While it is far easier to spend money on a free agent than it is to give up a player that teams believe have value in a trade, general managers around baseball are beginning to realize that the trade route may be their best chance to improve their clubs for the 2013 season.
Full Story MLB Trade Rumors: 5 Win-Win Trades That Need to Happen
Bulgaria and Hungary have both been ordered to play a World Cup qualifier behind closed doors following racist and anti-semitic abuse from their fans. Full Story FIFA punish Bulgaria, Hungary
Full Story FIFA punish Bulgaria, Hungary
Reading have completed the signing of Crawley Town midfielder Hope Akpan on a three-and-a-half year contract. Full Story Reading complete Hope addition
Full Story Reading complete Hope addition
Padraig Harrington has admitted that Rory McIlroy faces an “unfortunate” decision when it comes to competing in the 2016 Olympic Games. Full Story Harrington sympathy for Rory
Full Story Harrington sympathy for Rory
Full Story HBT: LaRoche accepts two-year deal with Nationals
Full Story HBT: LaRoche accepts two-year deal with Nationals
With unsolicited telephone calls increasingly troublesome for householders, the industry watchdog is to chase perpetrators. Full Story Ofcom To Boost Hunt for Nuisance Call Firms
Full Story Ofcom To Boost Hunt for Nuisance Call Firms
The government announces plans for an independent adjudicator in the pub industry to help struggling landlords. Full Story Pub industry adjudicator proposed
Full Story Pub industry adjudicator proposed
Digital rights and privacy advocates have welcomed Yahoo’s decision to provide its users with an option to enable HTTPS (HTTP Secure) for their entire webmail sessions. “We’re really happy that Yahoo! is starting 2013 right by letting Yahoo! Mail users use HTTPS to access their e-mail accounts securely,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Monday in a blog post. Full Story Privacy advocates welcome Yahoo Mail HTTPS roll-out
Full Story Privacy advocates welcome Yahoo Mail HTTPS roll-out
Retief Goosen returns to action this week in the Volvo Golf Champions after a five month absence following back surgery. Full Story Goosen back in action
Full Story Goosen back in action
The “gas&power” brand of Energy T.I. will sponsor the Pramac Racing Team for the 2013 season. Full Story Pramac Racing Team and Energy T.I. in 2013 sponsorship tie-up Full Story Pramac Racing Team and Energy T.I. in 2013 sponsorship tie-up
Full Story Pramac Racing Team and Energy T.I. in 2013 sponsorship tie-up
Second seeds Santiago Gonzales and Scott Lipsky were toppled in their Heineken Open first-round match on Tuesday, losing to Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak 6-2, 3-6, 13-11. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]] Full Story Cermak/Mertinak Upset Second Seeds In Auckland
Full Story Cermak/Mertinak Upset Second Seeds In Auckland
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Full Story Take fight to Malinga – Jones
Watch movies in the shower, capture HDR video, or just use it to make phone calls. Sony says it has something for everyone in its new Xperia Z smartphone, the company’s flagship handset for 2013. The phone, which was unveiled on Monday at International CES in Las Vegas, combines several of Sony’s key technologies, which the company hopes will make for a distinctive phone in the competitive Android smartphone market. Full Story Sony unveils flagship Xperia Z smartphone
Full Story Sony unveils flagship Xperia Z smartphone
"The tobacco lobby is not demonstrating enough transparency in the Dalli case", said Inge Gräßle MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the European Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee, following the refusal of the tobacco company Swedish Match to answer 54 questions tabled by the Budgetary Control Committee. Gräßle says the company has previously agreed to answer deputies questions. The MEP also said "It is obvious that the Dalli case must have consequences for the future of lobbying in Brussels." NO read more Full Story Swedish Match refuse to answer MEPs questions says senior Deputy
Full Story Swedish Match refuse to answer MEPs questions says senior Deputy
Shane Warne apologises for his clash with Marlon Samuels but insists it’s important crickeres play with passion, not like robots. Full Story Warne apologises for Samuels clash
Full Story Warne apologises for Samuels clash
LaCie announced Monday at CES the 5big storage box, a RAID array with Thunderbolt that comes in 10TB and 20TB capacities. The LaCie 5big array comes with dual-core 2.13GHz Intel processors. The dual Thunderbolt ports, enabling users to daisy chain up to six Thunderbolt peripherals together. Full Story LaCie releases 20TB Thunderbolt RAID array
Full Story LaCie releases 20TB Thunderbolt RAID array
Ten years ago Monday, Apple co-founder and then-CEO Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s first, and so far only, browser, according to the former head of the Safari team. Don Melton, who retired last year as Apple’s director of Internet Technologies, has been blogging since mid-December about Safari’s beginnings. On Monday, he noted the 10th-year anniversary of the browser. Full Story Apple’s Safari turns 10
Full Story Apple’s Safari turns 10
A British soldier is shot dead and six others are injured by a rogue member of the Afghan National Army at a patrol base in Helmand. Full Story Afghan army gunman kills UK soldier
Full Story Afghan army gunman kills UK soldier
No promises of Android 4.2 in the near future, though Full Story HTC One X Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade arrives on O2
Full Story HTC One X Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade arrives on O2
Optimism has returned to the NHL as labor negotiations took a positive turn last week, and those of us who aren’t afraid of jinxes can start preparing ourselves to watch, analyze and obsess over a 2013 NHL season. Full Story NHL Season 2013: The 10 Players Under the Most Pressure to Perform
Full Story NHL Season 2013: The 10 Players Under the Most Pressure to Perform
