Venus Williams Out After Wimbledon First Round – Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams says she has no thoughts of retiring, despite her shock Wimbledon first-round defeat by Elena Vesnina. The 32-year-old American, who suffers from Sjogren’s Syndrome, was beaten 6-1 6-3 by the Russian world number 79. [bbc]

London Olympics To Be Most Over-Budget Games Since Atlanta 1996 – The London 2012 summer Olympics are on course to be the most over-budget games for 16 years after organizers failed to forecast demands for security and private investment, according to a study by the University of Oxford. [bloomberg]

Blackberry Maker RIM Considers Splitting Off Smartphone Business – BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering splitting its business in two, separating its struggling handset manufacturing division from its messaging network, The Sunday Times reported. [huffers]

Malema Stirs The Pot In Zim – Fired ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has directed another stinging attack at President Jacob Zuma – this time telling a Zimbabwe newspaper Zuma does not like President Mugabe and is not fit to be the mediator in that country’s global political agreement. [timeslive]

Rupert Murdoch Takes A Shot At Romney – On Sunday afternoon, News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch weighed in the 2012 presidential race by criticizing presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney via Twitter. With two tweets, the media mogul took shots at Romney’s campaign strategy thus far. [mediaite]

Microsoft Buys Yammer For $1.2 Billion – Microsoft has bought the four-year-old business social network Yammer for $1.2bn (£770m) as the software giant steps up its battle with Google for the future of technology in the workplace. [guardian]

SA Cops Working With NZ Rape Accused DNA – The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) on Tuesday pledged to fully co-operate with a South African police investigation following an allegation that a member of its under-20s team raped a woman. [news24]

Man Jumps Off Eiffel Tower And Dies – Security was stepped up around the Eiffel Tower today after an English-speaking man climbed to the top and then jumped to his death. The 25-year-old suicide victim, who has not been named but who came from Israel, was spotted at the Paris tourist attraction late on Sunday evening. [dailymail]

Scientists Developing Device To ‘Hack’ Into Brain Of Stephen Hawking – Stephen Hawking is testing out a groundbreaking device to allow him to communicate through brain waves in a project that scientists have likened to ‘hacking into his brain.’ [telegraph]

Kim Dot Com Taunts US LAw Enforcement Via Twitter – Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is taking his public-relations campaign to Twitter, where he’s busy poking fun at the U.S. effort to try him for criminal copyright infringement. He is also posting pictures of his wife, children and luxury cars from his mansion in New Zealand, where he is on bail awaiting an extradition hearing. [wired]

Facebook Names Sheryl Sandberg to Its Board of Directors – “Facebook announced today that Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, has joined the company’s board of directors. Sandberg oversees Facebook’s business operations including sales, marketing, business development, legal, human resources, public policy and communications.” [facebook]

Facebook Just Changed Your Email Without Asking—Here’s How to Fix It – Hey, here’s something really stupid and annoying: Facebook abruptly switched everyone’s default email address to the @facebook.com account you’ve never used. Here’s how to switch back Facebook’s obnoxious overreach right now. So people can actually, you know, contact you. [gizmodo]

Jermaine Jackson Insists Michael Made Obama President – Barack Obama would not have made it to The White House had it not been for Michael Jackson, according to an emotional testimony from the late singer’s brother. [independent]

Cyprus Applies For EU Bailout-Government – Cyprus on Monday said it would seek financial assistance from the European Union’s EFSF/ESM bailout funds to curb exposure of its financial sector to Greece. [reuters]

You Need To See This – We’ve found Miley Cyrus’ greatest fan! And it’s a middle-aged British man. Carl from Bridlington in England has 15 Miley-themed tats. The man, who goes by MileyCyrusCarl on Twitter, regularly posts pics of his tattoo collection, Cyrus lyrics and declarations of love for his fave pop starlet. [thedaily]

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