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Browsers

Internet Explorer 7

Netscape Navigator 

Firefox

AvantBrowser
 - tabbed Internet Explorer based browser, includes RSS feeds.

K-Meleon - open source browser, light and fast, fun to tinker with, you may take a liking to it

Mozilla - venerable forerunner to Firefox, tabbed browsing, retractable sidebar is preferred by many

Opera - a polished, fast browser. Lots of great skins available

Off By One Browser - lightweight, fast

Crazy Browser
- tabbed Internet Explorer based browser, tabs can be color-customized for a nice effect

Maxthon - Formerly 'MyIE2', Internet Explorer based tabbed browsing, skinnable, lots of plug-ins

Phaseout - colorful, ultra-slick, ultra-modern tabbed Internet Explorer Based browser

Slim Browser
- tabbed Internet Explorer based browser

Kids Browser - bright friendly interface with lots if activities built in (Disney, Lego, Sesame Street, Muppet World, etc.), free

Get rid of Popups



RSS Aggregators


RSS (Really Simple Syndication) provides a means for online syndication of news, website updates, etc. - to read 'Feeds' you need an aggregator, basically a browser for RSS.  Select interesting Feeds, receive notice when new content is available. Popular aggregators:


Feed Demon (Free Trial)

FeedReader 
Pluck - browser plug-in for IE or online version
RSS Bandit
Sage - for Firefox
Great News - stand-alone RSS Aggregator, very fast and includes lots of feeds with the initial installation


RSS Feeds


Windows Marketplace RSS Feeds
- collection of RSS Feeds covering news, software, hardware

Computerworld - vast listing of topic specific RSS feeds