Ask HN: What news sites are your favorites and why?

I read a number of "Planet" blog aggregators run by specific organizations or projects or individuals, e.g.:

http://planet.gnome.org/

http://planet.debian.org/

http://planet.mozilla.org/

http://planet.intertwingly.net/ (Sam Ruby's personal reading list)

They have an interesting mix of code-related news and personal blog posts.

I like to read Heise Online (http://www.heise.de). I have to mention that Heise Online is written in german and an english version exists at http://www.heise.de/english/. But the official english version of Heise Online is called The H (which belongs to Heise Media UK Ltd.): http://www.h-online.com/ .

I especially like (and recommend) the security section of Heise Online (http://www.heise.de/security/), which is also available on The H for english readers: http://www.h-online.com/security/ .

now, the other sites I read on a regular base are:

http://reddit.com/r/programming (I know you saw that one coming)

http://reddit.com/r/haskell

http://reddit.com/r/ruby

... and some other subreddits.

I can recommend you to search for other technical subreddits at http://www.reddit.com/reddits/ 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.

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

I use http://friendfeed.com/ for crowdsourced, or more accurately, friendsourced news.

Hacker News and Reddit for everything, pretty much; I enjoy reddit's programming section.

hacker news / newmogul is pretty much where I find the majority of my news these days. If it's important and relevant enough, it'll probably be here.