"A new technology referred to as Syndicated Content is Internet content distributed through "feed agregation". It is a great new way to manage information overload. From the publisher point of view, it is a great new way to deliver your content to a large targeted audience with very little effort.
You read the news using the Real simple Syndication (RSS) format, by either uploading and installing a news aggregator or using a costomizable website that converts RSS feeds to HTML ('blogs)." George Little::Penhandle online
RSS formats are specified in XML (a generic specification for data formats). RSS delivers its information as an XML file called an "RSS feed", "webfeed", "RSS stream", or "RSS channel". Read the full article at:: Wikipedia: RSS file format