Microsoft, Adobe confident there is room for Silverlight, Flash (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The HTML5 specification could be a game-changer in the rich Internet application realm, but representatives of Microsoft and Adobe Systems, both of which have proprietary plug-ins for Web applications, remained confident Thursday in their companies' Web strategies.BA and union talk on eve of threatened strike (AP)
AP - British Airways management and union leaders are meeting Friday in a last-ditch attempt to avert a three-day strike by cabin crew due to begin Saturday.Obama legacy at stake as health vote looms (AFP)
AFP - US President Barack Obama is leading his Democratic allies in an all-out campaign to win over wavering lawmakers ahead of a cliffhanger Sunday vote on his historic health care overhaul.
Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy (AP)
AP - Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.
Does Obama’s Education Plan Make the Grade? (Time.com)
Time.com - The President's plan for education reform is a good start. Here's how to make it even betterGeorgetown stunned in fun day in Providence (AP)
AP - Twenty-one years ago, Georgetown pulled into Providence as the top seed and nearly exited as a victim of the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history.
Plea deal for Mumbai attack organiser ‘no setback’ (AFP)
AFP - India appeared to give its qualified blessing Friday to a plea deal that saw a Chicago man admitting scoping out sites for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Pa. suspect is rare US woman facing terror trial (AP)
AP - If the woman dubbed "Jihad Jane" goes on trial, she would become just the second American woman tried on U.S. soil on terrorism charges — and the first accused of directly working toward a Muslim holy war.
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in immigration dance (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm elections appear long.
