Really late XML and RSS post :S

What is XML?
The American Heritage Science Dictionary defines XML as:
Short for extensible markup language. A version of SGML that allows one to design a customized markup language, used to allow for the easy interchange of documents and data on the World Wide Web or between software components.
Here's what other sites said; Wikipedia and W3C (XML website).
Basically XML is used to simply share information over the internet.

What is RSS, and why is it important?
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content, such as blogs, news feeds or podcasts. (Wikipedia - RSS)
By using RSS reader, the user can subscribe to a feed by entering a link of the feed into the reader program. The RSS reader can check the user's subscribed feeds to see if any of those feeds have new content since the last time it was checked, and, if so, retrieve that content and present it to the user.

The RSS technology creates a quick and easy way for a user to view the updated/new information their subscribed feeds (seleceted websites). This means the user doesnt have to browse through their favorite sites looking for new


RSS Reader Account
I choose Google Reader over BlogLines because I think that having another account branching off Google will make things easier for me, as signing into GMail will mean im signed into other accounts. This means i wont need to remember more account names/passwords.