This week was filled with cell phone carrier news, “reliable sources” telling us something that will happen that probably won’t, Dane’s trying to turn themselves in for ripping their own purchased DVDs, and Intel gives us a taste of 48 cores (picture). Enjoy!

• Leak: The Google Phone is a “certainty” via Gizmodo
  • I think that this post is funny. Gizmodo is saying that Google will produce hardware for an Android phone and that it is a certainty because that’s what they heard from “reliable sources”. I say no on this one. If there will be a Google phone, it will be a “developer” phone that Google will use internally.
• Black Friday sale up 11 percent from last year via Comscore
  • 11 percent seems like a pretty big jump and it is. I wouldn’t say that this means that our economy is out of the woods yet, but consumer electronics spending is through the roof.
• iPhone may go to T Mobile next via TheStreet
  • Ummm I guess this sort of makes sense. The only reason that this may happen would be because Apple doesn’t want to create brand new hardware until Verizon has rolled out their 4G network.
• Google’s 2009 Zeitgeist via Google
  • Check out what has been searched for the most this year. They’re aren’t too many surprises
• AT&T gives up Verizon ad lawsuit via CNET
  • I have a feeling that AT&T’s lawyers just felt more and more ridiculous everyday trying to defend against the truth.
• Sprint fed customer GPS data over to cops 8 million times via Ars
  • This was all over the place this week though I think that it is not as bad as it seems. Ars has a great post about it that isn’t filled with too many conspiracy theories.
• Dane who ripped his DVDs demands to be arrested under Dane law via Boing Boing
  • How funny is this. A Danish man rips his DVDs and because he is unsure if he broke the law or not turns himself in. The authorities didn’t even take him seriously even though it is technically illegal!
• Intel crams 48 cores onto stamp-sized processor, wants to do what Cell did via Engadget
  • 24 dual cores on one small-ass processor. This is amazing. And it actually uses less wattage as the Xenon processor. Hopefully this will be in my next phone.
• Microsoft’s Bing goes down via CNET
  • Who did they think they were Google? Oh wait, Google goes down all the time. So, yeah, I guess they did.

Passing out the link love!

• Measure and Analyze Your Website Stats With Woopra via LostInTechnology
  • This looks like a great alternative to Google Analytics. I feel that Analytics is sometimes extremely confusing and maybe even a little overkill, at least for now.
• How to use tearable tabs in your browser via Castellini on Computers
  • Yet another nice, quick video post on Rick’s site. I didn’t know that you could do this in Firefox!
• Bittorrent Explained: A Guide For the Beginner via WillINeedIt
  • Seriously, if you don’t know what Bittorrent is, this is THE guide that explains it. Matt did a very excellent and thorough job on this one.
• 11 Ways to Listen to Music Online for Free via The 2.0 Life
  • Need some free, legal music online? David gives you 11 ways!
• Reading eBooks on Phones: It’s all   in the settings via jkOnTheRun
  • After taking a look at this I may not get that eReader I have been mulling over. May just learn how to format for the Droid and be happy with it.