Xbox Gets a Silver Lining as Microsoft Announces Silverlight 5 With the rapid innovation of playable media for mobile devices running strong, Microsoft announced that they’d be shifting away from Silverlight towards HTML5. This shift probably left a certain number of Silverlight developers abandoned even as Bing dropped its Silverlight foundation for HTML5. According to [...]

Holiday shopping notebook: Traditional gifts A sweater may not be as sexy a gift as an iPad, but fuzzy garments are now in high demand. Jewelry and scarves are flying off shelves, too, as shoppers embrace what BMO Capital Markets analyst John Morris calls “traditional gifting.” Read more on AP via Yahoo! News

“Bloomfield Home Companion” on stage Dec. 3 The West Bloomfield Congregational Church presented Bloomfield Home Companion, a new production inspired by radio in its heyday. Read more on Greece Post

DETROIT: Trial set for men charged in Bada Bing torture DETROIT — A January trial has been set for three of the men charged with torturing another man in the basement of an all-nude club in Lincoln Park. Read more on The News-Herald

Bartz’s biggest mistake: playing through pain The famously volatile Bartz defends her two-year tenure as Yahoo CEO to Fortune and says she’s cut out the cuss words — sometimes. Read more on CNN Money

Three reasons Google wants Groupon Is $5.3 billion an astronomical amount to get the popular deal-a-day web site? Not really. Here’s why. Read more on CNN Money

EU launches anti-trust inquiry into Google European regulators have launched an anti-trust investigation into Google over whether it “has abused a dominant position in search”, in what some experts have called a “crucial moment” for the internet giant. Read more on Independent

WikiLeaks: The four most extreme calls for retribution Details be damned! Let’s shut down Julian Assange — before it’s too late! Read more on Salon.com

On stage in Modesto and the foothills THE SEAFARER — This is a show for adults who are worn out by peppy Christmas fare and w Read more on Modesto Bee

Social workers Why the future of searching online will rely on your friends Read more on BBC News