RSS Feeds...Feed me, read me!

RSS readers keep you up-to-date with your favorite sites
So what is an RSS feed, and why all the rage?
RSS, sometimes known as "Really Simple Syndication" or "RDF Site Summary", has become a "popular means of sharing content (such as news headlines) without requiring readers to constantly visit a Web site to see what's new", according to USAToday. These feeds contain headlines and provide the hyperlink to the much longer article. So you "preview" the article before diving into it.
RSS creates "lists" (titles, dates, content) of what's on a website. These lists update as the pages update. So that a user won't have to check all of his or her regularly checked pages RSS is created and the user is "notified" when the content has been modified in any way.
RSS comes in a XML file, written in XML code, and displays what is on the site and when the content was updated. Developer tools deal with RSS in Java technology, PERL, PHP, Python, and other major programming languages.
RSS feeds can be accessed through desktop software applications known as "news readers" or "aggregators". These applications can collect, update and display RSS feeds from a wide variety of sources. There are many readers out there that are free to download and install. There are other versions, however, that are Web and browser-based.
Andrew Kantor says is best when he says:

"Having a RSS reader is like having a newspaper that's filled with only the stuff you like. Personalized content, delivered to your desktop, to be read at your leisure. Yum."