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RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." It's a system that allows you to consolidate all of your news sources into an RSS reader. An RSS reader is a piece of software or a browser plug-in that will go out and search all of your news sources for updated stories and content.

RSS will change how you read news on the Internet. Instead of going to a bunch of different Web sites to find information, you'll just open up your RSS reader and all of the latest stories are presented to you in one place.

1. Choose an RSS reader. Here are some options (most of them are free):
   • Google Reader
   • Yahoo! RSS
   • Pluck
   • NewsGator
   • FeedDemon
   • Wizz RSS News Reader (FireFox Extension)
   • Newz Crawler
   • Bloglines

   There are tons more. Just do a search for "RSS Reader" and see what you find.

2. Install your RSS reader of choice.
3. Go to your favorite news site and subscribe to its RSS feed. When you click on the link, you'll usually be presented with an XML page that looks like a bunch of code. Just copy the URL then go to your RSS reader and input that URL when you are subscribing to the feed (every RSS reader works a little bit differently here). For example, here's a link to our RSS feed.
4. Start reading.