Quoted: Digg is in big trouble. We already know that Yahoo! Buzz, a beta social news service by Yahoo!, can drive a large amount of traffic and comments to websites. We also know the ongoing problems at competitor digg, which continue to be skated around by digg management. Now we have proof that Yahoo! Buzz is kicking some digg behind in terms of stats. According

Digg will be the first partner / user of Facebook Connect.

Quoted: It will allow users to “connect” their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any website. Third party websites will be able to implement and offer more features of the Facebook Platform off of Facebook – the same features available to third party applications today on Facebook.
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To make data portable, Facebook believes it’s about giving users the ability to take their identity and friends with them around the Web, while being able to trust that their information is always up to date and always protected by their privacy settings. The next iteration will be available publicly within the next several weeks.
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One of their initial launch partners will be Digg.

Quoted: We hear from a source very close to the deal that four companies are in heavy due diligence with Digg - two media/news companies, and two big Internet companies - Google and Microsoft. And Google and Microsoft are on the verge of making their bids.

What a great name! Sigh...

Quoted: Yahoo launches the much anticipated Yahoo Buzz tonight - a Digg-like site that takes stories from pre-approved news publishers (100 to start) and ...

Discovered a social sports news website - BallHype.

Quoted: BallHype, a sports news site and social network, finds the biggest sports stories on the web and lets fans discuss, vote, or submit their own.

Tired peanut butter metaphor aside, David Sacks points to Facebook as a good example of using a friends filter to find the information one needs. It also seems like he's unaware that BlueDot is the app he wants Digg to be.

Quoted: I’m waiting for the Digg application to not only display articles I’ve digged on my profile, but also to aggregate all the articles dugg by my friends.

Quoted: Much of what we know as “Web 2.0″ will eventually be rebuilt on top of Facebook.

Quoted: It’s definitely time to declare OpenID a winner and the hope for a single-sign on world a reality.

Quoted: Michele Steele at Forbes Video Network interviewed Digg CEO Jay Adelson to discuss site usage and acquisition rumors.