The Guardian:
Government plan to stop sex offenders using social networking sites would breach human rights lawGovernment plans to block paedophiles from using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have been shelved because of fears that such a move would breach human rights laws.The Home Office announced in April that it (Read More)
BBC News Player | UK:
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a new "social contract" with the world's banks to make them more responsible to society. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.' Leading theorie (Read More)
BBC News Player | UK:
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a new "social contract" with the world's banks to make them more responsible to society. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.' Leading theorie (Read More)
Huffington Post:
I am terrible at writing headlines, but in these times of Google searches and social networking, article tags and Twitter hash, headlines are important. "Hope springs eternal" won't cut it when referring to what happened in Maine last week regarding gay rights. The linkage of "audacity" and "hope" is a winner, especially si (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
We are being encouraged to think Twitter is more important than it really is – stand by for Lineker, Hansen and Shearer competing through Tweets next summerThe fact that last week's edition of The Moral Maze was dedicated to Twitter suggests either that the reduced social networking tool is more important than you might thi (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Ricky Gervais is not a tolerant man--everything annoys him. He posits he'll end up like Howard Hughes, shutting the world out to avoid its germs. Gervais told David Letterman last night that he hates restaurants, whistling, and lateness--the latter because he can't believe people aren't rushing with excitement to see him. W (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Even though we're big fans of flats (the same can be said of Carla Bruni and Michelle Obama), we have to hand it to Princess Letizia of Spain. She really knows how to dress her feet. Here are some of her famously sky-high stilettos: tell us which ones you love, and which ones she should lose.Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer (Read More)
The Guardian:
The prime minister tells G20 taxpayers must be protected from bearing the cost of failure by world's banksThe prime minister, Gordon Brown, has called for a new "economic and social contract" with the world's banks to ensure that the cost of their failure would never again be borne by taxpayers.Addressing a G20 meeting in S (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The House of Representatives is set to vote on major health care reform legislation today. Check this page throughout the day for the latest news, or follow live streaming video and Twitter updates HERE. 9:20 AM ET -- Bishops endorse health care bill. "The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a critical en (Read More)
BBC:
Leading economies say the recovery is too weak to end stimulus moves as the UK calls for a new social contract with banks, at a G20 summit. (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it's substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There's a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that's just the beginning. Updated: Update: The firmware upgrade went through just fine on my 32GB Zune HD, and I'm definitely se (Read More)
The Guardian:
Levying a "transaction tax" on the frenzied activities of City traders and their rivals in the world's financial markets is not a new idea, but it may be one whose time has come.American economist James Tobin originally proposed the tax – levied at up to 1%, on foreign exchange transactions – in the 1970s, to tame damaging (Read More)
The Guardian:
International levy on financial trading would help developing world deal with climate changeA row blew up last night after Gordon Brown promoted plans for an international tax on City dealing that could raise funds for the world's poor and help developing countries tackle climate change.No sooner had the prime minister floa (Read More)