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Hey all,

You might have noticed that we've updated Digg River, our streamlined version of Digg for web-capable mobile devices. It's still not a complete mobile Digg, but now you can sign in and Digg the stories you find interesting.

To check it out, visit diggriver.com on your mobile device. (Sorry, some low-end phones can't handle it!) Log in with your Digg username and password. If you're not yet a registered user of Digg, use your desktop web browser to register at digg.com first, then log in to Digg River.

We know that browsing the web from a PDA or smart phone isn't as seamless as it should be. When you click a story on Digg River, the target web site may not work well on mobile devices. But we've heard from many of you that you want to stay connected to Digg while you're on the go. We'll keep working to make it easier.

For the tech-heads out there: If you have a mobile version of your web site, and you want Digg River to link to that version directly, you can add a link element with media="handheld" to your pages. For more on the handheld link element, see this technical discussion on Dave Winer's blog.

Dave Winer is our inspiration for calling it "Digg River." We wanted to give props to Dave, who has popularized the idea of a "river of news," fed by RSS feeds, and we feel this streamlined version of Digg is in the spirit of Dave's idea.

Digg on,
sbw