I was looking for a news reader that integrates with Outlook but I'm a cheap b* and didn't want to buy one. In fact, I started writing one myself just for the experience and because I really wanted one. I was searching for something related to this effort one evening and found Attensa. At first I didn't install it because I was pretty committed to writing mine. Well, we all know how work picks up and lower priority items are pushed off. My custom news reader was one of those items.
If you use Outlook and you want a news reader I highly recommend Attensa (http://www.attensa.com/). It is easy to install, virtually auto-configures, and integrates nicely with Outlook. Oh yeah...and it's free! I love it!