Around the Web 11.28.08: Black Friday gadget deals, Thanksgiving ‘Rickroll’, Mumbai terror attack tweets
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-- Hey, Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, you’ve been ‘Rickrolled’! NewTeeVee
-- Now that he’s been elected president, has Barack Obama’s social networking effort already run its course? Top of the Ticket
-- A list of the best Black Friday deals on gadgets. Gizmodo
-- The Pentagon’s computers are besieged by malicious software, known as agent.btz, that spreads via flash drives. LAT
-- So much for the spam slowdown. Volumes of unwanted commercial e-mail are picking up again. CNet
-- Social media users were quick to report on the Mumbai terror attacks, spreading eyewitness accounts, pleas for blood donations and lists of the dead and injured. CNN
-- Not this too: Newspapers, which are reeling from declining print subscriptions and advertising, say their online ad revenue is also dropping. PaidContent.org
-- Game review: Resistance 2 for the PlayStation 3 gets an A-plus rating, sets a new bar for video games. LAT
-- Hi, Granny, can you see me now? Video calling brings families together. NYT
-- Another Yahoo exec splits: Toby Coppel, an executive vice president and managing director of Europe and Canada. BoomTown
-- Carl Icahn bets on Yahoo, buys 7 million more shares. Silicon Alley Insider
-- What happens to Dr. Pepper’s website when it offers everyone in America a free bottle of soda? Royal Pingdom
-- Deconstructing the Brash Entertainment meltdown. Variety
-- Why the DVR isn’t killing ‘Heroes.’ Show Tracker
-- Chris Gaither