News Headlines - 23 February 2013

▽Protests mark WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning's 1,000th day in jail | guardian.co.uk

The demonstrations in more than 70 locations were aimed at marking Manning's 1,000th day in jail and came as the young soldier prepares to appear again before a military court next week. Manning is being prosecuted by the US government for allegedly transmitting confidential material to the anti-secrecy campaigner Julian Assange's web organisation WikiLeaks.

▽Microsoft Becomes Latest Victim Of Hackers

Microsoft has become the latest victim of computer hacking following US technology giants Facebook and Apple. In a blog posting, Microsoft said it had found no evidence that any customer data had been stolen in the cyber attack, which saw malicious software planted on a small number of its computers.

▽Google laptop shows Apple a thing or two | Mobile - CNET News

Google's Chromebook Pixel has two killer features that MacBooks don't. Maybe it's time for Apple to rethink the MacBook concept. Question: What two killer hardware features are missing on MacBooks? My answer: a touch screen and 4G.

▽BBC News - UK's credit rating cut humiliating, Labour says

Labour has attacked the government's economic policy after the UK lost its AAA credit rating, but the coalition says it is "making progress".

▽UK's top cardinal accused of 'inappropriate acts' by priests | The Observer

Three priests and a former priest in Scotland have reported the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back 30 years.