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So much news on the Web, so little time to read it all. These tools and sites can help make you an incredibly well-informed person--in a hurry.

Ryan Singel

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Awasu Personal Edition PCW Rating: 83.0PCW Rating: 83.0PCW Rating: 83.0

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Awasu Personal Edition

Downloadable news reader , Recommended for RSS power users, podcast listeners, and subscribers to other feeds that carry attachments., Best feature: Awasu lets you monitor static Web pages for changes and integrates tabbed browsing. , Free,

Bottom Line: Plug-ins make this powerful reader a good choice; a $29 paid version removes its 100-feed limit.

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Bloglines PCW Rating: 78.0PCW Rating: 78.0PCW Rating: 78.0

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Bloglines

Online news reader , Recommended for someone who is new to RSS readers and is looking for an easy way to start building a list of favorite feeds. , Best feature: You can use an unlimited number of free e-mail accounts to sign up for mailing lists as feeds. , Free,

Bottom Line: Bloglines is simple enough for beginners, yet packs some features that appeal to power users.

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NewsGator FeedDemon 2.0 PCW Rating: 91.0PCW Rating: 91.0PCW Rating: 91.0

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NewsGator FeedDemon 2.0

Downloadable news reader, Recommended for anyone who blogs or who takes news reading very seriously. , Best feature: The browser pane has an address bar and lets you keep multiple items open in tabs. , $30 ,

Bottom Line: Tabbed browsing and other advanced features make this reader essential for serious news readers.

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Rojo PCW Rating: 82.0PCW Rating: 82.0PCW Rating: 82.0

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Rojo

Online news reader , Recommended for budding news junkies. Like Bloglines, Rojo provides categories to subscribe to for those new to RSS. , Best feature: Rojo Intelligently sorts feed items based on your reading behavior. , Free,

Bottom Line: This reader lacks some of Bloglines' handy features, but it's well designed and a bit faster.

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SharpReader PCW Rating: 84.0PCW Rating: 84.0PCW Rating: 84.0

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SharpReader

Downloadable news reader, Recommended for news-reading veterans who are looking for a customizable and free news reader. , Best feature: Extensive organization options let you rearrange and group feeds into folders and subfolders. , Free,

Bottom Line: This fast, free reader lacks a full-featured browser, but it has many configuration options.

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