Java application for J2ME enabled phones, allows you connect to Google Talk and Jabber
MSN Mobile - take MSN with you
Mundu - conference with your contacts across IM services in a single chat session
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Edit any website with a single line of code

Have you ever thought of editing the web pages of another website..!! This simple code makes it possible.

But,you can’t actually edit the actual web page but you can edit the page as you see it on your screen.

This is one of the ways scammers create fake screenshots, fake Adsense & affiliate earnings and even fake Paypal transactions.

All you need to do is visit the site you want to edit, paste the code below into your web browser address bar (tested in Firefox & IE7) and hit the Enter button.Then simply select a portion of text on the page and start editing.

CODE :

javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0

Display your name in Windows task bar

It is cool XP trick for you that will let you show off your name branding in front of your non-geek friends.This trick will let you display a name of your choice in the Windows Taskbar just beside the digital time clock.


Follow the steps ..

+ Open Start Menu and then open Control Panel

+ Double click Regional and Language Options

+ Click Customize (besides English U.S drop down menu)

+ Go to Time tab and change AM/PM symbols to the name of your choice

Now you are DONE !!

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Find who is invisible in Gtalk

Generally, many of our friends will be online but in invisible mode in GTalk.They can be found easily with a simple trick.

Follow the steps to found who is invisble …

+ Open the Chat Window of the User, you want to check the status for.

+ Click on option and click on "Go Off the Record".

+ Send a Message to User.

+ If you get "User is offline and can't receive messages" writen in red color, that means a User is actually offline.

+ But if you get nothing in response, know that a User is online and in Invisible mode

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Add different background for each blogger post

A background picture for your blog makes your blog serves as a type of branding for your blog.The blog looks more impressive if different background is set for each post.

Jus follow the steps to have different background for each post.

1. Login at Blogger.com.

2. Click on Settings link on the Dashboard.

3. Click on the Formatting subtab of the Settings tab.

4. Scroll down in the Formatting tab to the Post Template at the bottom.

5. Paste this code at the top of the box :

<div style="background:url(LINK_OF_PICTURE) no-repeat;">

and paste this code at the bottom of the box :

</div>

6. Save Settings.

7. Click on Posting tab at the top.

8. The Post Editor will open with the code already in it. (The code will be visible if you select the 'edit html' tab.)

9. Replace 'LINK_OF_PICTURE' with actual link of the picture you uploaded or link of the picture already in a webpage. If you want the picture to repeat ,delete the "no-" in "no-repeat" in the code line.

Type in your post before the </div> tag at the bottom, and publish. You are DONE .. !!

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RSS Toolbox : 130+ RSS Resources to publish and subscribe to web content

For those just starting out in the big wide world of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) , a way to publish and subscribe to frequently updated content like blog entries, reviews and articles etc.

RSS Readers (for Windows) :

Omea - one of the most fully featured RSS readers out there; free in its basic version, also has a commercial, advanced version with more features
Mozilla Thunderbird - Mozilla’s e-mail and RSS reader, supports skins and add-ons
Awasu - RSS reader with a customizable user interface, the ability to synchronize with other readers, bookmarking and annotation, and republishing of your feeds
GreatNews - integrates with Bloglines, and offers a very fast way to browse through your feeds
RSS Bandit - RSS reader that offers organization of your feeds through folders, as well as synchronization across several installations
IntraVNews - an RSS reader that integrates with Microsoft’s Outlook.
SharpReader - requires .NET framework, lets you organize feeds into folders, integrates with Feedster, can display new items via system tray popups
eCruiser - an RSS reader in Japanese
Juice - a pretty basic RSS reader
Opera - Opera web browser comes with a fully featured RSS reader
FeedDemon - Newsgator’s feed reader offering a high degree of customization, newspaper-style feed reading, synchronization with other Newsgator products, and feed search
Snarfer - a free RSS reader, with key features being river of news style view, embedded video display, synchronization with Bloglines, powerful search and filtering
Active RSS Reader - simple RSS reader with a very small hard disk and memory footprint
Feed Amasser - a very lightweight, freeware RSS reader
FeedExpress - a freeware, open source RSS reader; quite basic, but with some nice features, for example CSS customization
Crackfeed - a tiny systray based application that notifies you with RSS news as they come
HappyFish - RSS reader and podcast client, requires .NET 2.0
Attensa for Outlook - RSS reader that fully integrates with Outlook, support OPML import/export, scheduling, republishing, and advanced feed organization
Briz RSS Reader - a very simple RSS reader
Particls - desktop RSS notifier and ticker with lots of options, also has a Firefox plugin
Anothr - RSS reader/bot for Skype/Gtalk/MSN

RSS Readers (for OS X) :

Newsfire - RSS reader for OS X

NetNewsWire - Newsgator’s RSS reader for the Mac comes in two flavors: commercial and free

PixelNews - a commercial Mac OS X RSS reader that comes with a huge database of feeds

Shrook - a Mac RSS reader which also has a web based version; supports synchronization, instant notifications via Growl, real time search, smart grouping and more

Vienna - a freeware, open source RSS/Atom newsreader, with a built-in tabbed browser and the ability to customize feed display

NewsLife - RSS reader for the Mac, pleasing to the eye, simple and easy to use

Squeet - another Mac RSS reader, currently on hiatus

RSS Readers (for LINUX) :

Liferea - RSS reader for Gnome users

Akregator - RSS reader for KDE

Straw - RSS reader for Gnome, supports RSS and ATOM, as well as exporting/importing OPML feeds

Snownews - text based RSS reader for all you 1337 people

AgileRSS - desktop aggregator that is able to display any RSS, ATOM, and XML news feed; also offers an RSS news ticker

RSS Readers (for cross platform) :

RSSOwl - works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Offers, among other features, a multi-pane, highly customizable interface, OPML and blogroll import, internal browser, and a search engine.
BottomFeeder Rich-featured multiplatform RSS reader (works on Linux as well as Windows and OS X), supports CSS customization, OPML import/export, and plugins.
BlogBridge - open source RSS aggregator that allows you to create dynamic feed reading lists


RSS Readers (for web) :

Google Reader – In addition to tracking your feeds, Google’s popular RSS reader allows you to star items (like in Gmail), view trends in your feeds and reading habits, and recently added an option to read feeds offline.
iGoogle – Formerly known as Google Personalized Home, iGoogle allows you to include RSS feeds as part of your custom start page.
Netvibes - This personal homepage provider includes hundreds of “modules” you can add to your page from Hotmail to your Flickr photos, but also lets you create your own modules by simply entering an RSS feed URL.
Pageflakes – Another personalized homepage provider, Pageflakes functions similar to Netvibes, letting you select from pre-made modules or create your own by adding an RSS feed.
My Yahoo! – Still the most widely used custom homepage on the Web, My Yahoo now allows you to add RSS feeds alongside your weather, stock quotes, and news. Similar to Netvibes and Pageflakes, My Yahoo allows you to re-arrange your feeds with drag and drop features.
My Netscape – Netscape’s personal homepage service also includes the ability to add RSS feeds as content modules. An account also lets you participate in their Digg-like homepage voting.
Daily Rotation – A no-frills personalized homepage aimed targeted at techies, Daily Rotation includes recommended feeds from hundreds of tech sites, and also lets you add in additional feeds of your own choosing.
Rojo – A part of Six Apart, Rojo is a web-based reader that combines RSS aggregation with a community of sorts, showing what people are reading on their homepage.
Bloglines – One of the early online RSS readers, Bloglines “split screen” interface makes it easy to view the full content of any of your feeds. The service is part of the IAC family of sites.
Newsgator – NewsGator’s RSS reader allows you to organize your feeds in Windows-style folders that can be expanded and collapsed.
MySindicaat - an advanced online RSS reader with a tree-like feed layout, available in several different flavors, including a mini ticker and a mobile RSS viewer. It also has RSS mixing capabilities.
Fwicki - web based RSS reader that lets you create custom river-of-news style feeds.
NewsAlloy - a fast and full-featured web based RSS reader. Also has a mobile version.
Feeds 2.0 - a personalized RSS aggregator, that learns from your reading habits and displays relevant feeds


RSS Readers (for mobile) :

NewsGator Go! – NewsGator’s mobile version syncs with user’s online accounts, allowing you to read their feeds on the go for $29.95.
LiteFeeds – Once downloaded to your phone, LiteFeeds allows you to browse your feeds, email articles to friends, or bookmark them to your del.icio.us account.
Egress – This program for Windows Mobile sports a clean UI and also supports podcasts. Egress is available for $12.95.
Mobispine – Mobispine is a free Java application for reading your feeds on your mobile. The service also includes a web component where users can add feeds to the Mobispine database, see related feeds, and leave comments.
Quick News – Designed for Palm OS, Quick News lets you download feeds either via a HotSync or a direct internet connection for later use, which enables offline (or out of coverage) reading.
Bloglines Mobile – The popular web-based reader also offers a browser-based mobile version to access your feeds without downloading anything.
FeederReader – This application is designed for phones running Windows Mobile, and bills itself as being especially well suited for developers, allowing you to view the RAW XML files for and its XML elements and attributes.
FreeRange – This Java application will work on Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry. The site has optional Google Reader integration.
Google Reader Mobile – If you use Google Reader, you can access a version designed for mobile phones.
ZapTXT for mobile - mobile version of the ZapTXT widget.


RSS to Email Convertors :

Feedblitz - one of the most popular RSS to e-mail converters. Supported by FeedBurner. Also has a Firefox plugin.
ZapTXT - monitors feeds for certain terms and sends you notifications via e-mail. Also has a mobile version.
R|Mail - offers simple subscription to any RSS feed, as well as an R|mail subscription widget which you can use on your site


RSS (Firefox pulgins) :

Sage - RSS reader for Firefox, has a decent amount of options, allows CSS customization
Wizz - a very advanced RSS reader for Firefox with a huge set of options
RSS Ticker - an RSS ticker for Firefox with a large number of options
Beatnik - simple RSS reader for Firefox
BlogRovr - a Firefox plugin that brings you related news based on your feed choices and the website you’re currently visiting
NewsFox - fully featured RSS reader for Firefox, with three panes; similar to Thunderbird
InfoRSS - another RSS ticker for Firefox with a very comprehensive set of options
Feedbar - Feedbar displays new live bookmarks items directly in your Firefox sidebar


RSS Feed validators :

Feed Validator – By entering your feed URL at Feed Validator, the service will literally translate your RSS to code and identify any potential problems. It works with versions of RSS up to 2.0.
RSS 1.0 Validator – This validator for RSS 1.0 generates an HTML page identifying any errors.
Redland RSS 1.0 Validator & Viewer – This validator offers a variety of display options for checking your feeds.


RSS (Wordpress Plugins) :

Feedlist - a wordpress plugin that displays linked lists imported from an RSS or ATOM feed
Feedsmith - redirects all RSS feeds on a Wordpress blog to the Feedburner feed.
Fedafi RSS plugin - a plugin for Wordpress that creates a full text valid RSS 2.0 feed from your Wordpress blog and adds a style sheet, tracks subscribers and clicks on articles.
BDP RSS aggregator - converts RSS feeds to Wordpress blog entries. Handy for creating an automatic blog.
Sig2Feed - Wordpress plugin that lets you add a signature to your RSS feeds


RSS related plugins :

Good News Trillian RSS plugin - allows you to read RSS feeds in Trillian
RSSNews - RSS reader for IM client Miranda
RSS Feed Scanner - Azureus plugin that allows for automated downloads by means of advanced feed filter configurability
RSS Popper - RSS plugin for Outlook and Outlook Express
RSS Reader for Gaim - enables you to read RSS feeds in Pidgin


RSS Managers :

Feedburner - the obvious one. Recently acquired by Google, FeedBurner has become the de facto standard for RSS feed management, offering a huge set of features, including detailed analytics, chicklets, feed optimization and ad insertion.
WebPasties - a set of RSS-related tools, including some feed management features
FeedPass - creates a nice landing page for your feeds


RSS Mixers :

Yahoo! Pipes - an advanced RSS mixer with a graphical user interface; supports simple operators, filters, and many advanced functions
Feedbite - a combination of an online RSS reader and an RSS mixer, with the possibility to vote for RSS “bundles”
Feedblendr - a very simple RSS mixer that doesn’t require registration
Blogsieve - full featured RSS mixer that lets you blend up to 5 feeds and do some advanced filtering on the results
Feedcombine - RSS mixer that lets you blend feeds from a list of predefined sources
Feedshake - RSS mixing and some basic filtering
xFruits - a set of very neat tools for RSS blending, filtering and conversion, including an RSS to PDF tool
BlastFeed - an RSS mixer that lets you combine and filter feeds and get them delivered via e-mail, IM or RSS
FeedRinse - an advanced RSS filter that enables you to get rid of the “spam” in your RSS feeds
FeedDigest - RSS mixer that lets you mix and sort feeds and then republish them on a website
Popfly - Microsoft’s very promising RSS mixer, currently in closed beta
Google Mashup Editor (GME) - Google’s set of developer tools for creating mashups
RSSMesh - a PHP script that lets you blend several feeds into one
Afeeda - RSS mixer which lets you blend all your favorite feeds into one


RSS Ping tools :

Pingoat – On Pingoat, you enter your blog URL and select the services you would like to ping. Doing so will make sure that the selected sites crawl and index your site. The site has nearly 50 different services you can ping.
Ping-o-matic – Enter your blog or feed URL and select from a variety of blog search engines and Ping-o-matic will send them a ping. The site has about 20 services to choose from.
Blog Flux – In addition to a variety of other tools for bloggers, Blog Flux offers Pinger, which includes more than 30 sites you can automatically ping, including several language specific indexes.
ping service – This site is mostly in Dutch and automatically pings a few of the larger services such as Technorati and Weblogs.com


Feed directories :

Syndic8 - one of the biggest RSS feed directories; integrates with several services on this list
Technorati - indexes blogs based on tags and authority, as measured by incoming links.
Feedster - organizes feeds into content channels such as technology and celebrity gossip.
Blogstreet - places feeds into different directory categories and also has a Digg-like homepage powered by user rankings.
Weblogs.com - one of the original feed directories, Weblogs.com simply shows the most recent blog updates automatically as they happen.
Icerocket - a blog search engine that also keeps track of blog statistics with their Blog Tracker product.
blo.gs - a simple listing of recently updated blogs in the spirit of Weblogs.com.
blogdigger - blog search engine, also has a Local feature for finding bloggers in your area.
2rss.com - a categorized blog directory and search engine with about 10,000 feeds indexed.
WeBlogALot - a blog directory that also pulls in breaking news feeds from mainstream sources.


RSS tricks n hacks :

Steve Rubel’s collection of RSS hacks
Another set of RSS-related hacks from Steve Rubel
Web Worker Daily’s tips on RSS reading
5 RSS tips by LifeDev
Steve Rubel’s 35 ways to use RSS feeds
RSS tools for Firefox - a detailed roundup of RSS-related add-ons for Firefox here on Mashable
Mister Tipster - a hardware USB mini display aimed specifically at displaying RSS feeds
Some RSS tips from Wired
Read RSS on your AppleTV

RSS related Tools :

SearchFeedr - RSS feed search, supports Yahoo!, Google, MSN Live and Altavista
FeedCycle - bundles feeds into “episodes” and delivers them on a scheduled/daily basis
FeedCrier - brings RSS feeds to your instant messenger
Clicky’s RSS feed - Clicky is a web analytics tool which can deliver analytics results via an RSS feed
RSS Panel X - a Greasemonkey script that displays RSS, Atom, hAtom and OPML directly from originating website
FeedForAll - create and edit RSS feeds and podcasts
Radio UserLand - a combination of a publishing platform and a news aggregator
Custom Reader - a white label RSS reader solution, ready to be branded to your liking
Chaos Wallpaper - RSS reader and wallpaper changer in one
FireAnt - RSS reader focused on podcasts, vidcasts, and media
NewsAloud - converts RSS feeds to voice
RSS2PDF - converts RSS feeds to PDF format
Dapper - creates an RSS feed from any website
Feedity - another RSS generator that can generate an RSS feed from any website
RSSMicro - an RSS search engine; searches over 65 million feeds

Share your RSS resources in the comments if i had missed any in the list ...

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