document.write('<ul class="rss-items">');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Rumor_Amazon_Wants_To_Rent_Netflix_And_Never_Return_It" title="Well here\'s a hot little rumor. Netflix stock has surged today on news that it may be acquired by Amazon. The stock is ..." target="new">Rumor: Amazon Wants To Rent Netflix And Never Return It</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Well here\'s a hot little rumor. Netflix stock has surged today on news that it may be acquired by Amazon. The stock is ...</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Wired_Google_vs_Microsoft_What_You_Need_to_Know" title="From the news of it, it’s a full-blown tech battle...It is, however, not a death match — it’s more of a fight to see who will be the King of Technology" target="new">Wired: Google vs. Microsoft: What You Need to Know</a><br /><div class="rss-body">From the news of it, it’s a full-blown tech battle...It is, however, not a death match — it’s more of a fight to see who will be the King of Technology</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Survey_File_sharing_down_in_U_K" title="A new survey of U.K. music fans suggests that fewer people are getting music via illegal file-sharing. According to the latest annual survey of more than 1,000 music fans by specialist media and technology research agency, file-sharing is proving less popular as a source of music especially teens among teenagers." target="new">Survey: File-sharing down in U.K.</a><br /><div class="rss-body">A new survey of U.K. music fans suggests that fewer people are getting music via illegal file-sharing. According to the latest annual survey of more than 1,000 music fans by specialist media and technology research agency, file-sharing is proving less popular as a source of music especially teens among teenagers.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Pentagon_Making_Cyborg_Crickets" title="Using animals as sentinels is nothing new, such as when miners used canaries to detect carbon monoxide and methane in coal mines. As the New Scientist reports, the Pentagon plans to use cyborg crickets for very much the same purpose, only for detecting chemical and biological agents on the battlefield." target="new">Pentagon Making Cyborg Crickets</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Using animals as sentinels is nothing new, such as when miners used canaries to detect carbon monoxide and methane in coal mines. As the New Scientist reports, the Pentagon plans to use cyborg crickets for very much the same purpose, only for detecting chemical and biological agents on the battlefield.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Many_Original_Facebook_Employees_Just_Got_Rich" title="DST will buy $100 million worth of stock from current and former Facebook employees at a $6.5 billion valuation. Cha-ching!" target="new">Many Original Facebook Employees Just Got Rich</a><br /><div class="rss-body">DST will buy $100 million worth of stock from current and former Facebook employees at a $6.5 billion valuation. Cha-ching!</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Twitter_use_is_a_job_qualification_h_Welcome_to_Best_Buy" title="Yes, the job is in Best Buy\'s marketing department and involves \"emerging media,\" but it\'s still jarring to see an employment ad list under preferred qualifications: \"250-plus followers on Twitter.\" The ad also shows a lack of Twitter savvy in that almost any twit can attain 250 followers with little or no effort." target="new">Twitter use is a job qualification? … Welcome to Best Buy</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Yes, the job is in Best Buy\'s marketing department and involves \"emerging media,\" but it\'s still jarring to see an employment ad list under preferred qualifications: \"250-plus followers on Twitter.\" The ad also shows a lack of Twitter savvy in that almost any twit can attain 250 followers with little or no effort.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Stephen_Fry_Admits_He_s_a_BitTorrent_Pirate" title="Stephen Fry, a highly respected actor, comedian, writer, presenter and author yesterday admitted to downloading TV shows for free using BitTorrent. Speaking at the iTunes Festival in London last night, Fry told the audience that he’s grabbed episodes of 24 and the series finale of House, starring his former comedy partner Hugh Laurie." target="new">Stephen Fry Admits He’s a BitTorrent Pirate</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Stephen Fry, a highly respected actor, comedian, writer, presenter and author yesterday admitted to downloading TV shows for free using BitTorrent. Speaking at the iTunes Festival in London last night, Fry told the audience that he’s grabbed episodes of 24 and the series finale of House, starring his former comedy partner Hugh Laurie.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/What_Google_s_Chrome_OS_Means_To_You_the_End_User" title="We don’t know how this experience will differ just yet, but it’s quite likely that the Chrome OS will utilize cloud-based storage and services, especially since some of Google’s current offerings such as Google Docs would benefit from such a setup. Also, we wouldn’t be too surprised if Google uses a folder/label system." target="new">What Google\'s Chrome OS Means To You, the End User</a><br /><div class="rss-body">We don’t know how this experience will differ just yet, but it’s quite likely that the Chrome OS will utilize cloud-based storage and services, especially since some of Google’s current offerings such as Google Docs would benefit from such a setup. Also, we wouldn’t be too surprised if Google uses a folder/label system.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/PublicBT_Tracker_Set_To_Patch_BitTorrent_s_Achilles_8" title="Along with the lingering uncertainty surrounding the future of The Pirate Bay comes an increasingly urgent demand for alternative public BitTorrent trackers. PublicBitTorrent, operated by the people behind some of today’s most prominent torrent sites, is one of these much needed alternatives." target="new">PublicBT Tracker Set To Patch BitTorrent’s Achilles&#8</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Along with the lingering uncertainty surrounding the future of The Pirate Bay comes an increasingly urgent demand for alternative public BitTorrent trackers. PublicBitTorrent, operated by the people behind some of today’s most prominent torrent sites, is one of these much needed alternatives.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Mobile_Mapping_Services_Hit_Big_Time" title="Gartner Inc. predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales decline by 4%." target="new">Mobile Mapping Services Hit Big Time</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Gartner Inc. predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales decline by 4%.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Rise_of_the_ATM_Machines" title="You know things are bad in South Africa when even the ATM\'s are defending themselves." target="new">Rise of the (ATM) Machines</a><br /><div class="rss-body">You know things are bad in South Africa when even the ATM\'s are defending themselves.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Pirate_Bay_Buyer_s_Stock_Back_to_Square_One" title="After Global Gaming Factory (GGF) announced that it intends to buy The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million, shares in the company quickly doubled. The financial faith in the company’s plans for the world’s most prominent tracker were short lived though, as the share price is back to square one two weeks later." target="new">Pirate Bay Buyer’s Stock Back to Square One</a><br /><div class="rss-body">After Global Gaming Factory (GGF) announced that it intends to buy The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million, shares in the company quickly doubled. The financial faith in the company’s plans for the world’s most prominent tracker were short lived though, as the share price is back to square one two weeks later.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/20_years_of_the_World_Wide_Web_yep_it_s_been_that_long" title="Twenty years ago, in a research establishment in the Swiss Alps, a British-born computer scientist dreamt up a new way for academics to share information around the globe." target="new">20 years of the World Wide Web (yep, it\'s been that long)</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Twenty years ago, in a research establishment in the Swiss Alps, a British-born computer scientist dreamt up a new way for academics to share information around the globe.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Lord_Carter_Wants_Europe_to_have_Universal_Broadband_by_2013" title="Exclusive: Lord Carter of Barnes has called for all Europeans to have universal access to wired and wireless broadband by 2013." target="new">Lord Carter Wants Europe to have Universal Broadband by 2013</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Exclusive: Lord Carter of Barnes has called for all Europeans to have universal access to wired and wireless broadband by 2013.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Underwater_Robot_Wars" title="University teams battled it out to become underwater robot champions at an event this week. It was held at Europe\'s largest freshwater tank in Gosport, Hampshire - a facility normally used by the Ministry of Defence for ship and submarine trials." target="new">Underwater Robot Wars</a><br /><div class="rss-body">University teams battled it out to become underwater robot champions at an event this week. It was held at Europe\'s largest freshwater tank in Gosport, Hampshire - a facility normally used by the Ministry of Defence for ship and submarine trials.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Movie_Theater_Streams_2K_Resolution_Film_Using_BitTorrent" title="The MPAA has previously been critical of the negative effect it says BitTorrent has on the movie industry, but a recent experiment in a Norwegian movie theater shows that it might actually be of use to them. Researchers from The Far North Living Lab managed to stream a full 2K resolution film at 19mbit/s - with BitTorrent of course." target="new">Movie Theater Streams 2K Resolution Film Using BitTorrent</a><br /><div class="rss-body">The MPAA has previously been critical of the negative effect it says BitTorrent has on the movie industry, but a recent experiment in a Norwegian movie theater shows that it might actually be of use to them. Researchers from The Far North Living Lab managed to stream a full 2K resolution film at 19mbit/s - with BitTorrent of course.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Rosetta_Stone_Sues_Google_for_Trademark_Violation" title="Rosetta Stone Inc filed a lawsuit against Google Inc in a U.S. federal court, alleging trademark infringement. The company alleged that Google is allowing third parties, including individuals involved in software piracy, to purchase the right to use its trademarks—or other \"confusingly similar\" terms—in Google\'s Adwords advertising program." target="new">Rosetta Stone Sues Google for Trademark Violation</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Rosetta Stone Inc filed a lawsuit against Google Inc in a U.S. federal court, alleging trademark infringement. The company alleged that Google is allowing third parties, including individuals involved in software piracy, to purchase the right to use its trademarks—or other \"confusingly similar\" terms—in Google\'s Adwords advertising program.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Does_Google_Know_Too_Much_About_You" title="With its apps, e-mail, voice service and mapping, Google\'s gathering a lot of personal data; more, perhaps, than most users are aware." target="new">Does Google Know Too Much About You?</a><br /><div class="rss-body">With its apps, e-mail, voice service and mapping, Google\'s gathering a lot of personal data; more, perhaps, than most users are aware.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/ImageShack_Hacked_by_Anti_sec_Movement" title="one of the web’s largest image hosts, was attacked tonight by a movement called “Anti-Sec”. The result of the attack has been to replace all ImageShack hosted images with a manifesto for the movement." target="new">ImageShack Hacked by Anti-sec Movement</a><br /><div class="rss-body">one of the web’s largest image hosts, was attacked tonight by a movement called “Anti-Sec”. The result of the attack has been to replace all ImageShack hosted images with a manifesto for the movement.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Sprint_and_Verizon_to_Include_Wi_Fi_About_Darn_Time" title="Telecom carriers Sprint and Verizon have said they will ensure all key cellphones from the two companies in the future will have Wi-Fi capability, a feature that most of us have been wanting for so long." target="new">Sprint and Verizon to Include Wi-Fi (About Darn Time)</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Telecom carriers Sprint and Verizon have said they will ensure all key cellphones from the two companies in the future will have Wi-Fi capability, a feature that most of us have been wanting for so long.</div></li>');document.write('</ul>');