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Google Patent Search

Dealing with the government's patent Web site is borderline nightmarish. Google's new patent search pulls information from the same database, but offers a cleaner and even more searchable patent browsing experience. Did you really think nobody had patented a squid lure with a longitudinally contiguous core and shank? Think again.

Yahoo Music Video 3 beta launches tomorrow

Yahoo's updated music video service has higher bit rates and some new social recommendation features. The interface has also been streamlined considerably, with tighter side margins; there's now room for a user-configurable queue. Nothing groundbreaking being … Read more

We dredged the series of tubes for you: here's today's roundup of link love.

--APPLE: Microsoft takes a swipe at Apple's "I'm a Mac" ads (Engadget)

--GAMING: Major League Gaming gets $25 million funding (PaidContent)

--MEDIA: Amanda Congdon's webcasts are real, and they're spectacular (Gawker)

--DIGITAL HOME: Intel's Viiv low on holiday shopping lists (CNET News.com)**

--APPLE: Defend your MacBook with iSight (CrunchGear)

--NEWS: Boston transit system bans M-rated game ads (Joystiq)

** Krazit, thanks for clarifying the pronunciation of "Viiv." This whole time I'd been thinking it … Read more

We dredged the series of tubes for you: here's today's roundup of link love.

--GAMING: Fake wiinjuries: they're all the rage (Joystiq)

--JUICY GOSSIP: MacBook "Thin" Coming Soon? (CrunchGear)

--GADGETRY: New Nabaztag Tag (Information Aesthetics)

--GAMING: China cracks down on online games (Kotaku)

--ARTS & CRAFTS: Casting metal Legos (MAKE)

--ONLY IN JAPAN: Shark USB Mousepad Warmer (Tokyomango)

--POLICE BLOTTER: Guy wants PS3, gets box of floor tiles (Game|Life)

We dredged the series of tubes for you: here's today's roundup of link love.

--FUN & GAMES: Windows Blue Screen Error Generator (The Generator Blog via Eyebeam reBlog)

--MUSIC: "Studio 60" Christmas song free for download (CNET News.com)

--DESIGN: Moonwalker Digital Dance Shoes (Gizmodo)

--WEB 2.0: Chop, slice, and 'deep-tag' your YouTube faves with Gotuit's SceneMaker (Webware)

--WEB 2.0: Diggbait: Top 10 Tech Words of 2006 (Valleywag)

--GAMING: NES Wii Skin (Uncrate)

--MUSIC: Wi-Fi radio gathering steam (Listening Post)

--GAMING: Left-Handers (Might) Make Better Gamers (Kotaku)

--TV: Dutch TV goes digital (CNET … Read more

We dredged the series of tubes for you: here's today's roundup of link love.

--CAMERAS: Flickr camera meta data (Information Aesthetics)

--TVs: No One Cares About HD? (Gizmodo)

--GAMING: Take me out to the 'Counter-Strike' (CNET News.com)

--CYBERLAW: Creative Commons finds a commercial pal (Listening Post)

--CAMERAS: Absolut Lomography (Notcot)

--GAMING: Power Glove mod merges with Wiimote (Engadget)

--APPLE: "I'm a Commodore 64." (Cult of Mac)

We dredged the series of tubes for you: here's today's roundup of link love.

--VIRTUAL EVENTS: Meet IBM's new-tech guru in Second Life (CNET News.com)

--ONLY IN JAPAN: RoomRender renders rooms intelligent (Pink Tentacle)

--ENTERTAINMENT: Hollywood's dumbest depictions of code (BoingBoing)

--NEWS: Shocker: Kids swap music on their phones (PSFK)

--HOLIDAY GEEKDOM: Imperial AT-AT and Rebel Snowspeeder Ornament (Uncrate)

--GAMING: Nintendo ships new spaz-resistant Wii strap (gmrblogs)

--VIRTUAL EVENTS: Third Annual Second Life Winter Festival (Official Linden Blog)

--JUICY GOSSIP: Fun, obviously fake iPhone concept (Cult of Mac)

We dredged the series of tubes for you! Here's some other Craveable stuff that's going on around the Web.

--ARTS AND CRAFTS: How-To: High-Tech LED Decorations for the Holidays (MAKE)

--GADGETRY: EverGreen !Tude Neon-ish Earphones (Gizmodo)

--GAMING: British Wii shortages expected into 2007 (Joystiq)

--SERIES OF TUBES 2.0: The 8 People You Meet On Digg (Valleywag)

--DIGITAL MEDIA: Buy your DIY (Notcot)

--GREEN TECH: Alliance To Save Energy (Treehugger)

--APPLE: iPod Shuffle survives being run over (Cult of Mac)

--NEWS: Doritos spill hits North Carolina beach (Agenda Inc. via Eyebeam reBlog)

--GAMING: Nintendo 'Are Investigating' Wii Strap Problems (… Read more

We dredged the series of tubes for you! Here's some other Craveable stuff that's going on around the Web.

--GAMING: Strengthen that Wiimote strap (Kotaku)

--JUICY GOSSIP: Is Apple going gaming with HDTVs, iTunes Video Game Store? (CrunchGear)

--POLICE BLOTTER: 12-year-old boy arrested for opening Game Boy before Christmas (GameLife)

--GADGETRY: Mi-Flower (Outblush)

--FUTURISTIC STUFF: Interactive Pillows (Information Aesthetics)

--FOLLOW-UP: Colbert vs. the Decemberists (Stereogum, see CNET News.com coverage here)

We dredged the series of tubes for you! Here's some other Craveable stuff that's going on around the Web.

--GREEN TECH: Panasonic Eco-house on display in Tokyo (Treehugger)

--CONSUMERISM: Target and designer Tord Boontje illuminate Union Square (PSFK)**

--END-OF-YEARNESS: CrunchGear's best of 2006 (CrunchGear)

--GAMING: Fake Wii ad more effective than real Wii ads (Best Week Ever)

--SUBCULTURES: Nerd Life For Sale (coin-op)

--NEWS: Fast-Food Self Service Kiosks Coming, Silicon Lifeforms Taking Over World (Gizmodo)

--GAMING: Nintendo family tree T-shirt (Uncrate)

--ONLY IN NEW YORK: At NYC's Blip Festival, teaching old tech new tricks (CNET News.… Read more