Recently Google Reader have been redesigned, and as you may notice in the new design that its very similar to Gmail. Something that inspired Mihai Parparita to join both service in a single page using a greasemonkey script. The script will show a link for your feeds in the sidebar of GMail. It will also show you how many unread feeds you currently have and when you click on the link it pulls up your unread articles! Install Google Reader in Gmail Script
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