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What is RSS? |
RSS
Although the origin of the acronym is contested, RSS essentially means "Really Simple Syndication."
It's an Internet content distribution system that is becoming increasingly popular. Many Web sites now offer RSS "feeds." For example, you can get scrolling news headlines via RSS from Web sites such as ABC News, CNN, Wired, etc.
You can view these scrolling headlines in any "news reader" software. (Note that these aren't necessarily the same type of "news reader" used to access Usenet discussion areas, known as "newsgroups.") Many software programs, such as e-mail readers, now have news readers built into them. For example, in Google's G-mail these are called "Web Clips." Many cell phones can receive RSS feeds as well.
rss feeds are widely available on the internet and you can either, as above, use and internet rss reader to deciefer the content or you can use cetain software programs. rss does not just include blogs and news as is mainly thought rss can also be used to download videos, music and pictures. certain devices such as cell phones, the PSP etc. come with rss reading ability and downloading ability.
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You can get the new unanswered questions via RSS. Plug this into your news reader: http://wiki.answers.com/featuredRSS.cgi
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