Social-news site Digg.com, a perpetual target of acquisition rumors, is in “final negotiations” to sell itself to Google for $200 million, according to a TechCrunch report Tuesday that cited multiple sources.
Google has been in talks to bring Digg into the Google News group, but it could be a few weeks before the deal closes, if it closes, according to the report.

Representatives for Google and Digg did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Usually a “no comment” or the like is the response to questions about rumored acquisition negotiations. However, that was not the case in March–when the Digg takeover rumor mill was in full swing.

Way to go Kevin are you buying the beer? Baldy

A new stable kernel is out. Three months in the making, Linux 2.6.26 boasts read-only bind mounts, better USB webcam support, 802.11s mesh WiFi, virtualization and paravirtualization improvements, and a ton of new peripheral drivers.

Darn and it even fixed a couple of hardware problems I had gotta love it, Baldy

Linux 2.6.26 enhances desktop Linux