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I recently blogged about the not-so-top-secret Google phone that everyone (but me) seems to have seen and touched and worshipped.

Thanks to a moronic terrorist wannabe, The TSA has enacted more fun rules and regs for your comfort and protection on international flights:

Here's the Jenkins holiday schedule:

• Wednesday, December 23 - Open today until 7:00 pm.

• Thursday, December 24 - Open until 1:00 pm.

• Friday, December 25 - Don't even think about it.

• Monday, December 28 - Forget the 12 Days of Christmas. It's a full working day at Jenkins, including the Internet Ethics class at 12:30 pm for all your last-minute December CLE needs.

Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Microsoft must remove the custom XML code from its Office software suite by January 11, 2010 and pay Canadian firm i4i $290 million for infringing on its patents. You may recall that back in early September Microsoft asked the Fed Circuit to stay an injunction handed down in U.S. District Court in Texas. The Fed Circuit heard the case and sided with i4i.

Last Friday visitors attempting to connect to Twitter were instead greeted by this page from the Iranian Cyber Army containing the Farsi equivalent of All your base are belong to us.

Conquer other search engines. Check.

Become a media darling. Check ... and check.

Make yourself a synonym for online video. Check.

Last week Facebook enacted changes to the privacy controls on the site. Needless to say, they were not universally well-received:

Two weeks after Bing launched Streetside view, MapQuest now has 360 View, which, according to Search Engine Land, currently covers 30 cities plus 15 suburban areas.

"Blippy is a fun and easy way to see and discuss the things people are buying. Automatically share your favorite purchases from iTunes, Amazon, Zappos, Visa, MasterCard, and more."

As promised, Facebook implemented its new privacy controls yesterday. I know they're supposed to be simpler, but imho they're just as confusing. I still feel like I'm missing something. Oh, well ...

Anyhoo, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has an excellent commentary on the changes: