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New feed aggregator tiinker aims to help those feeling overwhelmed by their news portals and their own feed readers chop down their lists. Using Digg-style “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” controls, tiinker “learns” what types of news and sources you find relevant and interesting and mixes its content for you accordingly. Tiinker’s technology page reshaped itself pretty quickly to a little test-voting with an eye for Linux items, but what’s missing right now (and used to be offered) is a way to bring in RSS feeds not offered by the tiinker mix. Still, for those seeking out a decent, customized news portal, Tiinker might be a good way to keep on top of what’s happening.

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