Microsoft RSS Blog
All about RSS and feed technology at Microsoft and across the community
On the IE blog, Eric Lawrence presented the User-Agent string for the beta version of Internet...
Date: 02/27/2008
A couple weeks ago, Chris Jones (VP on the Windows Live team) announced the new Windows Live suite....
Date: 09/18/2007
You’ve probably seen the postings in the past on this blog about the Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE)...
Date: 07/28/2007
One of the great things about RSS is that it's being used all over the world in countless ways....
Date: 06/05/2007
Sam Ruby pointed out HTTP 410 GONE support in feed readers or rather the lack thereof. He links to...
Date: 04/27/2007
We've received some reports of users noticing that their feeds subscription stop updating after...
Date: 01/08/2007
It's always fun when a story hits the blogosphere while you're stuck on a plane. :) This will be...
Date: 12/23/2006
A while ago I posted details about the RSS Platform Download Engine. That post focused on...
Date: 12/06/2006
As noted pretty much everywhere on the web, Windows Vista launched (for businesses) last week....
Date: 12/04/2006
It's been a hectic week. Between getting thrown in a fountain (that's my boss, Group Program Manager...
Date: 10/21/2006
The folks at Attensa make a slick RSS aggregator that integrates with Outlook and provides a River...
Date: 10/10/2006
One question we get asked occasionally is: How do I back up my feed list? Well, it turns out that...
Date: 10/08/2006
What better way to spend a Friday afternoon (Redmond time, at least), than by filling out a quick 8...
Date: 09/22/2006
Have you wanted to use the Windows RSS Platform from C++? Unlike managed code or script there is no...
Date: 09/22/2006
Greetings, I am one of the developers on the RSS team, and to complement Sean’s and Walter’s recent...
Date: 09/20/2006
Earlier this year at Mix06, Greg Reinacker and I did a talk on the RSS platform, during which he...
Date: 09/19/2006
Shortly after the SPI Dynamics presentation that sparked a renewed discussion on feed security in...
Date: 09/08/2006
In case you're one of the 12 people who read our blog and don't also read the IE blog, I thought I...
Date: 08/24/2006
I think it's only appropriate to congratulate the Windows Live Writer team on the release of their...
Date: 08/13/2006
You might have read the c|net article "Blog feeds may carry security risk" which summarizes the...
Date: 08/07/2006
MSDN TV that is. At the end of June MSDN TV published my episode on RSS in IE7 and the RSS Platform....
Date: 08/01/2006
Jane talked about reading feeds with ease in IE7 Beta 3. I want highlight what is new in the Windows...
Date: 07/28/2006
IE7 Beta 3 is here! We’ve snuck in some goodies in the feed reading user experience based on your...
Date: 06/29/2006
We’ve been getting a few questions on how to use RSS Platform events in VB.NET. The problem faced by...
Date: 06/08/2006
Last month, I reviewed the chapter about the Windows RSS Platform in Dave Johnson’s upcoming book...
Date: 05/05/2006
All Mix06 talks have been made available on video for anyone to watch at https://sessions.mix06.com/...
Date: 05/05/2006
We've received inquiries regarding the user-agent string that the Windows RSS Platform uses when...
Date: 04/28/2006
IE7 Beta 2 is now available for general download! Read Dean’s post to the IE blog for more details,...
Date: 04/25/2006
Not too long ago I gave a talk titled "Using the RSS Platform on Windows: Syndication Goes...
Date: 04/14/2006
I, for one, am very excited to have Niall Kennedy join the Windows Live team and drive the...
Date: 04/12/2006
I wanted to take a couple of minutes to describe how the RSS Platform's download engine works. The...
Date: 04/08/2006
We’ve updated the Publisher’s Guide (https://blogs.msdn.com/rssteam/articles/PublishersGuide.aspx)...
Date: 03/30/2006
Hey! This is Arvind. I am a Software Design Engineer in Test in the RSS Team working on among other...
Date: 03/29/2006
Last summer, at Gnomedex 5.0, we announced the Simple List Extensions (SLE), which allow RSS and...
Date: 03/28/2006
Bryan Starbuck from the Windows Live development team blogged about the RSS feed support in Mail...
Date: 03/06/2006
John and I have been working on a sample application using the Windows RSS Platform. It's a screen...
Date: 02/27/2006
A quick plug for Mix06 - it's coming up fast (Mar 20-22), so get registered quickly. In case you...
Date: 02/24/2006
About once or twice a day, we get an email from someone asking why it is that IE 7 isn't detecting...
Date: 02/10/2006
Here's a wiki for you to report any problematic feed discovery and rendering issues:...
Date: 02/09/2006
We just shipped the Windows RSS Platform with the IE7 Beta 2 Preview and questions about the RSS...
Date: 02/08/2006
As I discussed earlier, the Windows RSS platform (common feed list, synchronization engine and feed...
Date: 02/04/2006
The feed reading experience in IE7 is meant to be lightweight and simple. We display the accumulated...
Date: 02/02/2006
Hi, I'm Jane. Everyone I know spends their free time browsing the internet… whether it’s catching up...
Date: 02/02/2006
Hello, Walter from the land of IE Program Managers here. You might have seen or read about the RSS...
Date: 02/01/2006
SSE Update I’d like to thank the community for providing valuable feedback on the SSE spec through...
Date: 01/25/2006
Congrats to Robert and Shel on the launch of their book, "Naked Conversations." A couple of us from...
Date: 01/22/2006