Index: wp-admin/index.php
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--- wp-admin/index.php	(revision 3879)
+++ wp-admin/index.php	(working copy)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 <div id="zeitgeist">
 <h2><?php _e('Latest Activity'); ?></h2>
 
+<?php	if ( '1' == get_option('blog_public') ) { ?>
 <?php
 $rss = @fetch_rss('http://feeds.technorati.com/cosmos/rss/?url='. trailingslashit(get_option('home')) .'&partner=wordpress');
 if ( isset($rss->items) && 0 != count($rss->items) ) {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 </ul>
 </div>
 <?php } ?>
+<?php } ?>
 
 <?php
 $comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_author, comment_author_url, comment_ID, comment_post_ID FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 5");