Around the Web 11.3.08: Circuit City closings, Microsoft security, violent video games
-- Circuit City plans to close 20% of its U.S. stores as it tries to figure out a way to turn a profit. AP via LAT
-- Microsoft's twice-yearly Security Intelligence Report says that it's harder to find vulnerabilities in Windows, so malicious hackers are going after individual applications. NYT
-- If your printer is telling you it's low on ink, don't believe it. PC World
-- Kids who play violent video games show increased aggression for months afterward, according to a sure-to-be-controversial study published today in the journal Pediatrics. WashPost
-- We haven't run across any studies of this type of video game: self-help titles such as "My SAT Coach," "Let's Yoga" and "What's Cooking? With Jamie Oliver." SF Gate
-- Scott Moore, the head of Yahoo's media group in Santa Monica, is reportedly jumping ship. BoomTown
-- Yahoo News and other websites are preparing for the flood of information-seekers on Election Tuesday. NYT
-- Sick of political campaigns calling your cellphone? Sorry, there's not much you can do about it. WashPost
-- But those cellphone calls can shift the landscape: Political polls that include landlines and cellphones show Barack Obama with a bigger lead. Wired
-- Here's video of John McCain and Obama talking tech. BoomTown
-- Two people-related websites, Reunion.com and Wink.com, are merging. VentureBeat
-- Widget maker RockYou raised $17 million in funding and plans to expand in Asia. PaidContent.org
-- Chris Gaither
Photo: A Circuit City store in San Rafael, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
