Zynga's Tough Culture Risks a Talent Drain

Asset Sale May Be Next for AT&T;

By STEVE LOHR

To make buying T-Mobile USA more palatable to regulators, AT&T; has to placate the antitrust forces, analysts say.

The Tweets of War: What’s Past Is Postable

By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

A Twitter stream aims to convey what World War II felt like to ordinary people who had no idea how it would end.

• @RealTimeWWII (Twitter)

PBS Introduces New Television Channel in Britain

By ERIC PFANNER

Fox News may dominate the British view of American news organizations, but PBS is highlighting its own style.

The Branding of the Occupy Movement

By WILLIAM YARDLEY

The creator of a magazine in Canada talks about his idea to start a protest movement about Wall Street.

Cultural Studies

What’s in a Name? Ask Google

By ALLEN SALKIN

Web searches can help parents ensure their child is not saddled with a negatively connoted name, but a unique, or uncommon one.

Digital Domain

Turn On the Server. It’s Cold Inside.

By RANDALL STROSS

Some researchers propose installing data centers in homes so they can do double duty as furnaces.

Phone Hacking Tied to Terrorists

By SOMINI SENGUPTA

Four people were arrested in the Philippines in a “remote toll fraud” scam against American business customers.

On Twitter, Comments by Basketball Players Are Gleeful

By KEN BELSON

LeBron James said he felt like his kids on Christmas Day, and the Clippers rookie Travis Leslie posted: “Crying tears of joy!”

The Haggler

Sure, Post a Review. But the Last Word Won’t Be Yours.

By DAVID SEGAL

On a review site for transport companies, it’s the company (not the consumer) that gets the final comment. And the Haggler wonders why.

Prototype

Don’t Know How? Well, Find Someone Who Does

By NICOLE LAPORTE

While inventing a device to ease phantom limb pain, Katherine Bomkamp, then in high school, found others to help her with the engineering.

Sunday Routine | You

Eating, Sleeping, Praying, and Writing All About It

By JOHN LELAND

For tens of thousands around the globe, at least part of your Sunday last week was spent using Twitter or Facebook to tell The New York Times how you spent the day.

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App City

Tour Guides Nobody Tips

By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN

Choosing the right tour guide app depends on where you want to go.

Corner Office | John Riccitiello

The Importance of Painting a Clear Picture

By ADAM BRYANT

John Riccitiello of Electronic Arts says a company’s leaders must be clear and consistent in articulating its vision.

Banks’ Ties to Olympus Scrutinized

By HIROKO TABUCHI and BEN PROTESS

Michael C. Woodford, who remains a director of the company but who left Japan after he was fired, returned this week to meet with investigators looking into the scandal surrounding the company.

Video Game Review

It’s Your (Virtual) World. Feel Free to Roam or Slay.

By SETH SCHIESEL

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is modern fantasy role-playing of the highest order, a “Game of Thrones” of video games: sweeping in scope, richly realized and fully able to absorb fans.

• Trailer

AT&T; Merger With T-Mobile Faces Setbacks

By EDWARD WYATT and JENNA WORTHAM

The companies said they had withdrawn their application to the F.C.C. to join their cellular phone operations but still plan to contest a federal antitrust lawsuit and pursue their $39 billion deal.

High-Frequency Trading Firm Fined by Cme

By REUTERS

The exchange operator CME Group fined a high-frequency trading firm, Infinium Capital Management, a total of $850,000 for three separate computer malfunctions.

For Online Retailing Holdouts, a Final Holiday Season of No Sales Tax

By AARON GLANTZ

Beginning next September, Amazon.com and other Internet retailers must begin collecting sales taxes on purchases made by California customers.

European Court Overturns Rule on Illegal File Sharing

By ERIC PFANNER

The Court of Justice overturned a Belgian ruling that required an Internet service provider to filter out any unauthorized exchanges of songs.

Protesters Look for Ways to Feed the Web

By JENNIFER PRESTON

For Occupy Wall Street organizers and social media experts, protest actions speak louder, especially on sites like Facebook and Twitter.