We might be On The Verge of having a conniption fit from the excitement of pondering how many items from the 27-page wishlist PDF we submitted will slip through the recently-swept Vox Media chimney. We might be only halfway through designing calls from Santa for all five people on our contacts list. We might be busy pasteurizing the neighborhood cow's last TGIF bucket of milk and borrowing just one last cup of sugar from the neighbor to create the warmest, most well-rounded cookie plate this side of the North Pole. But that doesn't mean we don't have time to Vergecast.

P.S. But we were too busy to do video.

Song: Standby Ghost - Ground Force

• 00:02:35 - Microsoft says this CES is its 'last major appearance' at the show
• 00:03:40 - The truth about Microsoft and CES
• 00:21:24 - AT&T kills T-Mobile merger plans, will pay Deutsche Telekom $4b breakup fee
• 00:31:39 - Deutsche Telekom on failure of AT&T / T-Mobile deal: 'There's no Plan B'
• 00:54:28 - Amazon considered buying RIM this summer
• 00:55:11 - WSJ: Microsoft and Nokia also casually considered jointly buying RIM
• 01:04:37 - What is SOPA and how does it work? The Stop Online Piracy Act explained
• 01:06:50 - SOPA vote delayed until January
• 01:28:15 - Sony PlayStation Vita review (Japan)
• 01:41:47 - Eric Schmidt says improved Google tablet coming within six months
• 01:43:35 - Introducing user reviews and more!

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