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• SAP Readying Potential Google Wave Rival SAP has big plans for an upcoming "virtual war room" decision-making tool.
• Goodbye, Google Gears (Sniff!) Google hasn't officially abandoned its Gears technology. But it sure sounds that way.
• Yahoo's Top Searches of 2009: Michael Jackson, Twilight Web surfers seem to be looking for escapist entertainment as a way of coping with the recession.
• Microsoft Offers Twitter-style Service in China Microsoft has launched a microblog-style service in China based on Windows Live Messenger, called MSN Juku.
• Yahoo: Michael Jackson Leads Top Ten Searches of 2009 Yahoo unveiled its list of 2009's top searches on Tuesday, with Michael Jackson in first place.
• Android Answers: How to Get Multitouch Browsing on Droid Want multitouch browsing on your Motorola Droid? No problem. Here's how.
• Court Orders Spam Network to Pay $15.2 Million A U.S. judge orders an international spam operation to pay nearly $15.2 million for sending billions of messages.
• Amazon.com Wins Black Friday Battle Online measurement firms report that Black Friday online sales grew by 11% over the day after Thanksgiving in 2008.
• Can Google News Be Fixed? Google has yet to monetize news stories, but you can bet it will eventually. And like most things Google touches, that too will start laying golden eggs.
• Consolidate Your Social Networks With Socialite Being social is a lot of work these days: you gotta stay on top of Twitter, entertain your Facebook friends with games, Digg your favorite articles, explore your...
• French Court Fines EBay $2.5 Million A French court filed eBay US$2.5 million for failing to comply with an injunction preventing it from selling certain products to French consumers.
• Black Friday Sales Gains Higher Online Than in Stores The holiday shopping season finds more people hitting the keyboards than the sidewalk -- and they're buying electronics.
• Baidu Targets Google With Mobile Search App Top Chinese search engine Baidu.com is pre-installing a mobile service app on handsets, its latest blow to Google over mobile search in China.
• 5 Free Web Apps to Help Organize Your Holidays Tips and tech tools to help manage the kitchen, the shopping, the mailing and more.
• Struggling Wikipedia Sheds Thousands of Editors An academic researcher questions the site's viability, but Wikipedia defends its policies.
• Twitter Inspires More to Go Mobile Increasing numbers of tweets are being sent from mobile devices, researchers report.
• Cyber Monday: E-Shop Til You Drop If you didn't scoop up all the Black Friday bargains you'd hoped for, get ready for a new round of dirt-cheap discounts on Cyber Monday.
• IRemember 2.5 These days, we can view and share photos almost as fast as we can capture them. With a quick click of a button, your photos can be stored and sent to friends...
• Viviane Reding Picked to Re-write EU Data Protection Laws Viviane Reding has been picked to take charge of a re-write of Europe's 15 year-old data protection laws due to start next year.
• Torrent Giant Mininova Forced to Go Legit Mininova, one of the largest peer-to-peer file-sharing sites next to The Pirate Bay, has now removed most of its links to copyrighted content.
• China Warns About Return of Destructive Panda Virus A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which infected millions of PCs.
• India to Set up Automatic Monitoring of Communications India setting up new system for monitoring communications in the country.
• PC World's Top Ten Funniest Videos Some, like our iPhone stress tests are pretty funny, and others confirm that geeks don't always make excellent comedians. Take a look.
• Chinese EBay Rival Branches out With Branded Mobile Phone China's biggest online auction and retail Web site, Taobao.com, plans to stamp its name on a new mobile phone, the brand's first foray into devices.
• Black Friday Deals, Tips, Gotchas, and Gripes on the PC World Podcast The busiest shopping day of the year is nearly upon us. PC World editors discuss some of the best deals, worst gotchas, and hottest Web sites for tech bargains.