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I wound up staying with Verizon Wireless and renewed my two-year contract with the carrier. I also ordered a BlackBerry Storm despite a few misgivings based on mixed reviews–it is being sent in 7 to 10 days so with any luck those software glitches that were reported will be fixed.

BlackBerry Storms are flying off the shelves at some Verizon Wireless stores, as many shoppers were left empty-handed when stores ran out of initial inventory.

Verizon Wireless said that “a number of employees” accessed President-Elect Barack Obama’s cell phone records without authorization.

That’s not a great way to introduce yourself to an incoming president. Unfortunately, I’m not surprised.

Verizon Wireless tells Obama reps that workers improperly accessed records of a cell phone the president-elect used recently, exposing calls and phone numbers but not e-mail, according to a CNN report.

On this week’s EIC squared Dan and I talk Yahoo’s new CEO, Verizon Wireless and the BlackBerry Storm, CES and pushing gadgets in a down economy.

First, the big news of the week was Jerry Yang and his move to step down as CEO of Yahoo. A lot of speculation revolves around who will become CEO.

The new BlackBerry Storm, which goes on sale Friday, could be the first phone offered by Verizon Wireless that truly challenges Apple's iPhone offered on AT&T's network.

Verizon Wireless really wants to keep me around. I could get into this free agency thing. By total coincidence my contract is up just as RIM launches the Storm on its network.

First I get the invite to a private sale, which is a touch misleading (click to enlarge).

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks.

Don’t get too excited Andrew Nusca: Poll: Are smartphones worth it?

Verizon Wireless will make Research in Motion’s Blackberry Storm available to the public on Nov. 21. Josh Taylor and others report (Techmeme) report: Verizon just announced that the BlackBerry Storm (aka, the BlackBerry 9530), will be available online and in Verizon Wireless stores beginning Friday, November 21.

On this week’s EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about the tech economy, Obama’s CTO, Yahoo and Microsoft’s potential deal with Verizon Wireless.

On the economy, Dan and I talk about the downward spiral that’s going on with consumer spending. Best Buy is the latest company to say October was a bad month.