As Manhattan's holiday shopping frenzy approaches fever pitch, the fashionista blogosphere has noticed a disturbing trend: A giant line. Outside the UGG store.

Each year, Black Friday is plumbed for symbols of American decline and avarice. Oh, look at the riffraff with their Wal-mart pepper-sprayings and $2 waffle iron riots! But now it's Cyber Monday, which is so cool and new.

The Christmas season means lots of nice things like family and presents, but it also means shopping amidst tremendous crowds and waiting in long lines. But why does your line always move the slowest? Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy explains.

GE and Comcast officially announced that this morning that they've come to terms on a deal over NBC Universal. It's really, really complicated, but the upshot is that Jeff Zucker still has a job for some reason.