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ComScore — a common metric used to measure internet traffic — is showing off some impressive stats these days. In the month of November, for instance, Facebook overtook Yahoo! for the first time in worldwide traffic, with the social network nabbing 648 million unique visitors while the portal named after Gulliver’s Travels pulled in 630 million. What does this mean to? Well, to point out the obvious, it seems that while Facebook continues its epic growth, the relatively flat state of Yahoo!’s traffic is simply not enough to retain its third place spot behind Google and Microsoft’s sites, which grab up places one and two consistently. One note about these ComScore statistics, just in case you’re wondering about that last one: it ‘groups’ sites together rather than counting individual URLS, so for instance, the Microsoft sites take the number two spot en masse. In terms of U.S. traffic, Facebook still trails Yahoo! a bit, with 152 million visitors and 181 million, respectively, so if they’re truly hoping for world domination, they have their work cut out for them. We’re looking at you, Mark!

ComScore: Facebook overtakes Yahoo, is now the third most trafficked website in the world originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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He may be flashing a peace sign, but you can tell from the look in his eyes that Sonic isn’t exactly thrilled to be doing anything to support Nintendo. This is the cat that made blast processing a reality, whose addiction for gold rings is legendary, and who hasn’t starred in a truly great game since, well, since Sega stopped making hardware, now reduced to this. Look at him, perched atop a mock floating platform, brown and tan checkerboard base with a green top where you can set your Wiimotes for charging without stripping them of their prophylactics. Though the press release makes no mention of this, we were led to believe that this is not actually powered by your AC outlet, instead by the spirits of fuzzy little squirrels and rabbits trapped within, making this $49.99 figurine from Mad Catz all the more nefarious.

Sonic the Hedgehog will charge your Wiimote inductively, but he won’t like it originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The latest Kindle beats out “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)” for the top spot, the online retail giant reports.

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GM has announced that Chevrolet Volt’s currently in production will feature parts made from recycled Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up materials.

Around 100 miles of plastic boom–a material used to help keep the oil spill contained–will be used to create plastic, under-the-hood parts for the current generation of Volts. GM will be using around 100,000 pounds of plastic boom. The plastic will be used to create deflectors around the vehicle’s radiator. The parts will consist of 25 percent recycled boom plastic, 25 percent recycled tires, and 50 percent post-consumer recycled plastics.

“Creative recycling is one extension of GM’s overall strategy to reduce its environmental impact,” Mike Robinson, GM vice president of Environment, Energy and Safety policy, said. “We reuse and recycle material by-products at our 76 landfill-free facilities every day. This is a good example of using this expertise and applying it to a greater magnitude.”

Via PlugInCars.com

We’re not sure how many more times it must be said, but seriously people — stop texting on your cellphone while operating a gigantic vehicle at high speeds. If you’re not already convinced that driving a car and trying to tap out a message on a tiny keyboard (or heaven forbid, no keyboard at all) is a poor match, perhaps the short documentary AT&T has just released will convince you otherwise. The carrier is launching a campaign geared towards teens over the holidays leading up to New Year’s Eve in the hopes that the youth of the world will be slightly less sure of their invincibility — at least where car driving and text messaging is concerned. Sure, the video (located after the break) borders on sentimentality at times, but we’ll take a little heavy-handedness over the injury or death of human beings simply because someone couldn’t wait to tell someone else that they’d be there soon. Trust us, your friends aren’t that worried about punctuality.

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AT&T releases dramatic anti-texting while driving documentary originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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