Current DefenseLINK RSS News feeds:
AFPS News Articles
DoD Press Advisories
DoD News Releases
DoD Contract Announcements
DoD
Transcripts
DoD Speeches
DoD Blogger's Roundtable
- What is RSS?
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RSS or Rich Site Syndication (also 'Really Simple Syndication) feeds are free
content feeds from web sites that contain headlines, summaries and links to the
full page on the web site.
- How do I use RSS?
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Special news readers, called 'news aggregators' are required for you to be able
to use RSS feeds. We do not endorse a particular reader, you can locate RSS
readers via web search engines such as Google or Yahoo. There are also several reviews of the various
news aggregators available.
- Why use RSS?
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RSS is an easy way to gather a wide variety of content in one place on your
computer. Rather than having to visit many web sites to find out if there is
new content, the RSS agregator shows it all to you in one screen. Many RSS
readers also 'alert' you when new content from your favorite web site is
delivered. RSS also has the potential for replacing email lists.
DefenseLINK offers several email lists that users can subscribe to and receive
new content via email. But subscribing to the email lists can result in a
clogged inbox in your email application. And you have to separate the
subscribed email from other email. Subscribing to our RSS feeds can eliminate
that email entirely. However, subscribing to the RSS feeds (you subscribe using
the tools in your chosen RSS reader) does not unsubscribe you from the email
lists, you must manually unsubscribe, if desired. You can maintain
subscriptions to both services simultaneously. - How
can I sign up for RSS feeds from DefenseLINK?
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We currently offer six news feeds for these readers. If you have a news reader
and wish to acquire our feeds, use the links at the top of this page. Note that
these feeds are coded in a format for news reader software to interpret and
will not render correctly in your web browser. You will only see raw code. To
subscribe read the instructions that came with your reader application.
If you are not yet using a news reader, but would like to
investigate if this new tool would be appropriate for you, there is a plethora
of information available on the web. Here are some links to resources that may
help you:
Wired review of RSS news aggregators
News That
Comes to You - USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review
Yahoo! Directory - News Aggregators
Yahoo! Directory - RSS
Google Directory: Syndication
Google Directory: Weblogs
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