To subscribe to these feeds, you will need a News Reader or other similar device.
What are RSS feeds?
RSS ("Really Simple Syndication") feeds tell you about new content on Web sites. You can get the latest headlines and articles (or even audio files, photographs or video) in one place, as soon as they are published, without having to remember to visit each site every day. RSS generally gives you a short version of the information, then lets you visit a Web page that contains the longer version.
RSS is rapidly gaining popularity. Sites such as the ABC, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, CNN, the BBC and the New York Times, as well as the best-known Weblogs, use it extensively.
How do I start using RSS feeds?
You need a "news reader" that displays the new information provided by RSS. You can use a specialised piece of software that you install, just as you might use Outlook to read email. Or you can use a Web-based news reader such as Google Reader that's accessible from any Web browser - just as you might use Hotmail or Gmail to check your email.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want to receive in your news reader, by finding and subscribing to the relevant RSS feeds.
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