The Guardian:
Have your say on all of the day's big stories, be sure to post your favourite links and also follow us on Twitter8.40am: Good morning and welcome to our daily sports news blog. You're probably familiar with the concept by now, but if not, the idea is this: throughout the day we will update this page with news, links, and wh (Read More)
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Henry's left hand was so fast it proved impossible for four Swedish men to see it in actionA quiet week for Irish football, then, the highlight of which for me was probably when I was on BBC's Newsnight accepting David Ginola's apologies from an embarrassed French people. So, y'know, the usual.And while 82% of French people (Read More)
Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
'I would not say that I lost faith in Twitter, I would say that I lost faith in my ability to negotiate it,' says Stephen FryStephen Fry, technophile and a "twillionaire" having amassed more than a million followers on Twitter, yesterday explained what almost led him to commit "twitticide" last month and consider leaving th (Read More)
The Guardian:
BBC News website to feature longer headlines on story pages, making them easier to find on search enginesFrom today, the headlines of the BBC News website will become longer to make its stories easier to find on search engines. "We estimate that about 29% of BBC News website UK traffic comes from search engines.", says Stev (Read More)
The Guardian:
Both main approaches to church unity have failed. Perhaps what we need is a flow chartAmong the stranger Anglican blogs out there is The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley, which has published a flow chart that will be helpful to anyone trying to understand the choices facing the Anglican clergy right now.I feel we should star (Read More)
The Guardian:
Great animation dominates this week's web videos – including what happens when pigeons get the bombGet ready for amazing animations this week on the viral video chart. In fact, with Spacious Thought, Pigeon:Impossible and Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No, there are three real beauties in our top 10 – and honestly I don't know whi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
From Ukraine to the Caymans and China to Zimbabwe, UK envoys are joining the band of bloggersFor our man in Ukraine, it was an uncomfortable moment. Arriving back at the embassy in Kiev, Britain's ambassador, Leigh Turner, discovered a troupe of angry Ukrainian folk dancers. The dancers were protesting about the fact that t (Read More)
The Guardian:
James Richardson welcomes a bumper panel of Paul Doyle, Barry Glendenning, Sean Ingle and Jonathan Wilson to discuss the week's dramatic World Cup play-offs.The pod start by discussing the reaction in Paris and Dublin to Thierry Henry's double handball before William Gallas's goal, before arguing about video technology, Hen (Read More)
The Guardian:
Subscribe here for your own daily copy delivered to your inboxTHE INCREASINGLY BAD LUCK OF THE IRISHStepping over our red-haired, green-felt-hat-wearing alcoholic Irish cousin Theme Pub O'Fiver as he lay unconscious in a pool of his own sick in the wake of Ireland's defeat at the hands of France this morning, the Fiver wond (Read More)
The Guardian:
UK Radioplayer will offer 400 stations in deal with the Radio Centre, Global Radio and Guardian Media GroupThe BBC is to launch a radio player allowing internet users to listen to more than 400 commercial and BBC stations.Tim Davie, BBC director of audio and music, said today that the project would give web users access to (Read More)
Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
Microsoft Office 2010 is continuing and completing the transition that started with Office 2007, and should be an attractive upgrade for companies finally moving on from Windows XP and Office XP or 2003. And with the free beta, anyone can try itDuring this week's Professional Developers Conference PDC09 in the Los Angeles C (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
• News: Share savings communities make, minister urged• Gallery: 15 years of Lottery funding• Comment: Who will help the volunteers?Welcome to the daily news round-up from SocietyGuardian.co.uk****************Today's top story - 2m elderly people could lose out under government care plans say ToriesConservatives say Labour (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Response from 88-year-old war veteran shoots down attempt to discredit letter published in Newsweek in support of Al GoreFor those of you who have not yet stumbled across his oeuvre before, James Delingpole does a nice turn over on the Telegraph blogs as a rent-a-quote climate change sceptic and good all-round right-wing c (Read More)
The Guardian:
The X Factor occupied half of Twitter's top 'trending' global topics list during Sunday's show – is this the future of television?If you thought white-collar social media theory and ITV's "karaoke" show were chalk and cheese, think again. John, Edward and their The X Factor competitors are re-inventing mass entertainment by (Read More)