What are News Feeds?
News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the latest news in one place, as soon as it's published, without having to visit the website 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 a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles 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. For example, if you would like the latest www.surreyhub.co.uk news articles, simply visit the News section and you click on the orange button at the base of the article list.
News Readers
The following news readers are available:
Windows
Newz Crawler
FeedDemon
Awasu
Mac OS X
Newsfire
NewNewsWire
Awasu
Web
Bloglines
FeedZilla
NewsGator
Microsoft Live
My Yahoo!
Browser
Mozilla Firefox