Each RSS channel can contain up to 15 items and is easily parsed using Perl or other open source software. After you complete creation and validation of your RSS text file, register it at various aggregators. Now, any website can grab and display your feed regularly, driving traffic your way. Update your RSS file, and all external sites that subscribe to your feed will be automatically updated.

RSS can not only display your news on websites and headline viewers but also display data in products and services like PDAs, mobile phones, email ticklers, and voice updates. RSS also enables you to automate email newsletters easily. In addition, affiliate networks and partners of like-minded sites can access each other's RSS feeds and automatically display new stories from other sites in network, which as a whole drives more traffic. Plenty of RSS aggregators are available that automatically grab RSS files from content providers and present news in a many ways.

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Visual Studio.Net 2003 now has some of advanced features such as integration with .Net Compact Framework, support for latest web services, and integration with Enterprise Instrumentation Framework. The integration with .Net Compact Framework allows you to develop and deploy applications for smart devices. Visual Studio.Net 2003 supports some of most advanced web services such as WS-Routing, WS-Security, WS-Attachments, and Direct Internet Message Encapsulation. Similarly, integration of Enterprise Instrumentation Framework with Visual Studio.Net 2003 allows you to monitor application while you run it.

All features mentioned above are available in all editions of Visual Studio.Net. For integration of Enterprise Instrumentation Framework, you have to download it from MSDN.

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