Around the Web 11.3.08: Circuit City closings, Microsoft security, violent video games

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-- Circuit City plans to close 20% of its U.S. stores as it tries to figure out a way to turn a profit. AP via LAT

-- Microsoft’s twice-yearly Security Intelligence Report says that it’s harder to find vulnerabilities in Windows, so malicious hackers are going after individual applications. NYT

-- If your printer is telling you it’s low on ink, don’t believe it. PC World

-- Kids who play violent video games show increased aggression for months afterward, according to a sure-to-be-controversial study published today in the journal Pediatrics. WashPost

-- We haven’t run across any studies of this type of video game: self-help titles such as ‘My SAT Coach,’ ‘Let’s Yoga’ and ‘What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver.’ SF Gate

-- Scott Moore, the head of Yahoo’s media group in Santa Monica, is reportedly jumping ship. BoomTown

-- Yahoo News and other websites are preparing for the flood of information-seekers on Election Tuesday. NYT

-- Sick of political campaigns calling your cellphone? Sorry, there’s not much you can do about it. WashPost

-- But those cellphone calls can shift the landscape: Political polls that include landlines and cellphones show Barack Obama with a bigger lead. Wired

-- Here’s video of John McCain and Obama talking tech. BoomTown

-- Two people-related websites, Reunion.com and Wink.com, are merging. VentureBeat

-- Widget maker RockYou raised $17 million in funding and plans to expand in Asia. PaidContent.org

-- Chris Gaither