Despite having a great product, it's probably a good thing that David Watanabe is now releasing NewsFire for free. Last year, we reported on the woes of the product registration system for Newsfire -- customers could activate the software with just an e-mail address, and they had some unfriendly communication with the developer when he thought they were using it on too many machines. Now that NewsFire is free, Watanabe can keep his product competitive with NetNewsWire without having to deal with the registration issue.
If you need a full-featured RSS reader, but you don't like the looks of NetNewsWire, you should definitely give NewsFire a shot. The price is right!
