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Did Facebook lie to Coke and the New York Times about its controversial Beacon ad platform? This question has eclipsed news about the company making it easier to opt out of the program. A history of the program’s notification windows shows this was anything but easy until last Thursday.

But scandal shmandal - Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing follows Microsoft’s lead and pumps $60 million into Facebook.

Google will bid in January’s spectrum auction. But some wonder if they’ll bid to win. The winner might not be known until March.

Robert Cringely thinks Apple might bid for spectrum = which he thinks explains a bizarre statement by AT&T’s CEO that’s likely to deflate Christmas demand for the iPhone. Eric Savitz thinks this theory is interesting but wrong.

Verizon has announced its plans for 4G technology. Looks like they’re joining their half-parent Vodaphone on the GSM bandwagon.

It turns out that cellphones are less lethal than getting crushed between a rock and a backhoe . . .

. . . so it’s less likely you’ll get your wrist blown off if you strap a fancy Tag Heuer watch phone onto it. Or one of these, for that matter.

Thinkgeek.com brings you two new ways to look at your old standard outlets. The Socket Pocket
and the 360 Electrical Outlet.
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