Because these feeds are designed to be read by computers rather than people, you will need a news reader (and an audio player for the Podcasts). This software regularly checks the feeds to see if there have been any updates and there are many different versions for you to choose from. The latest versions of popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox have built in new readers, but you can also download a standalone tool, which works in much the same way as your email system.
Once you have a news reader, all you need to do is decide on what feeds you wish to subscribe to. You need to keep your eye open for the orange buttons (see those on the right of this page) that indicate that there is a news feed available. Just click on these buttons and you will be taken to the appropriate feed. To listen to the Podcasts you will need to either dowload the audio or subscribe to the feed using software such as iTunes, Juice or Doppler.
The method that you use to subscribe to a news feed depends on the software that you are using as your reader. However, one method that should work no matter what system you are using is, to open your reader, click on the 'Add' or 'Subscribe' link and then copy and paste the URL of the news feed into your reader.
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