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Phone company continues to fight accusations that its 3G network is poor. One new spot uses the same strategy as the iPhone, featuring simultaneous voice and data.
Mobile
Verizon
Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas is so confident of his Twitter pulling power, he refuses to tweet until he meets his goal. Like his team, he's short of his goal.
Other
A Japanese gamer decides he cannot live without Nene Anegasaki, who happens to be a character in the Nintendo DS game Love Plus. So he marries her.
Gaming
Nintendo
DS
While Facebook declares it is cash positive, IKEA shows how to make money by using Facebook's existing features in order to spread the word for a store opening in Malmo, Sweden.
Online
A Canadian woman suffering from depression goes on holiday and puts some cheery photos on Facebook. Her insurance company withdraws her sick-leave benefits.
Online
Apple decides to fight back against Verizon and Droid advertising. With simple product demonstrations, it asks just how much doing Droid can really do.
Mobile
Apple
Verizon
After singer Justin Bieber does not appear at a Long Island mall, police ask a record label veep to tweet encouragement for the crowd to disperse. He allegedly doesn't and is thus arrested.
Online
Perhaps it's time to change your Black Friday strategy as some retailers are using tech items to get people into stores, while only holding two or three items in stock.
Online
Flickr
Numbers from three different sources suggest that Twitter traffic is down. Is this the beginning of the end, the end of the beginning, or something in between?
Online
Flickr
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who plays an astronaut in the new movie "Planet 51," is NASA's latest endorser, reminding people just how useful space travel really is. The Rock? Really?
Science
NASA
The World Cup elimination game between France and Ireland was decided by a piece of blatant cheating. A Facebook group, more than 250,000 strong, wants it replayed.
Online
Flickr
According to a report, AppleCare warranties can be voided if Apple deems the damage was caused by secondhand smoke. Appeals to Steve Jobs have, apparently, not succeeded.
Hardware
Flickr
Mac
The California town of Tiburon votes to set up permanent cameras to record the license plate of every car on its roads. Is this one more step toward a surveillance state?
Other
A Minnesota man claims he only spoke to his son (now 15) in Klingon for the first three years of his life. Is this a good tale to help market translation software?
Online
Flickr
It can be upsetting when your parents take away your Xbox. One teen reportedly decides it's all too much for him and calls 911 to ask whether they have the right to do so.
Online
Flickr
AT&T;, bruised in the courts and on TV in its 3G coverage battle with Verizon, releases a troubling TV spot featuring Luke Wilson and a joke about Verizon beginning with "V."
Mobile
Verizon
What can Apple do with the iPod? How about an iPod that senses your mood and automatically plays music that is in tune with how you are feeling?
Gadgets
Apple
iPod
At the new Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, Calif., store employees perform a spontaneous (yeah, sure) dance routine in front of customers. It is not for the faint of heart.
Other
Microsoft
Russian gamers and politicians are offended that Russians are portrayed as somewhat terroristic, so they ban the console version and force edits in the PC and Steam versions.
Gaming
Infinity Ward
During a CNBC special in which he appeared with Warren Buffett, Microsoft's Bill Gates is effusive in his praise for Steve Jobs and Apple.
