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You Might Not Be Able to Get That Wii For Awhiile (Reuters)
A shortage of Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii video game consoles could last well into next year. Some analysts do not expect shortages to ease until March or later.

Wikipedia and Amazon Taking on Google (Search Engine Watch)
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales plans, in partnership with Amazon, on launching a search engine early next year. Wales contends that Google has developed flaws as it has grown. And believes he can use his wiki methodology to compete with Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Reporter Who Phoned in Pearl Harbor Attack Died — On December 7 (AP via E&P)
Frank Tremaine, a former United Press correspondent and executive who reported on the attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 93. His Dec. 7 death came on the 65th anniversary of his Pearl Harbor report, during which he phoned in an eyewitness account of the bombing.

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