If this PC is still running Vista, which came out six years ago, it's probably too old to assure a trouble-free, satisfying upgrade to Windows 8.

WSJ: Should You Upgrade to Windows 8?

"For a high-school coach it might work well, but for an 8-year-old, it's probably a little too much information, " Gould said.

WSJ: A Stathead Carves Out a New Market: High-School Coaches

Each CEO's pitch would ignite an old inner struggle: how to deploy one's professional skepticism without carrying it too far, into cynicism.

FORBES: Been There, Done That

"It's the same old point that feminism has gone too far, " says Mail on Sunday columnist Suzanne Moore.

BBC: Just who are men's rights activists?

It's too early to say whether the buyout attracted young and old alike, but Keller thinks some are leaving because they see more trouble ahead for GM.

NPR: Thousands of GM Workers Take Buyouts

It is not just accountants who hope it will resist the temptation to put too much flesh on the old law's bones.

ECONOMIST: Accountancy

"I don't feel like debating the terms of service or being too nostalgic about the old days of Instagram, I feel that it's much better just to take our work and more importantly friendship and conversation to another place that respects our rights and ownership as creators, " Hernandez added.

CNN: Instagram backtracks after user privacy revolt

But Jersey's Royal Court refused it, citing the evidence against the 34-year-old was too strong.

BBC: Michael Calvert

At the New Hampshire "town hall" forum with Gore and Bill Bradley last week, it was obvious what song captures Gore's new mood: the old Motown hit Ain't Too Proud to Beg.

CNN: Please don't leave me, don't you go

It's drawing larger audiences than old-fashioned prizefighting, and its popularity is worrying many people, who say it's too brutal.

NPR: Mixed Martial Arts: Sport or Spectacle?