Judge Finds SABC Guilty Of Lying – A HIGH court judge in Johannesburg has found the SABC guilty of manipulating the news in 2005 and 2006, in a ruling that will boost criticism of the way the public broadcaster covers politics. Judge Neels Claassen ruled in the South Gauteng High Court that there had been widespread manipulation of news under the SABC’s former head of news, Snuki Zikalala, and that Mr Zikalala had “dishonestly tried to cover up this manipulation”. Mmm – not really what we’re looking for in a national broadcaster. [businessday]

Gibbs To Give Away Trophy On Twitter – Cricket lovers will have the chance next week to win Herschelle Gibbs’ valuable 438-match man of the match trophy. The former Proteas star said yesterday on Twitter that he would give the prize to one of his followers on the social networking website. He won the trophy for his man of the match performance in the famous One-Day International between the Proteas and Australia. [sport24]

Facebook Credits To Be Mandatory For Social Game Developers – Starting July 1, Facebook will require all social game developers to process real-world payments using Facebook Credits, the social network’s proprietary payment platform for virtual games. Facebook’s Deborah Liu, who posted the announcement on Monday on the Facebook Developer Blog, wrote that developers may continue to use their own virtual currencies in addition to Facebook Credits, but that Facebook will offer incentives to those who switch entirely to the social network’s in-site exchange system. [huffers]

Matric Is Not Good Enough For Varsity – A senior government official has acknowledged that pupils who have passed the matric maths and science exams are often not proficient enough to continue studying these subjects at first-year university level. Kirti Menon, acting deputy director-general for universities in the Department of Higher Education and Training, said national senior certificate holders who passed maths and science might have to take bridging courses before enrolling at university to reduce the high first-year failure rate. Ja, look, we had a hunch that might be the case. [timeslive]

Roger Federer Will Support Springboks In The World Cup – Roger Federer will be closely following this year’s Rugby World Cup – just don’t ask him to support the All Blacks. The Swiss tennis great, now at the Australian Open halfway towards his 17th Grand Slam, yesterday revealed he is a keen rugby fan – but backs the Springboks. He was aware of the tournament set to kick off in October, but told the Herald he would not be backing the men in black. Sorry about that, chaps. [nzherald]

Fool Your Stomach Into Thinking It’s Full – A group of Nestle SA researchers here are on an unusual mission: They hope to create new foods based on gut instinct. Not the type of instinct one normally equates with intuitive decision-making, but the sophisticated processes that take place in our digestive tracts to let us know when we’re hungry. There, a collection of nerve cells work together and communicate much as the neurons in our brain do. It’s essentially an autonomous and self-governing second brain that we all carry in our belly. [wallstreetjournal]

Will.I.Am Joins Intel – Following the success (?) of Lady Gaga teaming up with Polaroid to bring you those crazy glasses that debuted at CES, Intel has partnered with will.i.am making him “director of creative innovation.” What exactly will will.i.am be creatively directing at the processor company? No one knows, not even Intel. It was just cool to hire that guy from The Black Eyed Peas. A really good get. Those fools at AMD won’t know what hit them. [theblemish]

The New Ferrari FF – Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has just released initial details and images of the 612’s successor, the FF. Set to make its world public debut at the forthcoming auto show in Geneva this March, the all-new Ferrari FF was designed by Pininfarina, showing an entirely new GT sports car concept. [luxuo]

Kate Quits Her Job – Princess-to-be Kate Middleton has left her job at her family’s online business to prepare for her wedding day. With less than 100 days to go until she marries Prince William, the 29-year-old has decided to give up her position at Party Pieces in order to oversee all the intricate details of the April 29 ceremony. Kate is said to be at the helm when it comes to organising the wedding, spending hours with William at their rented farmhouse in Anglesey making plans. [hellomagazine]

Sky Sports Andy Gray Fired, Following Sexist Remarks – Andy Gray, the Sky Sports presenter at the centre of a sexism storm following derogatory comments about a female official, has been sacked by the broadcaster in response to “new evidence of unacceptable and offensive behaviour”. Sky Sports’ managing director Barney Francis, who yesterday disciplined both Gray and Richard Keys for their comments, said he had “no hesitation” in summarily terminating Gray’s contract. Blind. [guardian]

The King’s Speech Gets 12 Oscar Nominations – Queen Elizabeth II’s dad, Albert – the gentle, stammering Duke of York – never was meant to be king. And from Hollywood’s early honors this season, a drama based on his life never seemed destined as heir-apparent at the Academy Awards. Yet “The King’s Speech” took a step closer to the best-picture crown Tuesday, leading the Oscars with 12 nominations and gaining momentum against the online chronicle “The Social Network,” which had previously ruled the awards season. [associated]

Rupert Murdoch Is Bringing The Kids Back To News Corp – The mogul is working to bring daughter Elisabeth back to News Corp. with a deal to purchase her production company, Shine Group. Rupert Murdoch may soon be reunited with his daughter, Elisabeth, at News Corp.—and the return of his eldest son, Lachlan, might not be too far behind. The News Corp. patriarch is spending this week in London seeking approval for his $12 billion takeover of pay-TV provider BSkyB and dealing with continuing fallout from the News of the World phone-tapping scandal, as press reports have noted. [businessinsider]

Apple Develops New Mobile Payment System For iPhone – Apple Inc. plans to introduce services that would let customers use its iPhone and iPad computer to make purchases, said Richard Doherty, director of consulting firm Envisioneering Group. The services are based on “Near-Field Communication,” a technology that can beam and receive information at a distance of up to 4 inches, due to be embedded in the next iteration of the iPhone for AT&T Inc. and the iPad 2, Doherty said. [bloomberg]

$1 Billion Divorce Settlement Blown – Patricia Kluge had it all—beauty, an exotic past, and a rumored “cool billion” post-divorce (biggest divorce settlement in history). So how did she lose it all, from her 960-acre Virginia winery to her 45-room mansion? Follow the link to find out about Kluge’s dizzying fall. [dailybeast]

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