document.write('<ul class="rss-items">');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Best_Buy_Responds_with_The_One_Type_of_Gizmodo_Blogger" title="Yesterday, I did a fun post describing the Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy, complete with illustrations by Dan Meth. And now, Best Buy has responded. And they\'ve been spying on me." target="new">Best Buy Responds with \'The One Type of Gizmodo Blogger\'</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Yesterday, I did a fun post describing the Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy, complete with illustrations by Dan Meth. And now, Best Buy has responded. And they\'ve been spying on me.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Much_Ado_About_IE6" title="Here at Digg, like most sites, the designers, developers, and QA engineers spend a lot of time making sure the site works in Internet Explorer 6. This work consumes time that could be spent building the future of Digg. Here’s what we’re gonna do — and not do — about it." target="new">Much Ado About IE6</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Here at Digg, like most sites, the designers, developers, and QA engineers spend a lot of time making sure the site works in Internet Explorer 6. This work consumes time that could be spent building the future of Digg. Here’s what we’re gonna do — and not do — about it.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Will_the_Feds_Manhandle_Your_Data_Center" title="The agreement just reached by the G8 to reduce greenhouse emissions may not be a particularly strong one, but it will inevitably lead to increased U.S. attempts to halt global warming. And that means that your data center may be in the cross-hairs." target="new">Will the Feds Manhandle Your Data Center?</a><br /><div class="rss-body">The agreement just reached by the G8 to reduce greenhouse emissions may not be a particularly strong one, but it will inevitably lead to increased U.S. attempts to halt global warming. And that means that your data center may be in the cross-hairs.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_s_Way_Of_Saying_Happy_Birthday_To_Nikola_Tesla_Pic" title="" target="new">Google\'s Way Of Saying Happy Birthday To Nikola Tesla [Pic]</a><br /><div class="rss-body"></div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Power_com_Sues_Facebook_Data_Ownership_War_Breaks_Out" title="There\'s been an interesting and ongoing saga occurring between two companies: Power.com, a popular social media aggregator, and FacebookFacebook, the world\'s" target="new">Power.com Sues Facebook: Data Ownership War Breaks Out</a><br /><div class="rss-body">There\'s been an interesting and ongoing saga occurring between two companies: Power.com, a popular social media aggregator, and FacebookFacebook, the world\'s</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Is_China_Banning_Submissions_to_Digg" title="China has a pretty documented history of banning various popular websites to keep its people from ‘viewing harmful information’. YouTube, Google, and CNN have been banned for some time, but with the recent riots, Facebook and Twitter were also banned in an effort to keep reports of the riots from getting out." target="new"> Is China Banning Submissions to Digg?</a><br /><div class="rss-body">China has a pretty documented history of banning various popular websites to keep its people from ‘viewing harmful information’. YouTube, Google, and CNN have been banned for some time, but with the recent riots, Facebook and Twitter were also banned in an effort to keep reports of the riots from getting out.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/New_York_Times_Considers_5_Monthly_Web_Fee" title="Apparently all print subscribers haven’t been asked (this by way of a full disclosure), but the New York Times is asking its dead tree readers whether they’d be willing to pay to access the paper’s content online. The numbers being floated are $2.50 a month for subscribers, and $5 a month for everyone else" target="new">New York Times Considers $5 Monthly Web Fee</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Apparently all print subscribers haven’t been asked (this by way of a full disclosure), but the New York Times is asking its dead tree readers whether they’d be willing to pay to access the paper’s content online. The numbers being floated are $2.50 a month for subscribers, and $5 a month for everyone else</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Chrome_OS_for_the_clueless_What_it_means_for_real_people" title="Google\'s new operating system is certainly something to get excited about, but don\'t put a new laptop purchase on hold because you want a Chrome Netbook." target="new">Chrome OS for the clueless: What it means for real people</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Google\'s new operating system is certainly something to get excited about, but don\'t put a new laptop purchase on hold because you want a Chrome Netbook.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Mininova_Denied_Rectification_From_Dutch_Government" title="Recently a committee of the Dutch Parliament published a report on copyright legislation in which it made several false accusations against the Dutch-based BitTorrent site Mininova. The Mininova team were insulted by the report and demanded a public rectification, which the parliament has now refused. Mininova is now considering legal action." target="new">Mininova Denied Rectification From Dutch Government </a><br /><div class="rss-body">Recently a committee of the Dutch Parliament published a report on copyright legislation in which it made several false accusations against the Dutch-based BitTorrent site Mininova. The Mininova team were insulted by the report and demanded a public rectification, which the parliament has now refused. Mininova is now considering legal action.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Matrix_Fulfilled_Robots_to_Use_Biomatter_as_Fuel" title="The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development organization for the Department of Defense, aims to \"maintain the technological superiority of the U.S military.\" They seek to accomplish this goal by developing robots, lasers, spacecraft, and other awesome futuristic weapons of annihilation." target="new">\'The Matrix\' Fulfilled: Robots to Use Biomatter as Fuel</a><br /><div class="rss-body">The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development organization for the Department of Defense, aims to \"maintain the technological superiority of the U.S military.\" They seek to accomplish this goal by developing robots, lasers, spacecraft, and other awesome futuristic weapons of annihilation.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Seven_Types_of_Employees_You_Meet_at_Best_Buy" title="Have you ever noticed that no matter which Best Buy you go into, you end up seeing the same people working there? That\'s because there are seven types of people that work at every single Best Buy, with no exceptions." target="new">The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Have you ever noticed that no matter which Best Buy you go into, you end up seeing the same people working there? That\'s because there are seven types of people that work at every single Best Buy, with no exceptions.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/21_Popular_Brands_That_Are_Using_Wordpress" title="Wordpress is popular than you think it is. These brands include ebay, wired, sony, wsj and many more." target="new">21 Popular Brands That Are Using Wordpress</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Wordpress is popular than you think it is. These brands include ebay, wired, sony, wsj and many more.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Hackers_Undermine_Piracy_Evidence_With_Hadopi_Router" title="Yesterday we reported that a provision in the revamped French “3 strikes” bill will allow for the punishment of ISP account holders for the copyright infringing actions of others. Now a group of hackers has set out to compromise WiFi routers en masse, in order to create an environment of plausible deniability." target="new">Hackers Undermine Piracy Evidence With Hadopi Router</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Yesterday we reported that a provision in the revamped French “3 strikes” bill will allow for the punishment of ISP account holders for the copyright infringing actions of others. Now a group of hackers has set out to compromise WiFi routers en masse, in order to create an environment of plausible deniability.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Computer_Learns_Sign_Language_by_Watching_TV_2" title="Pretty amazing. Once the team were confident the computer could identify different signs, they exposed it to around 10 hours of TV footage that was both signed and subtitled. They tasked the software with learning the signs for a mixture of 210 nouns and adjectives that appeared multiple times during the footage." target="new">Computer Learns Sign Language by Watching TV</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Pretty amazing. Once the team were confident the computer could identify different signs, they exposed it to around 10 hours of TV footage that was both signed and subtitled. They tasked the software with learning the signs for a mixture of 210 nouns and adjectives that appeared multiple times during the footage.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Industrial_Robots_Built_for_Speed_w_VID" title="Take a look at ABB Robotics’ FlexPicker. As the name suggests, this nimble bot can grab anything that is put in its path (via conveyer belt) and gently place it in its proper space at speeds no human can match!" target="new">Industrial Robots Built for Speed [w/ VID]</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Take a look at ABB Robotics’ FlexPicker. As the name suggests, this nimble bot can grab anything that is put in its path (via conveyer belt) and gently place it in its proper space at speeds no human can match!</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/New_More_Prominent_Twitter_Ads_Spotted" title="Friendfeed user Alphaxion just posted a screenshot of a Firefox ad placed above his stream on the Twitter.com homepage.Previous to this there had been reports of ads appearing the twitter.com sidebar, but this is without question the most prominent ad placement yet." target="new">New More Prominent Twitter Ads Spotted</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Friendfeed user Alphaxion just posted a screenshot of a Firefox ad placed above his stream on the Twitter.com homepage.Previous to this there had been reports of ads appearing the twitter.com sidebar, but this is without question the most prominent ad placement yet.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Netbook_OS_Oddsmaking_Who_Will_Win_the_War" title="Most operating system efforts in the netbook area have been misplaced from the beginning. Time and again we’ve seen desktop environments shoehorned into small screens with meager hardware. Windows, OS X, and most of the standard Linux distros work well on full-sized laptops and desktops, but aren’t optimal for a more portable device." target="new">Netbook OS Oddsmaking: Who Will Win the War?</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Most operating system efforts in the netbook area have been misplaced from the beginning. Time and again we’ve seen desktop environments shoehorned into small screens with meager hardware. Windows, OS X, and most of the standard Linux distros work well on full-sized laptops and desktops, but aren’t optimal for a more portable device.</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_s_Chrome_Taking_Aim_at_Microsoft_and_the_iPhone" title="Google \'s apparent attack on Microsoft Windows -- with the Chrome operating system, slated to come out in late 2010 -- may really be a bid to keep Apple at bay" target="new">Google \'s Chrome: Taking Aim at Microsoft and the iPhone</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Google \'s apparent attack on Microsoft Windows -- with the Chrome operating system, slated to come out in late 2010 -- may really be a bid to keep Apple at bay</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/What_Is_Google_s_Goal" title="Googleâ��s announcement that it is working on a lightweight, Web-based operating system for netbooks, to be called Chrome OS, is a surprise only in its timing. As I wrote last September, when Google released the Chrome browser and Sergey Brin denied that its ambitions went beyond building a fast, simple browser:" target="new">What Is Google\'s Goal?</a><br /><div class="rss-body">Googleâ��s announcement that it is working on a lightweight, Web-based operating system for netbooks, to be called Chrome OS, is a surprise only in its timing. As I wrote last September, when Google released the Chrome browser and Sergey Brin denied that its ambitions went beyond building a fast, simple browser:</div></li>');document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/How_Nanopayments_Finally_Came_of_Age" title="How do you get people to pay for something they\'re used to getting for free? It\'s a question that bedevils the music and film industries, and it\'s no less of a challenge for anyone trying to monetise an app for Facebook, MySpace or Bebo. 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