---
title: "Microsoft Research introduces RSS Feeds, *finally*"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/21/microsoft-research-introduces-rss-feeds-finally.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/21/microsoft-research-introduces-rss-feeds-finally.html"
published: "2004-06-21T12:52:00"
updated: "2004-06-21T12:52:00"
tags: ["Cool sites"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "The Microsoft research site has been redesigned. Streamlined. I like it. But, that's not what's important here. Guess what these are? News and Headlines Downloads Publications Yep. Subscribed."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Microsoft Research introduces RSS Feeds, \*finally\*

By Roy Osherove June 21, 2004 In [Cool sites](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-sites)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 21, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

The [Microsoft research](http://research.microsoft.com/) site has been redesigned. Streamlined. I like it.

But, that's not what's important here.

Guess what _these_ are?

<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rss/news.xml"><img alt="" decoding="async" height="7" loading="lazy" src="https://osherove.com/img/wb/5f6504b8_research.microsoft.com_images_blueTriangle.gif" width="5"></a></td><td><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rss/news.xml">News and Headlines</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rss/downloads.xml"><img alt="" decoding="async" height="7" loading="lazy" src="https://osherove.com/img/wb/5f6504b8_research.microsoft.com_images_blueTriangle.gif" width="5"></a></td><td><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rss/downloads.xml">Downloads</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rss/publications.xml"><img alt="" decoding="async" height="7" loading="lazy" src="https://osherove.com/img/wb/5f6504b8_research.microsoft.com_images_blueTriangle.gif" width="5"></a></td><td><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/rss/publications.xml">Publications</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Yep. Subscribed.

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