This video shows you how to save some serious time on checking for updates on your favorite sites. We promise that it’s well worth 4 minutes of your life.
The technology the video describes is called RSS, which stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” With RSS, you can go to one program to check for updates on all of your favorite web sites. That way you don’t have to waste your time visiting sites that haven’t changed since you were there last.
All of this magic happens with a program called a news reader. Here are a few good choices for free news readers:
Google Reader is by far our favorite news reader. It’s web-based too, so you don’t even have to download anything.My Yahoo! is a news reader for heavy users of Yahoo!My AOL is a new news reader from the easiest place to use on the Web.Sharp Reader is a good news reader if you have Windows.Internet Explorer 7 has a new built-in RSS reader, so you may already be good to go if you use that browser!
While you’re at it, why don’t you practice your new RSS skills by subscribing to our Computer Tips Feed? Then you will get notified every time we publish a new computer tip.
The technology the video describes is called RSS, which stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” With RSS, you can go to one program to check for updates on all of your favorite web sites. That way you don’t have to waste your time visiting sites that haven’t changed since you were there last.
All of this magic happens with a program called a news reader. Here are a few good choices for free news readers:
Google Reader is by far our favorite news reader. It’s web-based too, so you don’t even have to download anything.My Yahoo! is a news reader for heavy users of Yahoo!My AOL is a new news reader from the easiest place to use on the Web.Sharp Reader is a good news reader if you have Windows.Internet Explorer 7 has a new built-in RSS reader, so you may already be good to go if you use that browser!
While you’re at it, why don’t you practice your new RSS skills by subscribing to our Computer Tips Feed? Then you will get notified every time we publish a new computer tip.
