RSS is a system which keeps you in touch with the news by automatically sending the latest stories to your computer, so you don't have to trawl through dozens of sites to get what you need.
RSS, an acronym that stands for Really Simple Syndication, works something like an old-fashioned news wire service.
RSS can deliver you up-to-date content from our website, saving you the hassle of having to click from headline to headline in order to get the latest stories.
RSS works by getting your computer to download what is called an XML feed onto an RSS reader. XML is a data stream with the latest headlines and stories from the section of the website you have chosen. The feed is then updated every time new articles or content appears, so all you have to do is load your RSS reader and read -- you don't need to visit the actual website.
To use RSS you need an RSS feed reader (also called an aggregator) -- i.e., software which translates the data into a readable format for you. Hundreds of RSS feeds are available -- mostly for free -- either as downloads or sometimes attached to other Internet software. Several browsers, including Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Safari, allow you to view RSS feeds directly in your browser window.
Once you've chosen your RSS reader, you just have to look for the distinctive orange RSS logo (or sometimes the words RSS or XML on a button) on the website or section of a website that you want to subscribe to. Then you can either