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NewsGator Frees NetNewsWire, FeedDemon
NewsGator is going to stop charging money for the popular -- and terrific -- NetNewsWire RSS reader for the Mac and FeedDemon for Windows, as well as its other services, including the Web-based RSS reader, and NewsGator Go for Windows Mobile and the BlackBerry. Greg Reinacker, founder and CTO of NewsGator Technologies, says the company is freeing its consumer services to build demand for its enterprise products.
Also, they want to collect "attention data" -- a fancy-shmancy way of saying they want to find out what people are looking at -- and use it to improve their overall product lines. Brent Simmons, author of NetNewsWire, says:
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