In computing, RSS readers, also known as aggregators, news readers, or feed readers, are client software's or web applications which aggregate syndicated web content like blogs, news headlines, logs, and podcasts, in a central place easy viewing. One of the major advantages of RSS readers is that they ease the effort and reduce the time needed in checking sites for updates or new contents, creating a unique "personal newspaper". Here are some of the more popular RSS readers available:

Awasu is an excellent RSS reader that has features fit for casual personal use as well as for managing high-powered professional information. This feed reader comes with individually configurable channels and a modern user interface which is fully customizable. It also comes loaded with advanced features you will need in managing your channels. In addition, Awasu features content archiving and an advanced search engine.

FeedDemon allows you to read and collect information from numerous websites, quickly and without the need to go to each website individually. This RSS reader is authored by Nick Bradbury, the same person who created HomeSite and TopStyle.

Feedreader is an open-source reader that supports all RSS and Atom formats. It provides cutting-edge and advanced capabilities that include one of today's most extensive podcasting supports. It also offers a special smartfeed technology, enabling you to put much-needed information right at your fingertips.

IntraVnews is a news aggregator that you can personally use free of charge. It supports all RSS and Atom formats and imports and exports your subscriptions from Newsgator or Bloglines or any aggregator through OPML files. It has a powerful engine that maximizes performance and minimizes bandwidth.

Pluck gives you the up-to-date information from websites you frequently visit, delivering it directly and speedily to your browser - just like the way email messages are sent to your inbox. Using Internet Explorer, it allows you to quickly scan, sift, and scroll through article summaries and headlines in one pane, with the corresponding page in the other pane.

SharpReader is an aggregator for Windows written by Luke Hutteman. It supports RSS versions, ATOM 0.3 and 1.0, modules such as dublin core, xhtml:body, content:encoding, etc. It has advanced threading support that allows you to see items together in a thread. This aggregator detects and shows the connections between items whether they have the same link or whether an item is linked to another. It also shows whether two items are linked to similar external page, or whether an item contains comments. SharpReader has support for proxy authentication and proxy-servers. Moreover, it filters items, imports and exports subscriptions using OPML, has HTTP Authentication support and international Character-set support.

Surfpack Startpage is a desktop application which features search tools, weather reports, horoscopes, web modules, humor, LiveJournal diaries, and other updated content. Its DHTML interface can work under Mozilla Firefox 1.0+, Internet Explorer 5.0+, and Opera 7.5+. It supports a number of popular syndication formats such as RSS, XML/XSL, Atom, HTML, and JavaScript. You can still utilize their power even if you have no idea what these terms mean - with Surfpack, you don't have to learn anything new.