Microsoft announced that it will add RSS feeds to the version of Internet Explorer that ships with its next-generation operating system at the end of next year.

That means they’ll only be twenty months or so behind Firefox and Apple’s Safari. Those browsers also added tabbed browsing long ago … something Microsoft is getting around to implementing.

This seems to be another sign that Microsoft has become as nimble as a rock.

Whatever your position on Microsoft (sell!), you should still care about RSS. Keeping up with blogs is much easier when you subscribe to RSS feeds instead of visiting each site you follow.

Standalone programs such as NetNewsWire on the Mac — generally regarded as the best example of the breed on any platform — can also do this without a browser.

You can also use a single site such as feedster.com as a portal to your custom collection of RSS feeds.

If you want to add our feed to your RSS-enabled browser or RSS reader application, it’s here (that’s http://independentsources.com/feed/). It’s also at the very bottom of our home page.

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