RSS feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You
can get the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as its
published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed
from.
Feeds are also known as RSS. There is some discussion as to what RSS
stands for, but most people plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'. In
essence, the feeds themselves are just web pages, designed to be read
by computers rather than people.
How do I start using feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a RSS
reader. This is a piece of software that checks the feeds and lets you
read any new articles/products that have been added. There are many
different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and
some of which are downloadable applications.
Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed
subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let
you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either
download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service
like Hotmail.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive. If you click on the RSS feeds below you can subscribe to the feed
by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your RSS reader.
LEC RSS Feeds
 latest products
on sale
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check
for feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when
they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more
details on these, please check their websites.
How do I get a news reader?
There is a range of different RSS readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.
Different RSS readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
Windows
Newz
Crawler
FeedDemon
Awasu
Mac OS X
Newsfire
NetNewsWire
Web
Bloglines
FeedZilla
NewsGator
Microsoft Live
My Yahoo!
Browser
Mozilla Firefox
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