So you were watching Spongebob Squarepants all weekend; a reasonable excuse for missing Gizmodo goodness. Here's your chance to catch up:
• Elmo wanted to kill a kid.
• Microsoft closed the coffin on HD-DVD.
• The Retailer of the Year thus far lets you swap your HD-DVD players for Blu-ray. Sweet.
• We took a look at the iPhone under a $30,000 electron microscope.
• The iPhone got a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition mod—WTF?

• Intel Dunnington processors were said to be on the way. Six-cores, baby.
• The $500,000 watch was a gem. Well, actually, it had no gems on it whatsoever.
• A B-2 stealth bomber crashed, $1.2 billion went up in smoke.
• We tested out the SNES emulator for the iPhone. Verdict: Playable.
• We saw an exploding wind turbine, Grandpa's Knob and more.

Now, hit back to the homepage to catch up on all the as-it-happens, fantastic tech news.

With the Mobile World Congress in full swing, you certainly missed the first breaking moments over the weekend if you did not tune in. Of course, there was also the usual dose of lazy day craziness. Here's a quick recap:
• Meizu's M8 didn't go on sale, but we caught a look at a new mockup image.
• Nipples everywhere finally got the LED love they deserve.
• A photographer was mistaken for a gunman.
• We gave you the low-down on Sony Ericcson's complete new lineup.
• Apple applied for a trademark relating to portable gaming devices. Neat.

• Eric the intern got a one way ticket into space.
• IBM experts said the Storm worm is netting just under $2 million per day.
• Bluetooth paired up with WiFi.
• We found a $0.46 iPhone headphone adapter. Yes, there's a catch.
• The Aquafit gymnasium/spa helped us get ripped and stay relaxed.

Now, as you're all caught up, jump through to the homepage—you're missing the best of the Mobile World Congress 2008, and you really don't want to do that.

Last weekend was a hoot. Sure, the news wells are running a little dry before the technology orgasm that shall be CES 2008, but if you missed us on the weekend, boy, did you miss some fun. Here's your chance to catch up:
• Letterman and the WGA reached an exclusive agreement.
• We proved Apple's stock iPod ear buds were not so bad after all.
• C-3PO got sexy.
• An anti-capitalist stole a young girl's Christmas present, what a jerk.
• We found the ideal Christmas gift for any anti-capitalist iPod thieves in your life (See above).

• Mr Blu-ray fanboy was up to no good.
• Microsoft left comments open on YouTube; it wasn't a good look for them.
• We went retromodo on you, showing you what became of that Britannica kid.
• We got the low down on Sony's eReader.
• We received video proof of iPhone's firmware 1.1.3 update.

All along, you thought the tubes had become snowed under in all the festivities. Well, you were obviously wrong! Catch you all on the other side of the week & Happy New Year from the entire weekend team.