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The long-running "news for nerds, stuff that matters" website will undergo a facelift after its editors selected a redesign from a number of submissions.

Once an old iPod story on kottke.org got Dugg, visitors streamed to the story; then Slashdot picked up the story and the fun really began.

Okay, since I'm apparently in "2006 doom and gloom" mode here's another observation that I can re-brand as a 2006 prediction.

The DayPass, offered by Slashdot's parent Open Source Technology Group, will give users the chance to see new stories and content first.

I just thought it was cool that Findory, still the only news site I find worth visiting, got a cool mention on Slashdot.

An Apple employee (at least he claims to be an Apple employee) is over on Slashdot saying some interesting things...

BusinessWeek is running a piece on Slashdot's diminishing "slashdot effect" - citing analysts and site owners that are saying a link from the grandfather tech site no longer means what it once did to the sites it links to.