TVs, toys, and translators among inventive CES gadgets (AFP via Yahoo! News)

From a palm-size DJ studio to a monitor that lets mute people make telephone calls, hot gadgets headed for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) floor had early debuts on Tuesday.

Levine calls Brewers comments 'sour grapes' (Newsday)

Yankees president Randy Levine yesterday called negative comments by Brewers owner Mark Attanasio about the Yankees' bottomless pit of cash and willingness to use it "sour grapes."

Deena Winter: What you don’t see when you look at my brother (Lincoln Journal Star)

Today, I’m not going to write about the mayor’s latest press conference or Jon Camp’s latest fight with Jonathan Cook. Because today, my brother is dying.

Martin defends Cats' early slate (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

MANHATTAN — Anyone dissatisfied with Kansas State's nonconference schedule is welcome to make a few phone calls on Frank Martin's behalf.

THE OFFBEAT WITH KRISTA JAHNKE: Big Ten teams should not be judged by bowls alone (Detroit Free Press)

Another day, another bowl loss by a Big Ten school. Now the Offbeat knows that numbers don't lie. But more than a couple conference schools have experienced high points this season. Just not the kind that show up on the scoreboard.

Macworld Roundup: Truphone; UClick; Craigslist (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

Apart from the new ability of iPhone owners to buy iTunes songs over 3G networks there wasn't much iPhone news at Macworld—or indeed of anything very much, with several sites describing the conference as disappointing and underwhelming and even suggesting that the real reason Steve Jobs wasn't there was because there was nothing interesting to announce .

IBM finalizing free Symphony office suite for Macs (InfoWorld)

Taking aim at the Microsoft Office franchise on the Macintosh , IBM announced Tuesday that its free Lotus Symphony suite of personal productivity applications will come out of beta for the Apple Inc. hardware platform later this month. Symphony, which was introduced by IBM in September 2007, is already available for Windows and Linux PCs. Now it will compete for Macintosh ...

Humana Inc. to Present at J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.----Humana Inc. announced today that Michael B. McCallister, president and chief executive officer, will be making a presentation to investors at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. pacific time.

Obama Calls for Doubling Clean Energy (Red Herring)

The President-elect renews his goal of getting more energy from renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass.

Rondee Enhances Features for Power Users of Free Conference Calling (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Rondee, the first company to combine free conference calling with response management and on-line scheduling, today made public the launch of a new set of features serving the needs of power conferencers. The features include Recurring Rondee set-up capability, agenda archiving and automated reminders.