In order to use newsfeeds, get some free software such as Feedreader. You can put this on your PC or lap, and also other small peripherals, such as phones and PDA's. Then "subscribe" to the pages that interest you--which is why I'm collecting RSS feeds on violin, viola and piano, etc.
THEN, whenever anything new happens on any of these pages, the new stuff comes into your feedreader. You don't have to visit each of these pages, every day...
Most major publications have RSS newsfeeds now: NY Times, LA Times, Scientific American, and all sorts of pages, too. Any time you see that little XML box or the RSS icon, there is a feed you can subscribe to.
It's a time and money saver. From a professional standpoint, it's used to keep current on the up-to-the-minute news in whatever your field may be. It's all over the place.
A lot of YahooGroups have them; if the moderator chooses to add an RSS feed, then anyone can read the group messasges, subscribed or not. If they're not subscribed, they can't write to the list, but they can read it. I have it on my groups, and Viola List uses it (for example), but some groups don't use this technology because the people on the group and/or the moderator(s) have decided to keep a modicum of privacy.
It's *especially* nice to have if you're traveling and don't want to pull out your lap, but just keep up on a PDA.
How do you Subscribe?
- Copy the URL in the Address field at the top of the window on the RSS page: drag the mouse over the URL until the address is grayed out, hold down the Control key, and hit C for Copy;
- Paste the URL into the New field: put the cursor in the "New" field, hold down the Control key, and hit V for paste. The New field is located under File in the top window of the newsreader;
- Hit "OK".
 Bach to RSS page
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