OK, so there is no officially agreed title, but we are referring to the ability to automatically receive updates from a web site, saving you the hassle of having to visit the site and find out if there have been any changes
There are currently two standard methods for creating a news feed: RSS and Atom (the geeky titles). RSS was in the playground first and is backed by the majority of large vendors, the latest to join the party being Microsoft. Atom is the newer entrant and is also backed by a couple of large vendors: Sun and IBM
| Link | Description |
| An ode to RSS | Blog post covering what RSS is about and what the benefits are, including YouTube video (May 08) |
| 2008: The Year of RSS | Some consolidated thoughts outlining enterprise and consumer uses for RSS (Jan 08) |
| Exposure, Invasion, Drama | Essay by Danah Boyd, describing the drama surrounding Facebook's recent gaffe with some excellent insights into why news feeds drain productivity (Sep 06) |
| By invitation only | Article in CIO Magazine about how RSS can succeed where intranets fail (Sep 06) |
| RSS vs Atom | Another blog post, by DeWitt Clinton, comparing RSS and Atom, more technical focus (Jun 06) |
| RSS, Atom and the Syndication Dance | Blog post on eWeek describing the competition between the two site feed standards |
| The Power of Atom | Blog post by Alex Bosworth, describing the benefits of Atom |
| Why Atom is not a good replacement for RSS | Blog post by Alex Bosworth on why Atom should not replace RSS |
| RSS and Atom compared | Blog post by Tim Bray (co-author of the Atom spec) |
| RSS and Outlook 12 | Blog post by Microsoft Outlook Programme Manager, describing how RSS is being implemented in Outlook |
| Simple Sharing Extensions | White paper (draft, Nov 05) on MSDN describing Microsoft's extensions to RSS and OMPL. |
| RSS - crossing into mainstrean | White paper published by Yahoo, Oct 05 |