Using RSS feeds

Benefits of using RSS feeds: you don't have the overhead of loading the entire website if you only want to read headline news or just the newest blog post from your friend.

Easiest way to use: modern browsers supports RSS subscription. This is called Live Bookmark.

Web based aggregators (e.g. Google Reader or Bloglines) which enable you to organise a number of different RSS feeds. They highlight unread items and give you a uniform organised interface into this information.

Benefit - your list of feeds won't be tied to one computer, since it is all kept on the web, you'll never loose your info

Desktop aggregators - applictions you have to download, they manage your feeds similarly to Mail readers manage your email

Benefit - does not clutter your bookmarks, downloaded info is kept on your computer so you don't need to be online to access old ones. If Internet connection access time is limited, you can get online, update your feeds, then unplug and read all the news you want.