Happy Friday, everyone -- and to the screaming hoards of female fans that are going to try to get a better seat than me tonight (good luck with that, btw): Happy Twilight Premiere Day!

Let's get to the other geektastic headlines to tide you over until you can punch out and head to the theatres...

-First we have hospital employees accessing private medical records of celebrity patients, now we are getting reports that employees at Verizon Wireless have been accessing the private phone records of Pres.-Elect Barack Obama. Who are these people and how is it possible that they aren't caught sooner?

- Feeling the need to go green, but don't how how you can help beyond separating out your glass and plastics? Our friends at Digital Trends have a feature today on how to recycle your electronic devices, with tips, sites and suggestions for how to responsibly dispose or or donate your unwanted devices. Kudos to them for the great research! ... FYI, i learned this in my daily web travels -- if you recycle nothing else, make sure you siphon out your aluminium cans from your trash bins. They are the most easily reused with the least amount of energy.

- It's been confirmed that World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has broken records for first-day sales with 2.8 M -- the most ever for a PC game.

- Going back to the green beat for a moment, it may warm your heart to hear that scientists at MIT are looking into how to harness the wasted heat from power plants, data centers and your clothes dryers to help generate more energy, even at lower temperatures than previous experiments.

** And, before I go -- a big thanks go out to Kodak and The Flip for getting me out units of their tiny HD video cameras in enough time to review them for the holidays -- you guys rock! Stay tuned for my breakdown of these top players, set to run as part of my holiday gift list coverage starting in December...

But for you early gift-givers: Based on early impressions, either one of these is a steal!