RSS is an abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary.
RSS files provide content summaries of news, blogs, forums or website content. Users select the rss feeds (content) they wish to subscribe to. The feeds are generally simple headlines and brief descriptions; if the user is interested they can click to see additional information.
Applications like Pageflakes allow you to 'aggregate' or compile several feeds onto a personalised individual or shared site. Most make it very easy to set up your own RSS feed page and you can set up different pages of RSS feeds for different purposes, personal or for different research assignments.
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Pageflakes - a personalized online desktop that allows users to read news and blogs, check their email, start Web searches and access a variety of services like Del.icio.us or Flickr, all conveniently accessible from any computer and from one page. Basically it's all your daily information and needs in one place
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Bloglines - a free service that makes it easy to keep up with your favorite blogs and newsfeeds. With Bloglines, you can subscribe to the RSS feeds of your favorite blogs, and Bloglines will monitor updates to those sites. You can read the latest entries easily within Bloglines.
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24eyes dashboard a FREE online service for browsing, searching, subscribing, and sharing RSS news feeds, blogs and rich web content. 24eyes is a window to a whole new world of thousands of news sources and dynamic content that is being created and distributed over the Internet. You can make your own personalized news pages tailored to your unique interests