We got the guys covered on Friday, but what should we get for the girls that seemingly have everything? I'm going to touch on that too, fear not gentleman. I'd stay away from clothes and shoes unless it's something she DEFINITELY said she wanted. And for those celebrating the Festival of Lights, we have eight present ideas for each night. Shop now, thank us later. More»

• Check out these high fashion pieces that make dipping into savings worth it. [InStyle]

• Madoff's "auditor" tooks his records "at face value." Yeah, right, we believe you. [Gothamist]

• Chris Brown is "comfortable with is sexuality," but these pants CANNOT be comfortable. [Awl]

• Watch out, iPhone, the Motorola Droid is here and it's ready for a fight. [Gizmodo]

• Apparently, what the military really needs is some highly hungry trained bears. [HuffingtonPost]

• Ever been to Argleton, England? Use Google maps to get directions to this "fake" town. [Gawker]

-Guess who appeared on the front page of the NYT's business section? That's right, we did! David Carr attended the Yacht Rock party where he observed the changing face of media. [NYT]

-Apple will announce its third generation iPhone which is described as faster and, bigger, and able to multi-task. The company will also introduce the 4GB $99 version. It seems like it was only last year when Apple introduced its second generation iPhone... More»

• Rumor has it Apple is in negotiation to buy Twitter. According to reports, Twitter's investors turned down a $500 million offer from Facebook, but Apple's price hovers around $700 million -- a figure that may just be paid in cash. This could be the merger to end all mergers ... or a sure sign the world is coming to an end. Either way, get ready for a Twitter storm. [Gawker]

• Woody Allen is trying to prevent his ex-girlfriend/mother of his wife, Mia Farrow, and Hustler publisher Larry Flynt from testifying at the director's upcoming trial against American Apparel, who listed Farrow as a witness. [The Daily Beast] More»

• It's May Day! Time for our Continental pals to do their protesting thing, but it wouldn't be surprising to see it happen this side of the pond this year! [BBC]

• Britney is kind of a Twitter stalker, according to some leaked admin docs on a German website [TheAwl] More»

The Trapcode AirPaint. This application, designed for iPhones allows you to paint in the air using the built-in accelerometer to estimate how you move the iPhone when painting a storie in the air.  Drawing it's inspiration from Pablo Picasso and Gjon Mili, who used a camera with a long exposure time to create such light art in 1947, this would be an awesome and unusual gift to give that pal of yours that swears they don't miss BBM.  Plus, it's only $.99!

[Thanks Nick!]

All kidding aside, the anticipation of both the latest Batman film and the latest product from Apple have garnered such a wide, loyal fan following. With advertisements and pure hype that is inescapable by anyone walking around the city with their eyes wide open, it is no surprise that both these back-to-back Friday event releases have caused a certain over-the-top thrill amongst New Yorkers.

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