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The Drill Down 2010 Holiday Gadget Gift List

Because The Drill Down wants you to be armed and informed this holiday shopping season, we’ve put together our tech gift picks to add to your shopping list. We’ll start with gadget blogger Sukhjit, our guest during our recent Gift Guide episode.

Digg Removes BP America Sponsored Submission From Front Page

UPDATED: 10/8/2010 – 2:07 p.m. CST Digg removed a BP America sponsored submission from their front page after determining it “crossed the acceptable threshold” of negative community feedback, the company stated on its official Twitter account. The submission — Offshore world looks good after Gulf oil spill, scientists say (with video) –  attempted to downplay [...]

TechCrunch Is Redefining ‘Editorial Independence’ After Selling To AOL

At yesterday’s Disrupt SF event, TechCrunch announced it was being purchased by AOL for a rumored amount of $25 to $40 mil., which you think would be stated in the headline of the first article they published concerning this news.

Instead, we get a headline that reads: Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch!, which honestly doesn’t really tell you much of anything. I’ll translate: Tim Armstrong is the CEO of AOL, “We” is AOL, “Got” means they purchased TechCrunch.

4 Dangers Of Digg’s New Focus On Publisher ‘Community’

In the eyes of TechCrunch Editor Michael Arrington, Digg’s Biggest Problem Is Its Users And Their Constant Opinions On Things. These opinions are essentially worthless even though they come from people who actually want to use a site like digg and participate in it’s community. His suggestion for how to improve digg is to assume that [...]