This morning's roundup of the latest venture capital news and analysis across the Web:

LinkedIn is stealing some of the spotlight from Facebookwith news that the career-minded social-networking site plans to file for an initial public offering during the first quarter. As speculation swirls that Facebook may be pushed into an IPO by regulators, LinkedIn may be in a hurry to go first, but The Wall Street Journal reportsthe decision was made in the fourth quarter before Goldman invested in Facebook, with one source saying,...