Wired Magazine Hijacks Entire Website For Steve Jobs – As the news about the untimely death of Steve Jobs spreads around the world, so too do the tributes. In an unprecedented move, Wired magazine, perhaps the most respected tech magazine in the world, has completely wiped it’s website front page and has replaced it with Steve Jobs stories and tributes, in dedication of the Apple co-founder. [wired]

Malema Can’t Make Disciplinary Hearing Because He’s Sick. And Stressed – ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was admitted to a private hospital in Polokwane on Wednesday, the league said in a statement. It said he would not attend his African National Congress disciplinary hearing in Johannesburg on Thursday. Malema was facing charges of bringing the ANC into disrepute and sowing division within party ranks. [news24]

Zara Phillips Confronts That Woman – Britain’s Zara Phillips spoke to the blonde who partied with her new husband in New Zealand, to ensure nothing happened between them. Zara reportedly called Jessica Palmer – who was seen flirting with England Rugby star Mike Tindall on CCTV at Altitude bar – to ensure nothing untoward happened on a night out during England’s current campaign in the Rugby World Cup. [femalefirst]

SuperSport Lose Another Presenter – This Time Due To Criminal Charges – Sports broadcaster SuperSport has lost another presenter, with Peter Davies the second Rugby World Cup anchor in as many months to be taken off air, following an undisclosed criminal case. SuperSport issued a statement on Wednesday evening, stating that Davies would not be on air pending the conclusion of the criminal case. [sport24]

More UBS Chiefs Quit, Amid Rogue Trading Skandaal – The heads of UBS AG’s global equities division resigned as the beleaguered Swiss bank moved to clean house after last month’s $2.3 billion trading scandal.  UBS said late Wednesday that Francois Gouws and Yassine Bouhara resigned effective immediately, to be succeeded by Mike Stewart, who joined the bank from Bank of America Merrill Lynch in recent days . [wallstreetjournal]

News Corp Lawsuits Building Up Nicely – News Corp.’s U.K. unit was sued by 13 people Monday and at least 24 since last week over claims related to phone-hacking at the defunct News of the World tabloid. The latest rash of lawsuits in London includes complaints filed by pop star Dannii Minogue, Paul Burrell, Princess Diana’s former butler, and Sara Payne, the mother of a murdered eight-year-old girl, who had close ties to the newspaper. [finpos]

Michelle Obama’s Spending Is ‘Becoming A Problem’ – Although ignored by most of America’s liberal-dominated media, several online US news sites are reporting that Michelle Obama’s grand tour of southern Africa earlier this year cost American taxpayers nearly half a million dollars – and that’s just for the flights. She has apparently spent “$10 million of taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year.” [telegraph]

Coldplay Traffic Saved By 2oceansvibe Shortcuts – The weekly 5-minute show on 2oceansvibe TV (2ov.tv) called ‘MINI Routes’ is proving a winner by all accounts. Last night we received tons of tweets from people who used our CTICC shortcut, to avoid the ridiculous traffic. People are using words like “freedom!” Check out all the shortcuts and look out for the new ones (every Monday) on 2ov TV.. [2ov.tv]

Stem Cells Created By Cloned Human Embryos – Scientists for the first time have derived thriving colonies of embryonic stem cells from human embryos created using cloning technology. In experiments documented in an article released today by the journal Nature, a team of scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory claim they created two lines of the cells through the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the less emotionally and politically charged term for cloning. [msnbc]

Prison Guard Was Obsessed With Amanda Knox’s Sex Life – Amanda Knox was repeatedly questioned about her sex life by a senior prison guard during the four years she spent in an Italian jail, it has been claimed. The 24-year-old, who landed in her home city of Seattle last night after being cleared of the murder of Meredith Kercher, was reportedly quizzed in Perugia’s La Capanne jail by deputy prison chief Raffaele Argiro. [dailymail]

Putin’s Dive Discovery Was Staged – There have long been suspicions that his exploits were not spontaneous. Still, it was remarkable to see Mr. Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri S. Peskov, surrounded by a panel of exceedingly skeptical journalists, trying to explain as delicately as possible that Mr. Putin’s much-hyped dive in August had been staged. [newyorktimes]

Wits University Labels ANC ‘Morally Bankrupt’ – University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) academics protesting over the Dalai Lama visa debacle have accused the ruling party of being intellectually dishonest. “This is the second time this happens. It’s really unfortunate and very disingenuous of government. It’s embarrassing,” said professor Patrick FitzGerald, a deputy vice-chancellor. [timeslive]

Protests Continue On Wall Street As Police Use Pepper Spray – Thousands of union workers joined protesters marching through the Financial District Wednesday for Occupy Wall Street’s largest rally yet against “corporate greed.” The march was mostly peaceful – until after nightfall, when scuffles erupted and some of the younger demonstrators were arrested when they tried to storm barricades blocking them from Wall Street and the Stock Exchange. [nydailynews]

Thursday Is “Vote For Table Mountain” Day – Table Mountain is at the bottom of the final 28, in the running to be one of the new seven wonders of nature. Table Mountain needs YOU to vote at least every Thursday. We need 30 million votes to make the final 7.  You can vote on the website or by SMSing the word ‘table’ to 34874 (SMS cost R2). You can vote once on the website and as many times as you want on SMS. come on, gang, let’s do this thing!  [votefortablemountain.com]

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