IS&T News:
RSS Help Page
Current IS&T
RSS News Feeds
Below is a list of
current IS&T RSS
news feeds,
followed by instructions
on how to subscribe
for newcomers to RSS.
IS&T Windows News
IS&T
Macintosh News
IS&T Linux News
IS&T Athena News
IS&T At Your Service
MIT Computing News
Ed Tech Times: Educational Technology News
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RSS Help
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What
is RSS?
RSS (or Really Simple
Syndication) provides XML-based,
news
content
"feeds" from Web sites.
The feeds typically
contain article headlines,
summaries and links
back to full-text
articles on the Web.
For more information,
see XML.com's
Overview of RSS.
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What software
do I need to use RSS?
To start using RSS,
you need "news reader"
software that displays RSS
content feeds from
Web sites you select.
There are many different
news readers available, including both desktop
software and Web-based
readers. Blogspace.com provides an RSS
Info page containing a list of
RSS Reader "Top Picks"
and "Runners Up" from which you can choose.
Other popular lists of readers include:
Mozilla's Firefox web browser includes an RSS capability called "Live Bookmarks" that lets you add feeds to your Bookmarks menu by clicking an icon ( ) in the status bar. For information on how to subscribe to feeds using Firefox, see Mozilla's Live Bookmarks page. You can also download a Firefox extension called Sage that let's you preview news summaries inside the browser window.
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Note: RSS News Reader software
is not yet supported by IS&T, and that
the potential exists for some Readers to have
included malware.
As with any new software, please be sure to review
the system requirements, caveats, and known issues
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Why
should I use RSS?
RSS provides a useful alternative to
browsing the Web for news content and is a fast and efficient way
to help you stay up to date with the latest news from multiple sites.
Instead of requiring you to repeatedly type favorite
URLs or click through a long list of bookmarks
in your browser, trying to remember what you've
already seen and what's new, the RSS reader does
the work for you and only pulls down fresh items.
Many RSS readers
can be configured to run in the background and automatically
alert you
when something new is posted online.
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How
can I subscribe to
RSS feeds from IS&T?
To sign up for RSS
feeds from IS&T,
select the
topics that interest
you from the list
at the top of this
page. (Click on the
RSS FEED button
or topic title.) You
will see the RSS URL
in the "Address"
field of your browser.
Follow the instructions
for your
news reader on how to subscribe—usually by
copying the URL into the appropriate field.
You can also view the latest news and announcements
being delivered via RSS by visiting the IS&T
News web page.
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