Around the Web 10.29.08: Astronauts vote, Yahoo gains share, Christian Science Monitor goes paperless

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-- Winning the award for the citizens voting from farthest away: astronauts in spaaaaaaace. Wired

-- Tech CEOs are urging all the employees they haven’t yet laid off to vote, via online video clips. CNet

-- Hollywood may not be recession-proof anymore. Thanks a lot, Internet. LAT

-- Yahoo gains search market share, Microsoft loses it. Google still rules. Bloomberg

-- More on the global code of conduct agreed upon by tech giants. BBC

-- New Yorkers were treated to a two-minute TV blackout to warn them of the upcoming transition to digital TV. What is this, China? Bits

-- People might be cheating in online traffic school. But will they prosper? LAT

-- The Christian Science Monitor scraps its print edition and goes digital. LAT

-- Online retailers see a drop in visitors for the 8th straight week. CNet

-- Sony’s quarterly profit falls 72%. Ouch. NYT

-- BlackBerry Partners Fund announces its first investments in applications that might someday make the BlackBerry as cool as the iPhone. VentureBeat

-- Alana Semuels