Understanding RSS.(Really Simple Syndication)(Brief article)

If you regularly surf news sites on the Web, you've probably encountered the little RSS and XML icons by now. That's RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, a technology that uses the XML (Extensible Markup Language) format to bring the headlines from all of your favorite newspapers and blogs to you, saving you the trouble of surfing around for it yourself.

Essentially, RSS works by turning the Web into something more closely resembling e-mail, pushing content to you and collecting it in an easy-to-browse format. Say your daily blog and news digest consists of POPULAR ...

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