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Google Reader gadget for Google Desktop

Google Reader desktop gadget
Google had launched an official Google Reader gadget for Google Desktop. Basically this utility lets you read RSS feeds from Google Reader without opening a web browser. The interface is similar the web version, with all of your feeds and categories presented in a list.

When you click on an individual feed (or "all items" or a label", you'll see a list of headlines and a first sentence or two. Clicking on the headline will bring up a new window with the more text. Full HTML feeds don't render properly, so if you want to read a complete blog post, news item, or view images or pictures you'll want to click through to open the page in a web browser. But if you just want to quickly scan the latest news, the Google Reader gadget should work.

The gadget works with Google Desktop 5 for Windows and Linux.

[via Official Google Reader Blog]

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