diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 989feb122..a8bfb1661 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -22,20 +22,22 @@ gem 'jquery-rails'
 # Optional support for eco templates
 gem 'eco'
 
-gem "omniauth"  
-gem "omniauth-twitter"  
-gem "omniauth-facebook"  
-gem "omniauth-linkedin"  
-gem "omniauth-google-oauth2"
+gem 'omniauth'  
+gem 'omniauth-twitter'  
+gem 'omniauth-facebook'  
+gem 'omniauth-linkedin'  
+gem 'omniauth-google-oauth2'
 
-gem "twitter"
-gem "koala"
-gem "mail"
+gem 'twitter'
+gem 'koala'
+gem 'mail'
 
-gem "mime-types"
+gem 'mime-types'
 
 gem 'delayed_job_active_record'
-gem "daemons"
+gem 'daemons'
+
+gem 'simple-rss'
 
 # To use ActiveModel has_secure_password
 # gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '~> 3.0.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 62dfe1f36..534e5616d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ GEM
       railties (~> 3.2.0)
       sass (>= 3.1.10)
       tilt (~> 1.3)
+    simple-rss (1.2.3)
     simple_oauth (0.1.5)
     sprockets (2.1.2)
       hike (~> 1.2)
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   omniauth-twitter
   rails (= 3.2.2)
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.4)
+  simple-rss
   sqlite3
   twitter
   uglifier (>= 1.2.3)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/rss.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/rss.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1636651cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_dashboard/rss.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+$ = jQuery.sub()
+
+class App.DashboardRss extends App.Controller
+  constructor: ->
+    super
+#    @log 'aaaa', @el
+    
+    @items = []
+    
+    # get data
+    @ajax = new App.Ajax
+    @ajax.ajax(
+      type:  'GET',
+      url:   '/rss_fetch',
+      data:  {
+        limit: @limit,
+        url:   @url,
+      }
+      processData: true,
+      success: (data, status, xhr) =>
+        @items = data.items || []
+        @render()
+    )
+
+  render: ->
+    html = App.view('dashboard/rss')(
+      head:  @head,
+      items: @items
+    )
+    html = $(html)
+    @html html
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/dashboard.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/dashboard.js.coffee
index 7222706c1..f9c0ad82b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/dashboard.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/dashboard.js.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@ class Index extends App.Controller
         activity_stream: {
           controller: App.DashboardActivityStream,
         },
+        rss_atom: {
+          controller: App.DashboardRss,
+          params: {
+            head:  'Heise ATOM',
+            url:   'http://www.heise.de/newsticker/heise-atom.xml',
+            limit: 5,
+          },
+        },
+#        rss_rdf: {
+#          controller: App.DashboardRss,
+#          params: {
+#            head:  'Heise RDF',
+#            url:   'http://www.heise.de/newsticker/heise.rdf',
+#            limit: 5,
+#          },
+#        },
+
 #        recent_viewed: {
 #          controller: App.DashboardRecentViewed,
 #        }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/rss.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/rss.jst.eco
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1157b92a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/dashboard/rss.jst.eco
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="span3">
+    <h2><%= @head %></h2>
+    <ul>
+    <% for item in @items: %>
+      <li><a href="<%= item.link %>" title="<%= item.summary %>" target="_blank"><%= item.title %>"</a></li>
+    <% end %>
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/controllers/rss_controller.rb b/app/controllers/rss_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..177983075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/rss_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+class RssController < ApplicationController
+  before_filter :authentication_check
+
+  # GET /rss_fetch
+  def fetch
+    url   = params[:url]
+    limit = params[:limit] || 10
+    response = Net::HTTP.get_response( URI.parse(url) )
+    if response.code.to_s != '200'
+      render :json => { :message => "failed to fetch #{url}, code: #{response.code}"}, :status => :unprocessable_entity
+      return
+    end
+    rss     = SimpleRSS.parse response.body
+    items   = []
+    fetched = 0
+    rss.items.each { |item|
+      items.push item
+      fetched += 1
+      break item if fetched == limit.to_i
+    }
+    render :json => { :items => items }
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 38039cd83..1fe6422cc 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Zammad::Application.routes.draw do
   # getting_started
   match '/getting_started',       :to => 'getting_started#index'
 
+  # getting_started
+  match '/rss_fetch',             :to => 'rss#fetch'
+
   # sessions
   resources :sessions,            :only => [:create, :destroy, :show]
   match '/signin',                :to => 'sessions#create'