Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has filed a patent for touchscreens that have the ability to change its shape in order to create keyboards and other objects. Literally the typography of the plastic layer would change based on actions that you do on the touchscreen. This would especially be handy for a device like the Microsoft Surface and it could make tablet computers a lot more high-tech. Here is the abstract that Microsoft used in the patent:

Internet retailer Buy.com has reported that they have had their best Black Friday performance in the entire history of the company. They reported 45% sales growth year-over-year. Part of Buy.com’s appeal is there 45-day return policy and no minimum purchase on about 2.7 million products. Buy.com also recently introduced the “Rakuten Super Points” customer loyalty points.

Robert Haas, a former lawyer and investment banker had recently quit his job to become a photographer. While he was flying over the Yucatan, Mexico in a helicopter he noticed a bunch of flamingoes forming a flamingo. This photograph is now being used by National Geographic. Haas calls this photo: “the ability to capture an image that no one else has ever captured before and is very unlikely to be captured again” in an interview with The Star. This photo is real. [BusinessInsider]

Wikileaks.org is going to release a new set of documents that shows how NATO ally Turkey aided Al Qaeda in Iraq. The documents will also show how the U.S. supported the PKK Kurdish separatist group that is fighting against Turkey. Below is a quote from a Reuters source:

Sky-mobi Ltd. is a China based mobile application store service under the name of Maopao that has filed for an IPO this past Friday. The company is hoping to raise $150 million in the IPO. In a filing with the SEC, Sky-mobile did not specify how many American depositary shares they would be offering. They plan to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under “MOBI.”

John Quinn, the former Digg VP of Engineering is joining Gilt Groupe as the VP of Engineering this coming Monday. Quinn will be working at Gilt’s New York office and will be reporting to CIO Steve Jacobs. Quinn had worked at Digg for three years and had previously worked at Squaretrade as the VP of Engineering there too.

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has launched a new commercial on Thanksgiving Day that had a theme called “We all fall down.” Towards the end of the ad, it says “Thank you for helping us get back up.” GM has its fair share of critics and cheerleaders. Some people are outraged by the bail-out and some people are gung-ho about it. Personally I like it when large companies that provide jobs to a lot of American workers make a come-back.

A man in Toledo, Ohio named Aaron Calhoun had confronted a woman named Taresa O’Neal [pictured top-left] because of something mean she wrote on Facebook about his sister. As a result, Taresa hit Calhoun with a frying pan and then stabbed him. Calhoun had to go to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. O’Neal and another man was arrested after the incident occurred. [Gawker]