Microsoft's MSN division has started testing a Web-based RSS aggregator, a move it's making to stay with rivals like Google, Yahoo, and Ask Jeeves. The new Start.com page is clean and advertising-free, includes categories of pre-set RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feeds, and lets users enter both RSS- and Atom-formatted feeds to customize the aggregate," reports Techweb News.
"The Web aggregator is tied to MSN Search, and also saves search histories.
"In January, MSN added RSS aggregation within the My MSN personal home page, and a month later, followed that by allowing MSN Search results to be saved as an RSS feed."