Around the Web 11.21.08: Obama phone snoops, PlayStation addict and fun with Photoshop

-- Verizon apologizes for its employees peeping into Barack Obama's cellphone records. Silicon Alley Insider

-- Yahoo to sell off French shopping comparison site Kelkoo. TechCrunch

-- iPhone 2.2 software update has geeks agog. Engadget

-- "Dark Knight" is the most successful and most pirated movie. Techdirt

-- Sony must pay Agere Systems $18.5 million for infringing on an audio recording patent, a court rules. Ars Technica

-- There's a new breed of minimalist game developer, one that's not afraid to cry. Esquire

-- Italian boy diagnosed with PlayStation addiction. Ah, youth! Ananova

-- And just because it's Friday, here's a link to some fun with Photoshop. PhotoshopRoadmap

-- Alex Pham

Photo: President-elect Barack Obama. Credit: Steven Senne / Associated Press