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eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and IEEE Wi-Fi continue to make RSS (Really Simple Syndication) it possible for information professionals to on a routine basis obtain information from their favorite pundits in the information field. As early as possible, the can get the most important news about tools that are highlighted on SlashDot, Gizmodo, Engadget, or Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools. Paper newspapers are not missed, since the user can get local and world news from the news leaders of the world, including BBC, Reuters, and Time Magazine, among others, just by clicking on items of interest. Much information can be scanned over a high-speed Internet connection. Blogs and feeds from more conventional news sources are syndicated via RSS, which is a common formatting tool that allows the syndicated content to be shown by a aggregators, which are a new type of newsreader. By one estimate, there are currently almost 200,000 blogs, but Technorati, a Weblog and RSS search engine, claims coverage of almost three million Weblogs and almost 400 million links. Users of news aggregation dont have to visit host Web sites until they know just what they want. Headlines from user-selected sources flow to them, are selectively chosen by the user, and then the user usually travels to the publisher's Web site. Timesaving is a significant advantage of news aggregation, and new forms of aggregation for shopping and travel have emerged to allow comparison of products and services. Fagan Finders Weblog, journal, and RSS page shows options of searching blogs, searching in blogs, searing for RSS feeds, and searching in RSS feeds, as well as substantial other information.
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