Rumors are circulating once again that Digg.com is up for sale, this time naming Google and Microsoft as likely bidders for the company. And while these may just be rumors, it makes sense why both would be interested – Microsoft already has an advertising deal in place with Digg and Google is already an inadvertent partner (and could also certainly sell advertising on the website).

Arlington, Va. - "Star Wars" director George Lucas has filed a trademark complaint against news aggregation site Digg.com, which Lucas says is similar to "The Dig," a PC adventure game released in 1995 by his LucasArts games division.