Cluin -

"Feeds" refers to "RSS Feeds." You sign up for one, and whenever some nutcase decides he/she has something "you really need to know" it's sent automatically to you. It's been there in older versions, but you had to actually want to ask for one. They moved it out to where it's really prominent now, because they just know you'll die if someone doesn't send you some bit of blather (mostly adverts) every few moments.

It does sometimes serve a useful purpose, but it's easy - so I hear - to get "connected" to so many places you don't have time to do much else. Sort of like promising to look at all of the SPAM you get.

John