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BBC to Provide Extensive RSS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lots-of-simple-syndication dept.

Georgie2032 writes "The BBC News Online's Editor states that beginning in the middle of May, the BBC will be 'completely liberating the availability of its content' using its Really Simple Syndication (RSS) tool. 'So in May we'll be happy for outside websites to dip in and take our headlines'"

10 of 176 comments (clear)

  1. hey why not by wilbrod · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp oksala

    1. Re:hey why not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Why am I seeing Microsoft ads all over Slashdot and OSDN? What is going on?

  2. I NOW WORK FOR GOOGLE ON RSS by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check out our GMail RSS reader at
    https://gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom

    Also, convert email to RSS via the following script:
    $rss_feed = file_get_contents('http://example1.com/feed.rss');
    mail('...@example2.com', 'RSS Feed from Example1.com', $rss_feed,
    'Content-Type: application/rss+xml');

    --

    Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate. Ex-O'Reilly/MIT employee, now a full-time Google employee.
    1. Re:I NOW WORK FOR GOOGLE ON RSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah right, sure you work for Google. Trouble is, you, Amsterdam Vallon, are too famous. You have been working for your wife, Tom's Hardware, and various other places.
      So no one believes you. Sad, huh?

  3. Get A Free PhotoIpod, I'll trade by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.freephotoipods.com/ ?r=11402096 freshbrew@gmail.com

  4. YES, BUT DOES IT RUN GREASED-UP YODA LINUX? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The shit, Greased-Up Yoda Linux 1.0 is.

  5. Re:the BBC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What happens if you don't like BBC and would prefer to watch a sattelite broadcast?

    Why should I have to pay for something I don't like or watch?

  6. Re:the BBC by PatrickThomson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What happens if you don't like BBC and would prefer to watch a sattelite broadcast?

    Noone ever has...

    --
    I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
  7. Re:the BBC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm fairly new to /., could someone tell me what the ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H means?

  8. Re:the BBC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Try typing ^H (Ctrl-h) in a Unix console.