Warren Buffet Buys $10.7 Billion Stake In IBM – Warren Buffett – one of the world’s most closely watched investors – has disclosed building a 5.4% stake in IBM. Mr Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway fund started buying shares in the firm in March, eventually spending around $10.7bn (R85 Billion). The billionaire had steered away from technology firms in the past. However, he said that he had been impressed by IBM’s road map for how it planned to attract IT firms outside the US to sign up to its services. [bbc]

Apparently James Murdoch Didn’t Know Anything – News Corp’s James Murdoch was “kept in the dark” about the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World by his subordinates who tried to manage the problem, the newspaper’s former chief reporter said on Monday. [reuters]

US Dispatches 100 Troops To Hunt Down Brutal African Warlord – The Obama administration recently dispatched 100 special forces to Uganda to help pursue Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Throughout the last three decades, Kony and LRA fighters have been accused of torturing civilians and recruiting child soldiers. The last time the US did this, Kony reacted by mutilating 1,000 women and children. [npr]

iTunes Match Launches Today – As expected, the launch of iTunes Match is now upon us, with today’s release of iTunes 10.5.1, available from the iTunes website here. For those living under the proverbial rock, iTunes Match is the new service from Apple that gives you legal access to store all your music in iCloud – even those songs you didn’t originally purchase from iTunes. [techcrunch]

Get US iTunes Account – Don’t forget that there IS a way to use the US iTunes account, which includes movies, music and TV series that you can’t get anywhere else. I use it. And everyone I know uses it. We often watch TV series at home before they hit SA. And you only pay a couple dollars a time. And no, you don’t need an American credit card. There is a website that shows you how to do it. [getusitunesaccount]

Charlize Theron Says Kristen Stewart “Doesn’t Give A Fuck“- “And Kristen is just living this to the max and still has a sense of humor about it. There’s this really lovely quality about her that just doesn’t give a fuck. A lot of people say they don’t, but then they go home and cry and pop a Xanax. Kristen actually doesn’t give a fuck. That’s what’s so refreshing about her.” [vogue]

Google Offers Rare Peak Into Web Searches – Google Inc offered a detailed glimpse into its secret process of ranking Internet websites on Monday, publishing for the first time a list of recent tweaks to its closely guarded search algorithm. While less than revelatory, the details published on Google’s official blog mark a departure for the Internet search leader. [reuters]

The Vatican’s Gay Love Triangle Murder – On May 4, 1998, five shots rang out inside a private apartment tucked within the fortified walls of Vatican City in Rome. Dead were Alois Estermann, the newly appointed commander of the elite Swiss Guard army that protects the pope; Estermann’s Venezuelan wife, Gladys Meza Romero, a former model; and Cedric Tornay, who was a corporal in the Swiss Guard. This salacious crime and rumored gay love triangle in the pope’s backyard has gone unsolved for almost 14 years. [dailybeast]

Butch James Has Lost Respect For Samoa – “They threw everything at us. It was hard but it also got quite dirty. Welsh referee Nigel Owens lost a bit of control in that period and there was plenty going on off the ball. Our discipline was outstanding and Smitty’s yellow card for a professional foul was ridiculous. I felt very frustrated watching the game and I wasn’t impressed with the way the Samoans conducted themselves on the field, and even more so off the field.” More.. [sport24]

All Blacks Star Sorry For Naked Drunken Fracas – A New Zealand rugby star has apologized for his reported alcohol-fueled incident last week, when the 2011 World Cup winner is said to have entered a Cook Islands bar naked and wet before assaulting two patrons. According to the New Zealand Herald newspaper, Zac Guildford — who has a history of drinking problems — embarked on the rampage on the island of Rarotonga. [cnn]

Justin Timberlake Attends Marine Corps Ball – Justin Timberlake was invited to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Virginia, by Corporal Kelsey de Santis. The whole invitation went down shortly after his “Friends With Benefits” co-star Mila Kunis had been invited on a date by a marine of her own. Timberlake kept his date with Corporal De Santis and hit up the ball on Saturday night at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. [mtv]

Catholic Church Pedophile Investigator Jailed For Child Porn – A Catholic Church pedophile abuse investigator is serving time in jail after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography on a laptop and camera memory stick. Christopher Jarvis admitted to “possessing, making and distributing indecent images of children.” Not really what you’re looking for in a pedophile investigator. [huffpo]

Gucci Boss Pays R250 Million For 2-Bedroom House – Europe may be beset by economic gloom, but one prominent Frenchman has shown his confidence in Britain as a safe haven with an eye-catching property deal. François Pinault, who founded PPR, the luxury goods company that owns fashion labels including Gucci and Stella McCartney, has paid £20 million for a house in Chelsea, south-west London. Salma Hayek will be pleased.. [telegraph]

Michael Bublé Calls Kim Kardashian A Bitch On Stage – Canadian crooner Michael Buble called Kim Kardashian a bitch during a New York concert before dedicating a song to her newly-dumped husband Kris Humphries. Buble pretended to invite the reality star onto the stage, prompting a collective gasp from the crowd before telling them. “Nah, just f—ing with you! That bitch isn’t coming on my stage,” Buble said during his November 8 concert. [ninemsn]

Russian Rocket Gives NASA Lift To Space Station – A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off through heavy snowfall in Kazakhstan on Monday morning, beginning a two-day trip to ferry three astronauts to the International Space Station. The flight opens a new era of American dependence on Russia, and eventually on commercial enterprises, for manned space travel, after the end of NASA’s space shuttle program in July. [newyorktimes]

UK Pet Owners Killing Animals For Money – False claims on pet insurance are soaring with some owners deliberately maiming or even killing their animals to get a payout. Fake claims in the UK on pet policies have almost quadrupled in the last year making it the fastest growing area of insurance claims. The injuries to animals mirror the ‘cash for crash’ claims made on cars – where vehicles are deliberately damaged for the insurance money. [dailymail]

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