Gizmodo:
Apparently we won't have to deal with upgrading our Microsoft-driven computers for another three years. According to a tentative roadmap, the next version of the OS, Windows 8, won't be arriving until 2012. This release date (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall (Read More)
Gawker:
Newspapers are dying, which means there will never be any more investigative journalism and politicians will screw whomever they want. But it's OK, because "innovative" new "partnerships" like the Chicago News Cooperative are (Read More)
The Guardian:
By forcing a flawed model of democracy on Afghans, the US has made Afghanistan less stable and less democraticThe fiasco of the elections in Afghanistan has been widely lamented. Most laments focus on a single obvious fact: b (Read More)
ClusterStock:
Dick Bove says that shareholders and management of Bank of America want outgoing Chief Executive Ken Lewis to stay.The Rochdale Securities analyst has been a big supporter of Lewis. But today he took it a step further, saying (Read More)
Perez Hilton:
Jon Gosselin really knows how to pick 'em!The douche father of eight has to deal with Kate Major possibly suing him and now he has Homewrecking Hailey WhatsHerFace talking smack online.And things must not be going well betwee (Read More)
New York Times:
Hershey is considering bidding for Cadbury, a proposal that would top the $16.7 billion hostile bid from Kraft, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Friday. (Read More)
Gizmodo:
There are two ways for a device to access YouTube: either through the regular web interface, i.e. Flash, or for cleaner integration, through its back end APIs. As of December, Google is shutting off the tap. UPDATED The news (Read More)
Reuters: Sports News:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Reliever John Grabow signed a two-year $7.5 million deal with the Chicago Cubs on Friday, adding an experienced arm to a young bullpen.
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
• World ruling body launches probe into Athletics South Africa• Ministry claims 800m world champion will keep gold medalThe International Association of Athletics Federations said today it is still working with Caster Semenya (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• County 'would not help with my England career'• Spinner determined to win back Test and one-day placesMonty Panesar has said he left Northamptonshire to join Sussex because his former employers did not want him enough and w (Read More)
The Guardian:
Investors in Thomas Cook and Tui Travel must wish they could get away from it all. The two travel companies were the biggest fallers in the leading index following downgrades on both companies from Morgan Stanley. In particul (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Max BlumenthalProgressive Book Club/Media Matters for America reviewIn August 2008, when then-senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said the media had held her under a "sharper microscope" because she was a woman (Read More)
MSNBC:
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor It struck us as fundamentally wrong that the Postal Service would no longer accept or deliver letters from kids written to Santa at the North Pole—but we, along with others, reported (Read More)
Mashable!:
Susan Payton is the Managing Partner of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @egg (Read More)
TheFunded.com:
| Fund Rated 3.9I am the CEO of a biotechnology company that recently entered into a major transaction with a large pharmaceutical company. Healthcare Ventures invested in us a year and a quarter prior to exit. Before Healt (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
MONACO — The governing body of track and field is working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender and career.The IAAF said Friday it canno (Read More)
CNN:
The Chicago White Sox are talking to veteran shortstop Omar Viquel about a contract and a deal is expected in coming days, sources tell SI.com.
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Huffington Post:
CHICAGO — Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract Friday from the Chicago Cubs.The 31-year-old left-hander combined to go 3-0 wit (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
The chief of the Opec oil cartel said that oil-producing countries should be compensated for lost revenues if UN climate talks in Copenhagen next month reach a deal that cuts the use of oil. (Read More)