• Can Toy Story 3 rescue the toy market? (London Telegraph)
• How Avatar may predict the future of virtual worlds (CNet News)
• A look at iBooks, Apple’s forthcoming digital bookshelf for the iPad (Mashable)
• How will the Amazon Kindle respond to the iPad? (TechCrunch)
• Celebrating the 50th anniversary of L.A.’s only surviving puppet theater (BoingBoing)
• A first look at how Marvel Comics is leaving the dark side (USA Today)
• In case you haven’t heard, Avatar is now the biggest movie worldwide (Mashable)
• Next two Harry Potter flicks to hit the big screen in 3-D (Reuters/Hollywood Reporter)
• Why one man sold his position in Activision Blizzard (BloggingStocks)
• Five ways the Apple Tablet could change our lives (London Telegraph)
• It looks like shoppers exceeded their holiday budgets, lifting retail projections (L.A. Times)
• Barbie, Bratz and the employee brain battle (Bloomberg)
• Two gamers on one device, and other possibilities for the Apple Tablet? (New York Times)
• Adidas uses augmented reality to turn shoes into game controllers (Mashable)
• UStream launches pay-per-view video streaming model (Mashable)
• HarperCollins launches teen-targeted interactive writing platform (TechCrunch)
• UK retail sales see slight uptick (BBC News)
• One woman’s experience at the Little Airplane Academy (Washington Post)
• Why some publishers are flirting with the Amazon Kindle (AdAge)
• Check out this US$17,000 photocopier in action (Gizmodo)
• Mattel brings social networking to the dogs. Literally (CNNMoney)
• Target pours US$1 billion into remodeling existing shops (Wall Street Journal)
• How new tech will make movie games more faithful than ever (CNet News)
• Amazon opens up the Kindle to developers… (New York Times)
• …but CNet outlines the fatal flaw in the Kindle’s developer program (CNet News)
• Kid-related investments can do well for your business (Forbes)
• Check out Little Passports, a cool globe-trotting mail service for the kids (Springwise)
• Here’s why brands should embrace technological change (AdAge)
• EA gets into venture capital (Business Insider)
• Just how much of a threat is Sony’s motion controller to the Nintendo Wii? (CNet News)
• Social gaming startups get more support with early stage venture fund (TechCrunch)
• Bidders enters second round to acquire all or part of historic studio MGM (Hollywood Reporter)
• Ubisoft to scale back on licenses following disappointment of Avatar game (IndustryGamers)
• It appears the UK government will be looking more seriously at the gaming market, too (BoingBoing)
• This robot butler could rival Rosie of The Jetsons fame (Gizmodo)
• Could Apple’s rumored Tablet serve as a new platform for gaming? (PC World)
• Disney said to be seeking Netflix block in Starz pact (Bloomberg)
• The fundamentals of play as told in a kids book (BoingBoing)
• Is Avatar 3-D pushing Imax shares too far too fast? (Hollywood Reporter)
• Why social media isn’t for everyone (Mashable)
• At nine years old, Marko is the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (CNet News)
• How Foursquare is changing the mobile space (Mashable)
• At what cost are video games surviving the recession? (Kotaku)
• A list of 12 things holding back online video advertising (TechCrunch)
• James Cameron et al on Avatar’s box office win… (L.A. Times)
• …and also takes home the Golden Globe for best film and director (Associated Press)
• GameStop sees 13-month low, cuts profit forecast (Reuters)
• And how do you address those who can’t see 3-D? (CNet News)
• Twilight helps boost UK book sales, picture book sales also up (BBC News)
• TechCrunch’s list of the top-10 venture capital blogs (TechCrunch)
• Youth taking fewer risks today than 20 years ago: survey (CNet News)
• How did December retail data become such a mess? (Business Insider)
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