Read more Digg stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1689/digg.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:19:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55167/tea-hot-drink-of-geek-elite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSilicon Valley’s tastemakers are trading coffee for the soothing sensation of fine tea, reports Wired . The same tech giants who helped fuel the Starbucks craze are flocking to expensive teas, and tea lounges are popping up in the Bay Area to meet the demand. “It’s the new social lubricant,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/55167/tea-hot-drink-of-geek-elite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 13:42:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48514/plane-crash-tweets-help-twitter-overtake-digg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwitter traffic has overtaken Digg for the first time since the microblogging site's launch, Hitwise reports. The newcomer edged up to #84 last week—one spot above Digg—after the US Airways crash spawned a huge number of updates. A photo of the scene taken by a Twitter user on...http://www.newser.com/story/48514/plane-crash-tweets-help-twitter-overtake-digg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 7:58:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38319/investors-fund-big-digg-expansion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSocial news site Digg has raised $28.7 million to fund an aggressive expansion and fend off rumors it will be sold, IDG News Service reports. The 4-year-old site, which allows readers to rank stories, plans to double its staff to 150, revamp its features, and expand internationally. The move...http://www.newser.com/story/38319/investors-fund-big-digg-expansion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Sep 2008 18:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27302/politics-battles-tech-for-soul-of-digg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith election season in full swing, the political junkies have come for Digg.com, making Hillary, Barack, et. al. fixtures on the social news site. That’s been great for traffic, but it’s also angered the tech nerd early adopters who made Digg a success, CNET reports. At a recent “town...http://www.newser.com/story/27302/politics-battles-tech-for-soul-of-digg.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 May 2008 8:57:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20010/quiet-on-microsoft-yahoo-teases-debut-of-digg-rival.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYahoo’s top execs were tight-lipped on the Microsoft buyout bid in addresses to an online ad conference today, but hinted at a new service set to debut this week which may be Yahoo Buzz, the company’s reported social news aggregator, writes cNet. Jerry Yang said he had been talking the...http://www.newser.com/story/20010/quiet-on-microsoft-yahoo-teases-debut-of-digg-rival.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Feb 2008 15:15:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17725/slashdot-doesnt-digg-ron-paul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSocial news sites like Digg don’t work, says Slashdot founder Rob Malda, and Ron Paul is Exhibit A. “A lot of these community news sites are all about Ron Paul,” Malda told the New York Times . “What that is really demonstrating is that you are seeing 1 or 2 percent...http://www.newser.com/story/17725/slashdot-doesnt-digg-ron-paul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jan 2008 12:29:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12089/best-rock-movies-of-all-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGrab a blanket and some popcorn and settle in with Blender's best rock and roll movies of all time: This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Saturday Night Fever (1977) Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)http://www.newser.com/story/12089/best-rock-movies-of-all-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Jan 2008 14:14:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/5790/25-essential-websites.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou find a restaurant on Citysearch, buy movie tickets on Fandango, and then go home and Google the guy you shared a cab with. Was there a time before the Internet? Here are the first 10 of Time' s 25 can't-live-without websites: Amazon.com BBC.co.uk Citysearch.comhttp://www.newser.com/story/5790/25-essential-websites.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Aug 2007 9:01:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1862/users-revolt-after-digg-censors-dvd-hackers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWeb 2.0 blogs are rushing to declare Digg dead, after a night in which the site's main page was saturated with its own obituaries. The web's most popular user-generated news site prompted a mutiny by removing posts revealing how to crack encrypted DVDs and HDs. Digg said the illegal...http://www.newser.com/story/1862/users-revolt-after-digg-censors-dvd-hackers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 May 2007 9:06:02 CDT