Lifehacker and Ars Technica are my current favorites. Always looking for a few more good information sources to add to my chrome bookmark bar :)<p>I'm sure there are a ton of great news sites out there that I've never seen, I really can't stand major news sites that use a huge amount of their screen real estate for advertisements and navigation bars.<p>What are your favorites?
I read a number of "Planet" blog aggregators run by specific organizations or projects or individuals, e.g.:<p><a href="http://planet.gnome.org/" rel="nofollow">http://planet.gnome.org/</a><p><a href="http://planet.debian.org/" rel="nofollow">http://planet.debian.org/</a><p><a href="http://planet.mozilla.org/" rel="nofollow">http://planet.mozilla.org/</a><p><a href="http://planet.intertwingly.net/" rel="nofollow">http://planet.intertwingly.net/</a> (Sam Ruby's personal reading list)<p>They have an interesting mix of code-related news and personal blog posts.
I like to read Heise Online (<a href="http://www.heise.de" rel="nofollow">http://www.heise.de</a>). I have to mention that Heise Online is written in german and an english version exists at <a href="http://www.heise.de/english/" rel="nofollow">http://www.heise.de/english/</a>. But the <i>official</i> english version of Heise Online is called <i>The H</i> (which belongs to <i>Heise Media UK Ltd.</i>): <a href="http://www.h-online.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-online.com/</a> .<p>I especially like (and recommend) the security section of Heise Online (<a href="http://www.heise.de/security/" rel="nofollow">http://www.heise.de/security/</a>), which is also available on <i>The H</i> for english readers: <a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/" rel="nofollow">http://www.h-online.com/security/</a> .<p>now, the other sites I read on a regular base are:<p><a href="http://reddit.com/r/programming" rel="nofollow">http://reddit.com/r/programming</a> (I know you saw that one coming)<p><a href="http://reddit.com/r/haskell" rel="nofollow">http://reddit.com/r/haskell</a><p><a href="http://reddit.com/r/ruby" rel="nofollow">http://reddit.com/r/ruby</a><p>... and some other subreddits.<p>I can recommend you to search for other technical subreddits at <a href="http://www.reddit.com/reddits/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/reddits/</a> that match your interests.
I monitor the World News RSS feed from guardian.co.uk - just to remind myself there is a world out there. They also have a very nice iPhone interface to their website, and the real website is very light on ads.<p>Otherwise it's HN and Ars Technica.
The only original source I read is techcrunch. Everything else I get through links found on technology/programming subreddits, hackernews, and a few forums