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Fliers in Houston can now use their cellphones as boarding passes. Air Canada's been doing this for a while now, and as always, Japan does it better.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to unhappy users of Beacon. Om Malik says the apology isn't enough. Robert Scoble says the apology is the sign of a real leader.

Seventy percent of Netflix's return mailers get stuck in sorting machines, costing over twenty million bucks a year in extra labor.

Nielsen plans to use their database to flag copyrighted video when as it's being uploaded to a video sharing site.

Some people are really awful - and they all seem to have internet access.

Microsoft canned Santa for his dirty mouth.

Google chat now talks to AIM.

Tips for getting a Wii.

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